EPA Staff Backed Calif. Pollution Waiver

By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer, Space & Earth science / Environment

(AP) -- EPA officials told the agency's administrator that California had "compelling and extraordinary conditions" to justify a federal waiver allowing the state to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, according to excerpts of documents released Wednesday.

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