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EPA Administrator Johnson is right

David Roberts said,

The 'patchwork' line is completely disingenuous. There aren't multiple standards in different states. There's one: California's standard, which other states can choose by law to adopt, or not. Seventeen states, representing over half the U.S. population, have pledged to adopt it.

The proposed California greenhouse gas standard is only one of the California auto emissions standards.    The California auto emissions standards are an all-or-nothing package deal -- other states can't pick and choose which of the California standards they are going to adopt.    Also,  a state may have to be an air-quality non-attainment state to adopt the California standards -- I don't know.

4. Johnson said he was denying the waiver on the basis of section 209 of the Clean Air Act. He said this request for a waiver was "distinct from all prior requests," in that the previous requests regarded local pollutants, and GHGs are global pollutants. Thus, California does not meet the "compelling and extraordinary conditions" called for by the Act.

IMO Johnson is right.    California cannot significantly affect climate change in California by regulating greenhouse gas emissions in California.  

This flies in the face of the clear language of the CAA and the just-passed energy bill, both of which explicitly reserve for California the right to exceed federal fuel economy standards.

I have been following this issue for a long time,  and I am not aware of any such language in the CAA and the just-passed energy bill.    Please quote your sources.On Analysis of the EPA's decision to deny California's waiver posted 1 year, 11 months ago 15 Responses