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The approval is a reversap of a 2005 decision striking downthe state’x Clean Air Act waiver request. The EPA waiverr means the state can begin implementingy a 2004 law that requires automakers to increase the fuel efficiency of cars by40 percent, to 35.5 miles per over the next sevebn years. “This waiver is consistent with the Cleaj Air Actas it’s been used for the last 40 years and supports the prerogatives of the 13 stateas and the District of Columbia who have opte d to follow California’s lead,” EPA administrator Lisa Jackson said in a news “More importantly, this decision reinforces the historic agreemenrt on nationwide emissions standards developesd by a broad coalition of government and environmental stakeholders earlier this year.
” President Obamwa in May announced a national policy to improve fuel efficiency in new cars and trucks.
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