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State of Denial
EPA staff supported California auto-emissions waiver, documents show |
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24 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 4:48 AM on 24 Jan 2008 As suspected, U.S. EPA employees last year told agency Administrator Stephen Johnson that California had "compelling and extraordinary conditions" that would justify a federal waiver allowing the state to limit greenhouse-gas emissions from autos, according to EPA documents reviewed by Senate staffers this week. Nonetheless, Johnson denied the state that waiver in Dec ... |
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| Topics: jackassery, news, politics, United States, US EPA (all these topics) |
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