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Cleaner, Greener CarsWhat's NewCongress to investigate EPA decision to block clean cars After Bush-appointed EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson rejected the California waiver that would have given the green light to clean cars programs in 13 states, Congress launched an investigation into the decision. In late Febuary, Sen. Henry Waxman (Calif.) issued a subpoena for EPA documents, and in early March, he threatened to issue another. How You Can HelpClinton, McCain, Obama: Clean cars on day one! The Bush EPA hasn’t reversed its decision to block cleaner cars. And the Antarctic ice shelf, which recently lost a 160-square-mile chunk of ice, isn’t going to put itself back together, either. With the Bush administration blocking progress at every turn, we’re counting on the next president to remove the EPA’s roadblock to cleaner cars. Email the candidates and help make sure that clean cars are a priority for the next administration. BackgroundHe did it to us again. President Bush and his political appointees took another backward step on global warming in December when his EPA denied California and 12 other states the right to adopt clean car standards that require automakers to reduce pollution from cars and trucks by 30 percent by 2016. We're challenging this insane
decision in the courts, but that could take years—years we can't afford
to wait, given the narrow window of opportunity we have to prevent the
worst effects of global warming. That's why we're also pushing the
major presidential candidates to pledge to reverse this decision on Day
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