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EPA Waiver Denial A Setback for Northeast States

By Pat Bradley

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-660619.mp3

Washington, DC – The Environmental Protection Agency has refused to give California a waiver for what would be first-in-the-nation greenhouse gas emissions limits on cars, trucks and SUV's. The denial affects sixteen other states that planned to implement the California standards, including Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Maine. WAMC's North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley has more.