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TAILPIPE RULE * USA - Senate committee OKs bill
Legislation not likely to be law this year, gives 14 states waiver to force higher mileage standard
Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit News, by David Shepardson -May 22, 2008: -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved a bill to allow California and 13 other states the right to impose a 30-percent reduction in vehicle tailpipe emissions by 2016... By a 10-9 vote, the committee approved a bill to reverse a Dec. 19 decision by the Environmental Protection Agency to deny California a waiver under the Clean Air Act to impose its own limits on vehicle tailpipe emissions of carbon dioxide... Even its supporters, however, concede the bill, which is opposed by the Bush administration, is unlikely to become law this year... The bill is vigorously opposed by automakers and the United Auto Workers, saying it would create an untenable regulatory framework, requiring automakers to meet state by state standards. General Motors Corp. has said the tougher limits would require about an average of 35 miles per gallon by 2016 and force it to stop selling 80 percent of its vehicles in those states that adopted the limits...
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