A big high-five to my home state of California. The announcement came today that the state is suing the Environmental Protection Agency, because the EPA is refusing to give California a waiver on federal emissions standards. California wants to make these environmental standards stricter in our state, and the federal government is refusing to allow them to do so.
This should be particularly important, given the recent significant oil spill which happened in the San Francisco Bay a month or two ago. I would say without a doubt that the majority of us Californians want stricter environmental standards.
Isn’t this ironic? Most waivers are usually applied for by folks who want to make the standards looser. Here, California wants to make them stricter, and are being denied permission. So, hats off to California for suing over this ridiculous denial, and the best of luck.
I never thought I’d say this, but way to go Arnie.
Tags: Bay Area, California, environment, EPA, lawsuit, oil, spill, standards
