13 states continue push EPA on emissions

California continues states' greenhouse activism

"Led by California, the 13 states have applied to the Environmental Protection Agency for authority to set their own greenhouse-gas standards in the absence of federal rules. On Sunday, EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson told governors the agency will deliver a decision by year's end. Today, the governors meeting near Traverse City are expected to OK a new policy statement calling for the EPA to let states to make such rules."

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