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California Sues Over Vehicle Emissions - Los Angeles Times (new window)	9/21/2006
The state of California sued the country's largest automobile manufacturers Wednesday, seeking billions of dollars for environmental damage caused by tailpipe emissions.
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State on Verge of Greenhouse Gas Restrictions - Los Angeles Times (new window)	8/31/2006
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders agreed Wednesday on a plan to cut by 25% the amount of greenhouse gases emitted from California electric power plants, refineries and other sources by the year 2020.
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Schwarzenegger walks tightrope on global warming - San Francisco Chronicle (new window)	8/1/2006
Although Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and British Prime Minister Tony Blair stood together in Long Beach Monday to unveil a largely symbolic agreement to work together to combat global warming, the biggest test of Schwarzenegger's commitment to curb greenhouse gases will come in the next few weeks in Sacramento.
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Environmental initiatives gain momentum - Contra Costa Times (new window)	7/2/2006
Maybe it's the summer heat, or Al Gore's documentary. Whatever the cause, California environmentalists and Democratic lawmakers have embarked on an ambitious campaign to catapult the state ahead of the nation on a number of green initiatives.
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Bay Area Environmentalists Look To Supreme Court On Warming - KCBS (new window)	6/27/2006
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to rule on a landmark lawsuit over climate change, in which Bay Area environmentalists are making the case to control greenhouse gases -- and are opposed by the Bush Administration.
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California Emissions Up 85% Between 1960, 2001 - Los Angeles Times (new window)	6/21/2006
Global warming-related emissions in California jumped a whopping 85% between 1960 and 2001, according to a new analysis of federal data released Tuesday by Environment California, which called for tough new state laws to reduce the trend.
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Editorial: State regulators too timid on greenhouse-gas proposal - San Jose Mercury News (new window)	6/20/2007
California air regulators will meet Thursday to make the state's first binding measures to help cut greenhouse-gas emissions 25 percent by 2020. Under AB32, the sweeping global warming law the Legislature passed last year, these "discrete early actions" must be implemented by Jan. 1, 2010 - a tight deadline in a world where regulations often percolate for two years or more.
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California's Efforts to Cut Emissions Slowed by Federal Government - KBPS Radio (new window)	5/23/2007
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Helping California Save Energy - The San Diego Union-Tribune (new window)	5/22/2006
San Diegans don't have to look far to see that a national conversation on U.S. dependence on foreign oil is long overdue. Some of the highest gas prices in the United States are posted on fuel station signs throughout the region.
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National Public Radio Program About Supreme Court Global Warming Decision - National Public Radio	4/3/2007
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Air board sets goals to reduce emissions - San Francisco Chronicle (new window)	4/21/2007
Californians would have to buy cleaner gasoline and more efficient lightbulbs and face a new ban on a chemical backyard mechanics use to replenish air conditioners in cars under the first proposals aimed at meeting the state's landmark law to reduce greenhouse gases.
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Senate Dems unveil emissions bills - Sacramento Bee (new window)	2/27/2007
In a challenge to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's much-touted plan to reduce greenhouse gases, Senate Democrats on Thursday unveiled a sweeping package of bills that impose new industry regulations rather than rely on the market-based approach the Republican governor has taken.
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In Perspective: Supreme Court to Hear Calif. Global Warming Case - CBS News 5 (new window)	11/28/2006
California has always been on the cutting edge when it comes to auto emissions. We've had tougher laws than the other states, to the point where cars bought elsewhere had to be brought up to California emission standards. Now, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether California's tough standards will live or die.
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EPA Should Regulate Carbon Dioxide Pollution - San Jose Mercury News (new window)	11/28/2006
Faced with the federal government's indifference, California has aggressively led the nation in reducing greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. Tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a lawsuit that ultimately will strengthen or stifle the state's efforts.
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Roadblock to Cleaner Cars - San Francisco Chronicle (new window)	10/30/2006
This year California made history by passing the Global Warming Solutions Act (AB32), the nation's first cap on global warming pollution. Meanwhile, the summer's scorching heat wave drove global warming home for many Americans and melted the stubborn skepticism of others. Unfortunately, despite California's landmark action on global warming and heightened awareness nationwide, the Bush administration has continued to obstruct solutions to climate change.
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State starts work on plan to curb greenhouse gases - San Francisco Chronicle (new window)	1/23/2007
California's first-in-the-nation effort to dramatically reduce greenhouse gases officially began Monday, as the state regulators began public hearings to craft a carbon-reduced economy.
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Feinstein, Boxer differ on global warming - L.A. Times (new window)	1/18/2007
California's two senators this week offered markedly different approaches to slowing global warming, with Dianne Feinstein saying she may move to exempt power companies from her home state's landmark global warming laws and bring them under federal regulation instead.
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Air Board outlines its plans to conquer greenhouse gases - San Francisco Chronicle (new window)	06/27/2008
California's air board unveiled the nation's most ambitious plan Thursday to require cleaner cars and fuels, energy-efficient buildings and more electricity from the sun and wind to cut greenhouse gases in the state.
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State blasts emissions proposal - San Jose Mercury News (new window)	04/24/2008
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's top air pollution regulator Wednesday denounced the federal government's proposal to demand higher fuel efficiency in new cars because a 24-word passage written into the Bush administration's 417-page plan would block California's aggressive efforts to enact its own emissions standards.
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