Comments on: The Gift That Keeps On Giving: EPA Hides Behind Weakened Energy Bill to Deny California Tailpipe Standard Waiver

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Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:31:07 +0000

[...] , global warming In response to the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s rejection of California’s application for a waiver to regulate the tailpipe emissions on vehicles, [...]

By: Becky Dernbach

Becky Dernbach — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:06:38 +0000

See, this is funny to me, because last week in Bali the Bush administration assured a room full of concerned people of the world, after a question from Tom Friedman, that it was only reluctant to sign onto a national renewable energy standard because it would INFRINGE on states’ rights to pass their own. I’m a little flabbergasted at the blatant inconsistency here. It’s good to remember what their real agenda is.

By: Nick Magel

Nick Magel — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:59:56 +0000

Incredible on so many fronts… The EPA is using the same talking points and language as the auto industry! Well if anything, the transparency the EPA is now displaying is refreshing(insert sarcasm) in a very disturbing way. Dave McCurdy of the Automobile Manufactures Alliance (front group for big auto, that has been suing CA to stop these tailpipe emission reductions) has been referring to a “patchwork” policy for months now. What is a “patchwork” anyway? If this waiver was granted over half the population, and over half of the autos in the US would fall under this tailpipe emission reduction mandate. If anything it is a “patchwork” of states not implementing these regulations! These emission reductions serve as a spring board to real climate solutions in our transforming transportation paradigm. The EPA and the Bush administration are pandering to auto industry interests while the quality of our air and the health of our communities hangs in the balance.
It is clear now that the EPA would rather play politics than provide pathways to healthy communities. I’ll let my cynic loose now… this is why we cannot continue to look to our government for real change, it will never happen fast enough. urgency is paramount, unfortunately it’s not in our government’s vocab.