EPA Approves California Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Limits
Sumayal Shrestha on July 2nd, 2009
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has let California move forward with greenhouse gas emissions limits on new motor vehicles. The waiver from current federal standards means California can impose its emissions standards, the country’s first aimed at reducing greenhouse gases, beginning with the 2009 model year and increase them annually, with a goal of a 30 percent reduction by 2016, as compared with 2002 levels.
The California Air Resources Board estimated that the state’s program will reduce the state’s annual climate change emissions by 30 million metric tons in 2020 and save the state’s residents about $30 a month in fuel costs. California’s rigorous step towards a cleaner energy future is soon to be followed by 13 more states and the District of Columbia.
Photo: EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, AP
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