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May 22, 2008

OPINION * USA - California rule on tailpipe emissions is bad politics

Nine Senate Democrats and one Republican on Wednesday voted a bill out of committee that would grant California and 13 other states permission to set emissions rules that are stricter than the federal standards

Detroit,Mich,USA -The Detroit News, by Manny Lopez -May 22, 2008: -- ... California's elected officials desperately want to control the domestic auto industry but they're not interested in seriously considering the damage that will be done if their efforts are successful... but the most notable is that California's demands apply different rules to different automakers. Companies that sell fewer than 60,000 vehicles in California are exempt from the rule as written in the state's air regulations for which the Environmental Protection Agency's waiver is needed... That's quite a nod to Kia Motors Corp., Hyundai Motor Co., Volkswagen AG and Subaru Motors, among others... It should come as no surprise that Detroit's automakers get no favors from the left coast. But it's offensive to see that they're building in protections that intentionally penalize the biggest and most successful car companies... The nonsense isn't likely to stop and it likely will get worse, but there is a solution... Offer counter legislation that forces California to eliminate a third of its vehicles. Conservatively, there are more than 30 million registered vehicles in California... Let's get some legislation going that arbitrarily adjusts that number. Wipe 10 million California cars off the road. And do the same for the other 13 states tagging along. After all, if the goal is emissions reductions, the solutions should start at home... Otherwise, California's officials are just full of hot air...

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Apr 18, 2008

Differences * USA - Feds: Dismiss state tailpipe ruling

Justice Department officials contend U.S. law overrules Vermont decision

Washington,DC,USA -Associated Press/The Detroit News, by Ken Thomas -April 18, 2008: -- The Bush administration, in support of the auto industry, has urged a federal appeals court to set aside a ruling by a federal judge that said states have the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles... The Justice Department, in a friend-of-the-court brief filed late Wednesday, said the ruling in Vermont should be dismissed because the case was dependent upon California receiving a waiver from the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce vehicle greenhouse gas emissions... The government argued that federal law pre-empts state rules in the regulation of fuel economy standards, and Vermont's rules were contingent upon EPA granting California the exemption...

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Oct 26, 2007

Tailpipe Rules * USA - White House vows to set they

Bush official says that administration doubts Congress can act soon, so it's pushing ahead

Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit News, by David Shepardson -October 26, 2007: -- The White Housed promised Thursday to press ahead with plans to implement tough new vehicle tailpipe emissions, given its skepticism that Congress will pass an energy bill this year that increases fuel efficiency requirements... In the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision in April that ruled the federal government has the express authority to regulate vehicle tailpipe emissions as a pollutant, President Bush ordered the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to craft a new regulation limiting emissions. The easiest way to reduce emissions is to increase the fuel economy of passenger vehicles... A proposed regulation is expected before the end of the year...

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