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California air regulator linked to car and oil firms

Dan Sperling, second from right, at press conference with Gov. Schwarzenegger in January. It is barely two weeks since the California Air Resources Board disappointed electric car advocates when it voted to lower the number of Zero Emission Vehicles required by its program. The cost to the car industry was cited at the time as a prime reason for the reduction. Today the spotlight returns to the powerful California agency with an article in the LA Times that exposes the links between Board Member Dan Sperling's UC Institute and auto and oil ... Read more →

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