Schwarzenegger Sues U.S. Over Pollution Rule Waiver
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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, joined by 14 other states, sued the Bush administration over its refusal to let them enforce bigger auto emissions cuts than those required by the federal government.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unreasonably delayed action on his two-year-old request for a waiver of a federal air pollution law, according to a complaint filed today in Washington federal court. The waiver is needed before California and other states can enforce rules requiring automakers to cut by 30 percent over eight years carbon dioxide and other tailpipe gases related to global warming.