VOL. XLV

No 31

5-August-2002

ENVIRONMENT

California Law Sets Limits For Automobile Greenhouse Gas Emissions

California GovernorGray Davis on 22 July signed a bill that is the first law in the USsetting limits on vehicle greenhouse gas emissions. The law takes advantage ofa loophole in Californialegislation that allows the state to set its own air quality standardsindependently of the federal government. The USauto industry, however, has said it will contest the law in federal courts onthe...