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To: tejek who wrote (45185)	11/19/2008 8:23:29 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 149317

EXACTLY! Do these idiots from GM realize that Barbara Boxer heads the environmental committee in the house and Pelosi lives in the same town? Other than banking, Pelosi and Boxer are the TWO most important people in the house that Detroit needs to impress to get their money. Detroit BLEW OFF California's fuel efficiency standards just last year and you could practically see the steam coming out of Boxer's and Arnold's heads over this. NOW they want a bailout? These detroit CEOs need to learn basic politicking and who is in charge here. Pelosi and Boxer are getting lobbied from the local electric car companies too who are FOR these standards. Hopefully GM and Ford "breathed a sigh of relief" when this happened because they effectively BLEW any chance of sympathy with the west coast after this. Fuel efficiency ratings have not changed for THIRTY YEARS and now, in an effort to obtain more fuel so Detroit residents can continue to drive their escalades, oil proponents are planning on drilling off the CA coastline............ NO WAY. EPA Rejects California Vehicle-Emission Standards California Gov. Schwarzenegger says the fight isn't over after the EPA turns down a waiver that would allow the Golden State to set its own vehicle-emission standards. He plans to sue the agency -- again -- in the next three weeks. But California plans to fight back. On Thursday, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he would challenge the decision by filing a lawsuit in the next three weeks, if all goes as planned in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. "It is disappointing that the federal government is standing in our way and ignoring the will of tens of millions of people across the nation," he said in a written statement. "California sued to compel the agency to act on our waiver, and now we will sue to overturn today's decision and allow Californians to protect our environment." Also Thursday, Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, sent off an angry letter to the EPA. "Your decision appears to have ignored the evidence before the agency and the requirements of the Clean Air Act," he wrote. "We are deeply disappointed that the administrator has chosen to deny our waiver. And we are even more discouraged that he did it on such flimsy ground," said California Air Resources Board Chair Mary Nichols in a press conference shortly after the decision was announced. "As you can tell, we are not happy." California doesn't plan to back down, she added. "We will sue and sue and sue again until we get our legal rights." A Sigh of Relief No doubt major car manufactures, at least, are breathing a sigh of relief. Auto manufacturers have opposed California's efforts, arguing that if the waiver was granted it would essentially allow the state to set fuel-economy standards, which only the federal government is allowed to set (see Judge Upholds California Auto-Emission Law). But the outraged reactions from federal lawmakers, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Waxman, imply the fight will continue. greentechmedia.com