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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Johnson's nuts Analysis of the EPA's decision to deny California's waiver	David Roberts	19 Dec 2007	Gristmill
As I mentioned below, today the U.S. EPA denied California's request for a waiver exempting it from federal fuel economy standards, allowing it to implement its own standards. EPA administrator Stephen Johnson announced the decision in a rushed press conference following President Bush's signing of the energy bill. The announcement came with a veritable torrent of dishonest spin. Let me try to disentangle some of it. 1. Johnson leaned heavily on today's passage of t ...
Topics: air pollution, California, climate, energy, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Breaking: EPA announcing ruling on California waiver at 6:30 Eastern	David Roberts	19 Dec 2007	Gristmill
The EPA just sent out an email advisory saying that Administrator Stephen Johnson will announce the agency's decision on the California air standards waiver ... in about 30 minutes. (Background on the waiver issue here, here, and here.) The lack of lead time might lead one to believe that they want to bury this news. Which might lead one to believe that they're going to deny California the waiver. Boxer and Waxman have both said they expect that outcome. That would ...
Topics: air pollution, California, climate, energy, politics, US EPA (all these topics)