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WASHINGTON, June 30 (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Tuesday approved California's long-standing bid to set its own tough standards for vehicle tailpipe emissions, a decision in tune with a national plan to boost fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gases linked to climate change.
By granting this request, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it recognized California's need for a tight emissions program that included limits on climate-warming gases.
In a brief statement, the EPA said this decision marked a return to the "traditional legal interpretation of the Clean Air Act," an apparent swipe at the Bush administration, which balked at granting this waiver and at imposing any mandatory economy-wide limits on climate-warming emissions.
California first requested the normally routine Clean Air Act waiver from the EPA in 2005. The request was denied by the Bush administration in 2008.
Shortly after taking office in January, President Barack Obama directed the EPA to revisit the issue.
"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," EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said in a statement.
The agency's announcement came four days after legislation aimed at curbing climate change was narrowly approved by the U.S. House of Representatives, and more than a month after Obama on May 19 ordered the struggling auto industry to cut emissions and improve gas mileage. (Reporting by Deborah Zabarenko; Editing by Will Dunham)
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Even stricter standards huh? Now are we going to start seeing state specific emissions?
This posted in right section of forum? It's political right? lol