Obama Allows Stricter Vehicle Emission Standards

U.S. Barack Obama made his first order of business as far as being the new U.S. President is concerned. Obama has given all independent states a freehand to implement their own stricter vehicle emission requirements, an effort that will surely be approved by local bodies.

It would overturn a Bush administration decision which favoured a national standard for vehicle pollution. California, a leader in environmental protection, and other states had sought exemptions to set their own standards.

Along with this announcement came that President Obama would set new rules for carmakers to improve vehicle fuel efficiency to help address the carbon emissions emitted by cars today.

Mr Obama is preparing to order the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to begin work on granting California and 13 other states an exemption from the federal Clear Air Act to set their own standards on exhaust emissions and fuel efficiency.

(Source) BBC News

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