Wired: When it comes to environmental regulation, California doesn`t wait for the Feds to ride in and lay down the law. The Golden State led the way on mandating emissions-control equipment in motor vehicles in 1961. It pioneered tailpipe-emissions standards in 1967 and ratcheted them up into the 1990s, prompting the federal government to follow. When the Environmental Protection Agency proved reluctant to tighten fuel-economy standards, California outmaneuvered it in 2002 by limiting carbon ......
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Plan B: California braces for climate change
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 30th, 2010
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