President Bush is Wrong on California Air Emmissions > Rexroad.com

EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson is wrong. California and some other western states need to be able to deal with vehicle emissions in the way the makes sense.

It kills me when one level of government puts a demand on another level of government and then will not give them the tools to accomplish that effort. It the auto makers don't like the way California has set up the program then they don;t have to sell cars in this market of 37 million people.

Most of the time I think that law needs to be consistent. However, federal law has allowed California to be treated differently for years on the way to cut air pollution -- an it has worked. The People from CALIFORNIA -- not Washington dealt with the problem the best possible way they knew how.

Same things goes this time. Let the Governor and other California people deal with California's air issues. I may not like all the programs proposed but I think it is being addressed at an appropriate venue.

The Governor is right on this.

Comments

By JK @ Friday, December 21, 2007 11:19 AM

Couldn't agree more, Matt.

The EPA has been saying it had no jurisdiction over automotive carbon emissions for decades. As a result, California and over a dozen other states said, "Fine, we'll take care of it ourselves."

Just earlier this year, the courts ruled that it is the EPA's jurisdiction and responsibility to control automotive carbon emissions. What's the first thing they do when they take control? Create a standard which weakens existing laws in several states and, in fact, hurts the environment. This is more about bureaucracy and protecting the industry - it has nothing to do with protecting the environment. Like many other cases of misuse of authority, federal regulation shouldn't supercede state law.

By cirenio1 @ Friday, December 21, 2007 12:26 PM

I agree 100%.

I wish all of those that read this blog a Feliz Navidad and a Happy new year.

By YoloCalVet @ Saturday, December 22, 2007 8:30 AM

Mele Kalikimaka "Cirenio1" your cactus is in the mail to make you "official". LOL!

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