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This has been a David and Goliath struggle worth watching and chronicling. It’s the story of state efforts to protect citizens’ health by promoting cleaner motor vehicles in the face of relentless pressure from the major automobile companies. The automobile industry has spent millions of dollars in an effort to kill these state standards.

Please check back frequently for the latest releases and news stories from around the nation.

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• May 21, 2010 – In another historic Rose Garden announcement, President Obama signed a Memorandum ordering fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standards for cars for 2017 and beyond, and for medium- and heavy-duty trucks for 2014–2018. The memorandum, between U.S. EPA, NHTSA, the trucking industry and California, comes one year after the historic Rose Garden event that launched the national vehicle standards for 2012–2016 modeled after California’s Clean Cars standard.
  
  “Today, we’re going even further,” the president said. He said the nation would “start right now” on setting “a new and higher standard” to take effect in 2017 “to make more progress in the years to come.” He added he believes it’s possible in 20 years for vehicles to use one-half the fuel and produce one-half the pollution that they do today.
  
  California is committed to partner with U.S. EPA and NHTSA to ensure that this next round leads to the strongest possible national standards that result in a 3%–6% average annual reduction in passenger vehicle GHG emissions for 2017 and beyond.
  
  California should continue to move forward under its Clean Air Act authority, working with the federal agencies, to adopt the next round of its own advanced clean cars standards for 2017–2025 that meet this objective. California’s own forward action is important to achieve the state’s energy and environmental goals as well as to serve as a model for national and international standards.
  
  There is no time to spare. The Gulf oil disaster serves as a daily reminder of how desperately the nation needs to end its addiction to oil.
  White House news release
  Presidential memorandum regarding fuel efficiency standards
  ARB Chairman Mary Nichols statement
  ARB Chairman Mary Nichols Letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and DOT Secretary Ray LaHood
  California Air Resources Board Statement and Letters
  Environment America release
  Environmental Defense Fund statement
  NRDC blog by Roland Hwang
  NRDC Blog by David Doniger
  Sierra Club release
  Sierra Club California release
  Union of Concerned Scientists release
  
  
• April 7, 2010 – Automakers drop lawsuits against states.
  
  
• April 1, 2010 – U.S. EPA and NHTSA today unveiled historic new federal rules that set the first-ever national GHG emissions standards for new cars and light trucks, and improve fuel economy. These rules follow the historic agreement in May 2009 between President Obama, the State of California, and the automakers to develop a coordinated national program.
  U.S. EPA news release
  California Air Resources Board news release
  California groups news release
  Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM) release
  New York groups release
  Environmental Law and Policy Center release
  Union of Concerned Scientists fact sheet
  Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) press release
  Sierra Club press release
  Public Citizen press release
  Environment Maryland press release
  Environment America press release
  Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection statement
  Environment Texas news release and report
  Arizona groups news release
  Sierra Club California news release
  
  Video from Los Angeles news conference:
  
  
  • CARB Chairman Mary Nichols on California's leadership role
  • More from Mary Nichols
    
    
  • Sen. Fran Pavley applauds the new standards
  • More from Sen. Fran Pavley
    
    
  • Bernadette Del Chiaro, Environment California
  • More from Bernadette Del Chiaro
  • More from Bernadette Del Chiaro
    
    
  • Martin Schlageter, Coalition for Clean Air
  • More from Martin Schlageter
    
    
  • Bill Haller, Sierra Club California
    
    
• March 31, 2010, 9:30 a.m. EDT – Environmental advocates brief reporters. The Obama administration is expected to finalize its proposed combined global warming emissions and fuel economy standards for autos on Thursday, April 1. The advance briefing will discuss the process behind the development of the standards (both in California and nationally); their economic, national security, and emissions reductions benefits; the implications of the new standards for automakers; the importance of reducing global warming pollution through the Clean Air Act; and efforts at the state and national levels to defend the Clean Air Act from attacks by polluters.
  Contacts:
  Josh Dorner, Sierra Club, 202.675.2384
  Aaron Huertas, Union of Concerned Scientists, 202.236.8495
  Eric Young, Natural Resources Defense Council, 202.289.2373
  Tony Iallonardo, National Wildlife Federation, 202.503.8581
  Emily Figdor, Environment America, 202.683.1250 ext. 307
  
  
• December 17, 2009 – California and British Columbia sign an MOU to cooperate on implementing vehicle GHG standards.
  
  
• December 7, 2009 – After a thorough examination of the scientific evidence and careful consideration of public comments, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that greenhouse gases (GHGs) threaten the public health and welfare of the American people. EPA also finds that GHG emissions from on-road vehicles contribute to that threat.
  
  “These long-overdue findings cement 2009’s place in history as the year when the United States Government began addressing the challenge of greenhouse-gas pollution and seizing the opportunity of clean-energy reform,” said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. “Business leaders, security experts, government officials, concerned citizens and the United States Supreme Court have called for enduring, pragmatic solutions to reduce the greenhouse gas pollution that is causing climate change. This continues our work towards clean energy reform that will cut GHGs and reduce the dependence on foreign oil that threatens our national security and our economy.”
  More on EPA Action
  
  
• September 15, 2009 – U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood proposed an historic national program to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve fuel economy in passenger cars, light-duty trucks, and medium-duty passenger vehicles, in model years 2012 through 2016. The standards will be equivalent to California's Clean Cars Law once fully implemented in 2016. They require these vehicles to meet an estimated combined average emissions level of 250 grams of carbon dioxide per mile, equivalent to 35.5 miles per gallon (MPG) if the automobile industry were to meet this carbon dioxide level solely through fuel economy improvements. They are the outcome of an agreement announced in May by President Obama ending years of battle between the automakers, California, and 13 states that had adopted California's vehicle tailpipe standards. The announcement opens a 60-day comment period, with the regulation expected to be final in March 2010.
  More on EPA Action
  EPA news release
  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger statement
  NRDC release
  Sierra Club release
  Union of Concerned Scientists release
  Safe Climate Campaign statement
  
  
• September 10, 2009 – Another lawsuit: old foes, the National Auto Dealers Association and new foes, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, file suit attempting to overturn the Clean Cars waiver.
  
  
• June 30, 2009 – Three years, six months, and nine days after California first requested a waiver of the Clean Air Act to implement its Clean Cars Law, the U.S. EPA has finally obliged.
  
  "This decision puts the law and science first. After review of the scientific findings, and another comprehensive round of public engagement, I have decided this is the appropriate course under the law," said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson in a news release. "This waiver is consistent with the Clean Air Act as it's been used for the last 40 years and supports the prerogatives of the 13 states and the District of Columbia who have opted to follow California's lead. More importantly, this decision reinforces the historic agreement on nationwide emissions standards developed by a broad coalition of industry, government and environmental stakeholders earlier this year."
  
  California may now implement its world-leading program requiring automakers to reduce global warming pollution from vehicles beginning with the current model year. Under the law, by 2016, vehicle GHG emissions will be cut by 30 percent.
  
  Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger commended the decision:
  
  "After being asleep at the wheel for over two decades, the federal government has finally stepped up and granted California its nation-leading tailpipe emissions waiver. This decision is a huge step for our emerging green economy that will create thousands of new jobs and bring Californians the cars they want while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Thanks to the environmental commitment of President Obama and the continued leadership of state Senator Fran Pavley, California's long battle to reduce pollution from passenger vehicles is over, and a greener, cleaner future has finally arrived."
  
  
  • EPA Waiver news release
  • Gov. Schwarzenegger news release
  • EPA waiver documents
  • History of California's waiver request
  • Environment California Release
  • Environmental Defense Fund Release
  • NRDC Release
    
    
• May 19, 2009 – President Barack Obama today announced tough new nationwide greenhouse gas and mileage standards for new vehicles, an historic end to the battle between automakers and California, 13 other states, and the District of Columbia.
  
  Under the plan, the automakers will drop their lawsuits against the states, the federal EPA will grant California its waiver to implement the Clean Cars Law beginning in 2010, and the U.S. EPA and DOT will enter into a joint rulemaking on greenhouse gas emissions and mileage standards to begin in 2012. By 2016, the federal standards are expected to be equivalent to California's standards, resulting in a nationwide car and light truck fleet that is almost 40 percent cleaner and more fuel efficient. The average mileage standard will be 35.5 mpg.
  
  
• Read the joint Notice of Intent from EPA and DOT
• Read letters of intent from California and the individual carmakers
• White House Background Briefing Transcript
• Coalition for Clean Air statement
• Environment America statement
• Environmental Defense Fund statement
• NRDC statement
• Union of Concerned Scientists statement
• Sierra Club Statement
  
  
• April 22, 2009 – Testimony of Kevin Knobloch, UCS President, on Climate 2030 Blueprint, before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce
  
  
• April 20, 2009 – EPA Preliminary Analysis of the Waxman-Markey Discussion Draft
  
• Executive Summary
• Slide presentation
  
  
• April 17, 2009 – U.S. EPA determines that global warming pollution "endangers" the nation’s human health and well-being.
  
  
• April 6, 2009 – Luke Tonachel, NRDC, Blog on Transportation Components of Waxman-Markey
  
  
• March 31, 2009 – Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) release a “discussion draft” for climate and energy legislation and pledge to move the American Clean Energy and Security Act out of committee by Memorial Day. Environmental advocates are closely tracking it to ensure that it protects important rights, such as states’ rights to adopt California vehicle emissions controls as provided under the Clean Air Act.
  
  • Bill Summary from Energy & Commerce Committee
    
  • NRDC statement
    
  • Environmental Defense Fund Statement
    
    
• March 5, 2009 – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issues statement at EPA hearing on California's Clean Cars waiver request.
  
  
• March 5, 2009 – Testimony of California State Senator Fran Pavley, author of the Clean Cars Law.
  
  
• March 5, 2009 – NRDC Testimony and Blogs
  
  
• David Doniger: Testimony
• David Doniger Blog: "Smile and Waive"
• Roland Hwang: Testimony
• Roland Hwang Blog: "Yes They Can"
  
  
• March 5, 2009 –.Testimony and new release from Environmental Defense Fund.
  
  
• March 5, 2009 – Sierra Club Unveils Photo Petition, Virtual Clean Cars Show In Conjunction with EPA Hearing. People from Across the Country Agree: EPA Holds the Key to Clean Cars
  
  
• March 4, 2009 – On the eve of U.S. EPA's hearing to reconsider California's Clean Cars Waiver request, consumer and environmental advocates answered reporters' questions in a teleconference call. Materials distributed include:
  
  
• Union of Concerned Scientists updated "Vanguard" report highlighting existing technologies automakers can use to meet the Clean Cars standard
  – fact sheet
  – more information from UCS
  
• Slide discussed by Adam Lee, president, Lee Auto Malls (third generation auto dealer and manager of twelve locations across Maine, selling both domestic and foreign nameplates) demonstrating drop in 2008 net revenue by vehicle market segment
  
  
• January 26, 2009 – President Obama instructed the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider the Bush administration's denial of a request by California and 13 other states to implement global warming pollution standards for cars and trucks.
  Read more.
  
  
• January 21, 2009 – One day after President Barack Obama's historic inauguration, California again asks for a waiver to implement the Clean Cars Law.
  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's letter to President Barack Obama
  California Air Resources Board Chairwoman Mary Nichols' letter to EPA Administrator-designate Lisa Jackson seeking reconsideration of the previous waiver denial
  
  
• December 11, 2008 – Detroit Bailout news and editorial coverage:
  Seeking bailout while battling emissions curbs – Boston Globe
  Now They Say They Can Do It – New York Times
  
  
• December 9, 2008 – Detroit Bailout:
  U.S. Chamber of Commerce fights provision to block automaker lawsuits against Clean Car standards
  
  
• December 8, 2008 – Detroit Bailout:
  An NRDC analysis of GM's and Ford's investment plans submitted to Congress shows the U.S. automakers can comply with California's Clean Cars standard nationwide.
  Read the analysis
  News release
  
  
• December 5, 2008 – Detroit Bailout:
  Statement from Union of Concerned Scientists' David Friedman before House Committee on Financial Services
  
  
• December 2, 2008 – On a vote of 6-to-1, Florida's Environmental Regulation Commission adopted the Clean Cars Law, and sent the rule to the state legislature for final ratification.
  Florida Audubon news release
  
  
• September 23, 2008 – In response to the EPA's issuance of an "Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking" last July, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works holds a hearing on regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
  U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer's opening statement
  Testimony of California Air Resources Board Chair Mary Nichols
  Testimony of Sierra Club's David Bookbinder
  
  
• July 31, 2008 – The 2008 Public Policy Institute of California poll on the environment finds global warming front and center among Californians' environmental concerns. Two in three residents and likely voters, and majorities of voters across parties favor the state making its own policies. Eight in 10 residents (81%) and likely voters (79%) say they favor the 2002 state law to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from new cars beginning in 2009.
  Read the PPIC Press release
  Download the full report
  
  
• July 22, 2008 – U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works hearing: an update on the science of global warming and its implications.
  
  
• July 11, 2008 – U.S. EPA issues an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that will involve seeking months more comment on whether GHG is a pollutant that affects public health. It is essentially delaying action until the next president takes office. Read more.
  
  
• May 30, 2008 – Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger sends a letter to U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer, Joseph Lieberman and John Warner establishing California's key principles for any federal climate legislation. Read the press release.
  
  
• May 29, 2008 – California Air Resources Board Chairman Mary Nichols responds to a letter sent by Congressional Republicans to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger supporting a national vehicle standard.
  Read Chairman Nichols's response
  Read the list of recipients to Chairman Nichols's letter
  Read the Republican Congressional delegation's letter
  
  
• May 19, 2008 – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee investigation concludes that the White House tampered with the U.S. EPA’s decision, leading EPA to reject California’s request for a waiver to implement its clean cars law.
  
  
• May 8, 2008 – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s statement after meeting with automakers.
  
  
• May 6, 2008 – Arizona adopts Clean Cars regulation.
  
  
• April 22-23, 2008 – On Earth Day, NHTSA releases proposed new fuel economy rules. But buried in the small print is language that would pre-empt Calif. and other states from implementing stricter tailpipe regulations to reduce global warming pollution.
  Read about the latest attack on states’ rights
  
  
• April 2, 2008 – One year after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that EPA has authority to regulate GHG from vehicles, 18 states, three cities and 11 environmental groups returned to federal court to press the U.S. EPA to act on the court-mandated “endangerment finding,” a determination that greenhouse gases endanger public health or welfare. This action follows a month of continued foot-dragging by EPA and badgering by Congress.
  Read more about endangerment finding
  
  
• February 29, 2008 – U.S. EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson issues his justification for denying California's waiver request for its Clean Cars law.
  Read the decision
  Read the EPA fact sheet
  
  
• January 24, 2008 – Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger joins 13 other governors in sending a letter to U.S. EPA regarding the U.S. EPA waiver denial.
  Learn more
  
  
• January 24, 2008 – Calif. Air Resources Board releases addendum to previous analysis of California Clean Cars regulation vs. CAFE standards adopted by Congress in December.
  Learn more
  
  
• January 10, 2008 – U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, chair of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee, holds a field hearing in Los Angeles on the EPA’s recent waiver denial. Learn more
  
  
• January 10, 2008 – An assessment of major studies that have examined the implications of global warming for urban smog concludes that the EPA’s refusal to allow California to regulate greenhouse gases from motor vehicles has adverse consequences for the health of California’s urban residents, especially children and seniors.
  Environmental Defense news release
  Environmental Defense report
  
  
• January 2, 2008 – In separate petitions, California and 15 states, plus five environmental organizations ask a federal court to reverse the December 19, 2007 U.S. EPA decision denying California a waiver to implement its Clean Cars law. The petitions were filed in the 9th Circuit of Appeals.
  Learn more
  
  
• December 20, 2007 – Gov. Schwarzenegger announces intent to appeal EPA waiver denial.
  
  
• December 20, 2007 – House Oversight Committee Chairman Henry Waxman initiates investigation into U.S. EPA its decision to deny California’s clean cars waiver.
  Read the request
  
  
• December 19, 2007 – Bush administration denies California clean cars waiver request.
  EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson’s letter to Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
  EPA news release: EPA denies California clean cars waiver
  Read Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s response
  Read Calif. Attorney General Jerry Brown’s response
  Read U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein’s response
  Read National Association of Clean Air Agencies response
  Read NRDC response
  Read Union of Concerned Scientists response
  Read the Environment America response
  Read the NESCAUM response
  Read Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell response
  Read New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson’s response
  Read Maine Gov. John Baldacci’s response
  Read Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell’s response
  Read New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s response
  
  
• December 11, 2007 – California wins in U.S. District Court. Judge Anthony Ishii dismisses automaker lawsuit in U.S. District Court, opens door for California Clean Cars Law in global warming fight. State awaits waiver from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency before it can implement law.
  Read the American Lung Association of California news release
  Read the NRDC news release
  Read the UCS news release
  Read the Sierra Club news release
  
  
• November 28, 2007 – New Mexico becomes the 13th state to adopt the Clean Cars Law.
  
  
• November 8, 2007 – In a precedent setting lawsuit, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. sued the U.S. EPA, to force action on the state’s waiver request. The lawsuit, filed today in Washington D.C. , charges the EPA with an unreasonable delay in reaching a decision on California’s request for a waiver to implement its clean cars law.
  
  Fourteen other states – Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington – joined California’s lawsuit.
  Read the Governor’s Press release and view video
  Read the Attorney General’s Press release
  Read the Complaint
  Read the Statement from Former US EPA Administrator William K. Reilly
  Read the statement from NRDC’s David Doniger
  Read the Environment California release
  Read the National Environmental Trust statement
  Read the Union of Concerned Scientists release
  
  
• September 12, 2007 – A federal district court judge in Vermont today ruled against the automakers and for the states of Vermont and New York and environmental groups in support of the Clean Cars Law. The decision opens the way toward implementation of California’s vehicle global warming pollution standards in Vermont.
  Read the judge's opinion.
  Read statements on the ruling by Sierra Club, Conservation Law Foundation, and Union of Concerned Scientists
  Read the statement by Environmental Defense
  
  
• September 12, 2007 – Thirteen Governors sign a letter to automakers asking them to drop their lawsuits against state clean cars laws and work together to address global warming.
  
  
• June 6, 2007 – Members of Congress, governors, state attorneys general, state environmental leaders, and environmental, public interest and consumer groups join to oppose provisions in draft energy legislation that would cripple states’ rights. Read more.
  
  
• May 21, 2007 – Washington, DC—Tailpipe standards already in place in 12 states would reduce global warming emissions by nearly 400 million metric tons by 2020 – a reduction equivalent to taking 74 million of today’s cars off the road for an entire year, according to a new U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) report. The report comes as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) prepares to hold public hearings May 22 in Arlington, Virginia and May 30 in Sacramento, Calif. on whether to give states the green light to reduce global warming pollution from cars and SUVs.
  
  
• May 10, 2007 – U.S. EPA announces a second public hearing on California waiver request to implement the Clean Cars Law, this one in Sacramento May 30.
  Second waiver notice
  
  
• April 25, 2007 – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger warns U.S. EPA that the state will sue if the federal agency fails to act within 6 months on California’s long-delayed request for a waiver to implement its clean cars law.
  Governor’s news release and letter to EPA
  
  
• April 24, 2007 – U.S. EPA opens comment period on California waiver request to implement Clean Cars Law
  Read details
  
  
• April 02, 2007 – U.S. Supreme Court gives green light to global warming motor vehicle standards. The U. S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in a strongly-worded opinion that CO2 is a pollutant and that states can regulate its emissions, bolstering California’s Clean Cars Law.
  Read the opinion
  Read the Union of Concerned Scientists press release
  Read the Natural Resources Defense Council press release
  Read the Sierra Club press release
  Read the PIRG press release
  
  
• March 19, 2007 – The automakers’ trial against the Clean Cars Law is going forward in Vermont. In a Burlington, Vt. courtroom, attorneys for the Burlington Free Press argue their motion to keep the trial open to the public, opposing an automaker motion to close certain testimony due to claims of trade secrets.
  Read more 
  
  
• January 16, 2007 – A federal judge in Fresno, Calif. today postponed trial of the auto industry’s lawsuit against California’s landmark clean cars global warming standards until the U.S. Supreme Court issues its decision in a closely related case later this spring.
  Read the NRDC news release
  Read the judge's order
  
  
• November 20, 2006 – Next week, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a landmark global warming case, Massachusetts v. EPA. This case will decide whether the Clean Air Act authorizes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate the pollution that causes global warming. It will also have a direct bearing on the eleven states across the country that have adopted global warming tailpipe emissions standards for cars and trucks.
  Read the Media Advisory
  Read the Mass. v. EPA Primer
  
  
• September 26, 2006 – Environment, science, conservation, health, and consumer leaders join key members of Congress in calling on the Bush administration to allow California to implement its new clean-car standards to limit global warming emissions.
  Read the news release.
  Read the letter from 100 Congressional Representatives.
  
  
• September 20, 2006 – California sues six major automakers for global warming damages.
  
  
• September 15, 2006 – Attorneys for the California Attorney General and the environmental intervenors argue in U.S. District Court in Fresno, Calif. that the federal Clean Air Act authorizes, and no other law preempts, California’s regulations to reduce global warming pollution from vehicles.
  
  
• August 31, 2006 – Powerful Coalition Petitions Supreme Court to Order EPA to Obey the Law
  
  
• March 16, 2006 – New NRC Report Affirms the Role of the States in Setting Clean Air Standards

Resources

• May 29, 2008 – More than 1,700 of the nation's most prominent scientists and economists release a joint statement calling on policymakers to require immediate, deep reductions in global warming emissions – just days before the Senate begins debate on the Lieberman-Warner climate bill.
  
  
• May, 2008 – A discussion paper by Walter McManus, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, of numerous studies examining the impact of the Clean Cars program as well as increasing fuel economy regulations on auto industry profits and jobs.
  
  
• May 8, 2008 – California released an updated comparison of the Clean Cars law vs. federal CAFÉ standards, using the standards announced by NHTSA in April 2008. It found California’s rule achieves 41 percent greater total reductions of greenhouse gases nationwide compared to the recently proposed federal fuel economy standards by 2020
  
  
• April 22, 2008 – UCS Report: Setting the Standard: How Cost-Effective Technology Can Increase Vehicle Fuel Economy
  
  
• April 22, 2008 – U.S. Reps. Waxman, Markey, Inslee call on Congressional colleagues to support a set of “strong, fair, and science-based” principles to guide Congress as it produces a comprehensive global warming bill.
  
  
• February 25, 2008 – CARB issues the final report comparing emissions reduction benefits of Clean Cars law with CAFE
  
  
• January 24, 2008 – Calif. Air Resources Board addendum to earlier study of California Clean Cars program (Pavley) to CAFE
  
  
• January 8, 2008 – Facts Are Stupid Things – NRDC Climate Center Director David Doniger’s blog
  
  
• Where do the 2008 presidential candidates stand?
  
  • Hillary Clinton supports California in its fight against U.S. EPA for denying Clean Cars waiver – The Sacramento Bee – January 12, 2008
  • Obama would have granted California’s waiver – campaign statement – December 20, 2007
    
  • Chart compares Republican candidates – The Sacramento Bee – January 31, 2008
  • All four Republican candidates support California's right to a waiver from the Bush EPA – Grist – January 30, 2008
    
    
• January 2, 2008 – California Air Resources Board compares California Clean Cars program (Pavley) to federal CAFÉ standards
  
  
• December 27, 2007 – Congressional Research Service Report to Congress: California’s Waiver Request to Control Greenhouse Gases Under the Clean Air Act
  
  
• December 2007 – Arriving at the Tipping Point – Sierra Club
  
  
• October 2007 – King review of low-carbon cars
  
  
• January 2007 – Vanguard: We can have it all with lower emissions today – Union of Concerned Scientists
  
  
• November 2007 – Biofuels: An Important Part of a Low-Carbon Diet – Union of Concerned Scientists
  
  
• August 2007 – Automakers Corporate Carbon Burdens report – Environmental Defense
  
  
• Video with NRDC’s Roland Hwang: Clean Cars – A Global Warming Solution

• California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger again urges U.S. EPA action on California’s waiver request – letter to president
  
  
• California sues six major automakers for global warming damages – legal complaint
  
  
• Rising to the Challenge: Six Steps to Cut Global Warming Pollution in the United States – U.S. PIRG Education Fund report
  
  
• State Clean Cars Programs: An Effective Way to Slash Global Warming Pollution – National Association of State PIRGs report
  
  
• California Auto Standards and State Efforts to Curb Global Warming Pollution from Cars and Light Trucks – National Environmental Trust fact sheet

Recent Clippings

• January 21, 2009 – Pew Environment Group ad in USA Today urges President Obama to take action on global warming.
  
  
• December 12, 2008 – Editorial: Appeal of air rules is Motor City madness – Providence Business News
  
  
• April 12, 2008 – “Vanishing Act” U.S. EPA fails to live up to its name – National Journal cover story
  
  
• January 9, 2008 – The EPA’s faulty climate math - Reporter Andrew Revkin’s blog – New York Times
  
  December 21, 2007 – A selection of national news clippings of the waiver denial.
  TIME, CBS News, Detroit News, Reuters, Seattle Times, Hartford Courant, Detroit Free Press, The New York Times, USA Today
  
  
• December 21, 2007 – Editorials on U.S. EPA denial of California waiver request. – New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Sacramento Bee, Mercury News
  
  
• December 21, 2007 – News coverage on political and legal fallout of U.S. EPA denial of California waiver request. – Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Mercury News, Sacramento Bee
  
  
• December 12, 2007 – Sacramento Bee story summarizes impact of U.S. District Court decision against automakers in California Clean Cars Law case.
  
  
• September 12, 2007 – States seeking to regulate vehicle GHG emissions win big in court. News coverage of Vermont decision from: Detroit News, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Times, Washington Post
  
  
• September 1, 2007 – A Congressional Research Service report updated in August and leaked to the San Jose Mercury News indicates California has a good case for its waiver request to EPA – San Jose Mercury News
  
  
• July 3, 2007 – California officials are furious at evidence that DOT lobbied on behalf of auto industry against California’s waiver request – Los Angeles Daily News
  
  
• June 18, 2007 – U.S. Reps. John Dingell and Rick Boucher withdraw language from energy legislation that would have overturned California’s authority to implement its Clean Cars Law – San Francisco Chronicle and The Sacramento Bee
  
  
• June 8, 2007 – Editorials oppose legislative effort in Congress to overturn California’s and other states’ right to set stricter greenhouse gas emissions standards – Washington Post and The Sacramento Bee
  
  
• May 21, 2007 – California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell co-sign a strongly worded op-ed pushing the Bush Administration to act on California’s waiver request – Washington Post
  
  
• May 21, 2007 – Calif. Attorney General and former Gov. Jerry Brown crusades for California’s EPA waiver – Newsweek Online
  
  
• May 13, 2007 – Burlington Free Press wraps up coverage of Vermont Clean Cars trial
  
  
• April 11 – May 9, 2007 – Selected articles from Burlington Free Press coverage of Vermont trial
  
  
• April 25, 2007 – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger threatens to sue U.S. EPA –
  Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The Sacramento Bee, San Diego Union-Tribune
  
  
• April 24, 2007 – U.S. EPA Opens Comment Period on California waiver request to implement Clean Cars law - Greenwire
  
  
• April 24, 2007 - Maryland Clean Cars bill signed into law – Baltimore Sun
  
  
• April 12, 13, 14, 2007 – Vermont Trial Coverage – Burlington Free Press
  
  
• April 11, 2007 – Trial of the tailpipe opens – Burlington Free Press
  
  
• April 11, 2007 –- Editorial: Open court serves public in hearings – Burlington Free Press
  
  
• April 5, 2007 – Judge Denies Automakers’ Motion to Close Courtroom – Burlington Free Press
  
  
• March 24, 2007 – Judge in emissions suit rejects companies' push for secrecy – Associated Press
  
  
• March 16 and 10, 2007 – Coverage of pre-trial activity in Vermont. Burlington Free Press files motion to intervene opposing automakers’ motion to seal testimony in Vermont Clean Cars lawsuit – Burlington Free Press and Associated Press
  
  
• October 25, 2006 – The Bush administration and business interests urge the Supreme Court to reject upcoming hearing on Mass. v. EPA CO2 case – Greenwire
  
  
• September 9, 2006 – Arizona adopts plan to reduce global warming; plan includes Clean Cars Law component – Arizona Republic
  
  
• August 11, 2006 – Cities, States Aren't Waiting For U.S. Action on Climate – Washington Post
  
  
• July 3, 2006 – Path now clear for cleaner mowers. Bond has backed off his opposition, so the EPA eyes new emission rules – Kansas City Star
  
  
• June 30, 2006 – Approval near for control of small engines’ emissions. EPA ready to OK California’s limits, even to point of making rules national standard – San Francisco Chronicle
  
  
• June 29, 2006 – California Smog Rules May be Used Nationwide – AP
  
  
• June 29, 2006 – Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Global Warming Case – AP