Environmentalists were jubilant last week when the Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency could regulate automobile emissions, and now a trial beginning Tuesday in Vermont could carry that momentum even further. Vermont is one of 10 other states that have chosen to follow California’s strict emissions regulations, and for that reason it is being sued by a group of auto manufacturers and industry associations who say such decisions should not be made on the state level.
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Vermont Trial to Test Breadth of SC Emissions Ruling
Posted by: Katherine Noyes April 9, 2007 02:07 PMEnvironmentalists were jubilant last week when the Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency could regulate automobile emissions, and now a trial beginning Tuesday in Vermont could carry that momentum even further. Vermont is one of 10 other states that have chosen to follow California’s strict emissions regulations, and for that reason it is being sued by a group of auto manufacturers and industry associations who say such decisions should not be made on the state level.