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yosemite.epa.gov - 6/30/2009
06/30/2009: EPA Grants California GHG Waiver
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Release date: 06/30/2009 Contact Information: CONTACT: Cathy Milbourn (News Media Only) milbourn.cathy@epa.gov (202) 564-7849 (202) 564-4355 WASHINGTON – EPA is granting California’s waiver request enabling the state to enforce its greenhouse gas emissions standards for new motor vehicles, ...
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 6/25/2009
EPA: Waxman-Markey Will Lower Electricity Bills
— wonkroom.thinkprogress.org — Our guest blogger is Daniel J. Weiss, a Senior Fellow and the Director of Climate Strategy at... the Center for American Progress Action Fund. The main argument conservatives and big oil and coal companies use against the American Clean Energy and ... (more) EPA: Waxman-Markey Will Lower Electricity Bills

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E.P.A. Allows California Emissions Rules
greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com - 6/30/2009
E.P.A. Allows California Emissions Rules
— greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com — The Environmental Protection Agency has granted California's long-sought request to tighten tailpipe emission regulations, a key step... in the Obama administration's plan to make cars across the nation more fuel efficient. (more) E.P.A. Allows California Emissions Rules

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chicagotribune.com - 6/30/2009
EPA to let California tighten pollution law -
— chicagotribune.com — WASHINGTON - -- The Environmental Protection Agency will announce Tuesday that it is granting California 's request... to begin imposing new, tougher restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks -- a decision that reverses the Bush ... (more) EPA to let California tighten pollution law -

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E.P.A. Allows California Emissions Rules
Green Inc. — The Environmental Protection Agency has granted California’s long-sought request to tighten tailpipe emission regulations , a key step in the Obama administration’s plan to make cars across the nation more fuel-efficient. Tuesday’s announcement did not come as a surprise, since the president ...

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Climate Progress — ... The Environmental Protection Agency has granted California’s long-sought request to tighten tailpipe emission regulations, a key step in the Obama administration’s plan to make cars across the nation more fuel-efficient. ...

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