I can't help but wonder at what would happen if all automakers chose to
boycott CA for 2 weeks to a month? I'm thinking that bill would not go very
far.
Greg H.
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Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 06:12
Subject: [biofuel] California Senate oks emissions bill targeting SUVs
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Planet Ark :
California Senate oks emissions bill targeting SUVs
USA: May 6, 2002
SACRAMENTO - California's state Senate approved a controversial bill
to limit greenhouse gas emissions, a measure automakers say is aimed
at choking off sales of sport utility vehicles through tighter fuel
economy standards.
Gov. Gray Davis has not taken a position on the bill, which is
strongly opposed by the auto industry. Officials in his office said
the Democratic governor was working with the bill's author,
Democratic Assemblymember Fran Pavley, seeking to make it more
palatable to all parties concerned.
The proposal has been attacked by representatives of the automotive
industry, who have called it a driving tax intended to drive a
wedge between Californians and their beloved SUVs - a big source of
greenhouse gas emissions.
Some 47 percent of passenger vehicles sold in the nation's
most-populous state are SUVs, minivans or light trucks, a percentage
that has tripled over the last 30 years.
The Senate passed the bill, AB1058, by a vote of 22-13. It now
returns for a concurrence vote in the Assembly, which first passed
the measure in January.
The bill would require the state's Air Resources Board to adopt
regulations that would achieve the maximum feasible reduction in
emissions of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide (CO2),
emitted by cars and light-duty trucks, the category that includes
SUVs.
The regulations, which should be completed by 2005, would not take
effect until at least Jan. 1, 2006. An amended version of the bill
would give automakers until 2009 to come up with technological
changes or modifications to comply with the new standards.
Because California's Air Resources Board was established before the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was formed under the Clean Air
Act of 1970, California is unique in its ability to impose air
quality standards independent of federal regulation.
The federal government last month rejected a proposed 50-percent
boost in fuel-efficiency for gas-guzzling cars and SUVs. Existing
federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards require passenger
cars to average 27.5 miles per gallon, while SUVs, along with
mini-vans and other vehicles in the light truck category, need only
achieve 20.7 mpg.
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