In response to the EPA’s denial of California’s application for a waiver that would allow the state to set its own emission standards, angered critics spoke out against the current administration, yesterday. The waiver, if approved, would have enabled California to adopt its own strict curbs on greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles.
California, home to six of the ten most polluted cities in the entire country, already has the most severe air quality problems in the nation. Yet, the EPA stated that because global warming is a worldwide problem, only national measures such as the energy bill signed by President Bush last month, could adequately address it.
Under the typically smoggy skies of Los Angeles, Sen. Barbara Boxer stated at a briefing with state officials at city hall that she would consider taking actions to reveal White House interference in the EPA’s decision to deny the waiver. California Attorney General Jerry Brown has already begun a law suit against the EPA in an effort to overturn their decision.
Link: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-epa11jan11,1,5236978.story
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