It didn’t take long for the U.S. EPA to react to the Supreme Court’s Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency ruling. The agency announced that California can move forward with its plans to reduce tailpipe emissions from cars, light trucks and sport utility vehicles — in effect, setting the nation’s first standards in this area. Prior to the Supreme Court ruling, the EPA had argued that the authority to set fuel economy standards belonged solely to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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SC Emissions Ruling Spurs Fast and Furious Reactions
Posted by: Erika Morphy April 4, 2007 03:04 PMIt didn’t take long for the U.S. EPA to react to the Supreme Court’s Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency ruling. The agency announced that California can move forward with its plans to reduce tailpipe emissions from cars, light trucks and sport utility vehicles — in effect, setting the nation’s first standards in this area. Prior to the Supreme Court ruling, the EPA had argued that the authority to set fuel economy standards belonged solely to the U.S. Department of Transportation.