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Bush administration backs automakers in Vermont in GHG emissions case

Photo by dcJohn. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. The auto industry got some White House support this week in an ongoing legal case in Vermont over states' rights to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. The White House filed a friend-of-the-court brief backing the automakers and asking that a federal judge's ruling granting states these rights be set aside. The Justice Department's reasoning is that since the ruling was dependent upon an EPA waiver that California had hoped to receive but was rejected in December, the ruling is ... Read more →

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If you're at a loss to understand the complexities of the carbon dioxide battle waging in the courts between automakers and some states, check out an in-depth 2-part story written by Tim Johnson of the Burlington Free Press (Article 1, Article 2). Vermont is one of the states involved in the legal ...

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