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Feb 29, 2008 10:37 am US/Pacific

EPA: Greenhouse Gasses Not Just California's Issue

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WASHINGTON (AP) ― The Environmental Protection Agency has justified blocking California and other states from regulating auto emissions by saying the pollution doesn't cause them unique problems.

In a 48-page document describing the reasoning behind its much-criticized decision, the EPA argues that California doesn't have the "compelling and extraordinary conditions" required for a waiver under the Clean Air Act, because the rest of the nation also suffers the effects of global warming.

EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson has faced lawsuits and angry denunciations since making the decision in December. He told The Associated Press in a phone interview that legislative history shows California must have a unique problem in order to justify a federal waiver to implement a vehicle emissions law stricter than the federal government's.

As Johnson sees it, "I'm not saying that California isn't experiencing problems as a result of global climate change. There are in fact other parts of the country that are actually worse."

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