Energy News  
California to sue US government over greenhouse gases

by Staff Writers
San Francisco (AFP) Nov 8, 2007
California on Thursday said it had filed a lawsuit to force the United States government to approve the state's tough new proposals aimed at slashing greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles.

At a news conference in Sacramento, California's Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Edmund Brown said the state was suing the Environmental Protection Agency over its failure to greenlight the legislation.

California passed legislation in 2002 requiring automakers to reduce vehicle emissions 30 percent by 2016. Eleven other US states have said they will adopt California's emissions standards.

However for the law to take effect, California requires approval with a waiver from the EPA -- which has so far not been forthcoming despite a request being filed in December 2005.

"Despite the mounting dangers of global warming, the EPA has delayed and ignored California's right to impose stricter environmental standards," Brown, a Democrat, told reporters on Thursday.

"We have waited two years and the Supreme Court has ruled in our favor. What is the EPA waiting for?"

Brown told a hearing in Washington this year that California's emissions targets were achievable within the stated time-frame.

"There is no doubt that automobile manufacturers can meet that goal, and since the federal government does not want to seek such a reduction California intends to move forward," he said.

California's Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has made the environment a key issue of his tenure, signing a historic bill in September 2006 that saw the state become the first in the US to impose limits on global warming gases.

Under the plan, California will aim to slash the state's carbon dioxide emissions by 25 percent by the year 2020.

Community
Email This Article
Comment On This Article

Related Links
Powering The World in the 21st Century at Energy-Daily.com



Memory Foam Mattress Review
Newsletters :: SpaceDaily :: SpaceWar :: TerraDaily :: Energy Daily
XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: Solar Energy News


12 dead in clashes around Yemen oilfield
Sanaa (AFP) Nov 8, 2007
Clashes between Yemeni tribesmen and security personnel protecting a Ukrainian oil comany left 12 people dead on Thursday in Shabwa province, east of the capital, a security source said.







  • 12 dead in clashes around Yemen oilfield
  • California to sue US government over greenhouse gases
  • China sets up fund aimed at reducing greenhouse gases
  • Analysis: Niger Delta hopeful for now

  • Turkish parliament passes bill to build nuclear plants
  • Seven arrested in DR Congo radioactive waste dumping probe
  • Slovenian nuclear plant restarted after shutdown
  • Iran reaches key nuke target: Ahmadinejad

  • A Breathable Earth
  • Researchers Find Origin Of Breathable Atmosphere Half A Billion Years Ago
  • Study Reveals Lakes A Major Source Of Prehistoric Methane
  • Giant Atmospheric Waves Over Iowa

  • Finnish paper mill to open in Uruguay despite Argentina's protests
  • Chinese bamboo firm predicts fast growth after stock market bow
  • Europe's forests flourishing, but fire remain a threat: study
  • Wildfire Drives Carbon Levels In Northern Forests

  • Researchers say desalinated water harms crops: report
  • One third of Europe's freshwater fish face extinction: IUCN
  • Tuna fishing quota violators targeted in report
  • Drought slashes Australian wheat crop

  • RAND Paper Finds Diesel, Hybrid Vehicles Can Provide More Societal Benefits Than Gas-Powered Autos
  • GM-backed college students win US military's robot car race
  • US military spurs robot car creations with big money race
  • Automakers trying to turn gas-guzzlers green

  • Virgin to offer carbon offsets alongside drinks and perfume
  • NASA sorry over air safety uproar
  • Airbus superjumbo makes first commercial flight
  • Airbus superjumbo takes off on first commercial flight

  • Nuclear Power In Space - Part 2
  • Nuclear Power In Space
  • Outside View: Nuclear future in space
  • Could NASA Get To Pluto Faster? Space Expert Says Yes - By Thinking Nuclear

  • The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2007 - SpaceDaily.AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement