From the AP:
A Senate panel voted narrowly Wednesday to overturn EPA’s decision blocking California and more than a dozen other states from limiting greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles.The bill by California Democrat Barbara Boxer passed the Environment and Public Works committee 10 to 9, sending it to the full Senate.
One committee Democrat, Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware, broke with others on his side of the aisle and voted “no.” A Republican, John Warner of Virginia, voted “yes,” allowing the bill to pass.
In December, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson turned down California’s request for a Clean Air Act waiver that would have allowed the state to require automakers to cut global warming emissions by 30% in new cars and light trucks by 2016.
Boxer’s bill would deem the waiver approved.
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