Last week I mentioned that officials in California were urging the Obama administration to grant them a waiver allowing the state to enact auto emissions rules that exceeded federal standards. The EPA, under President Bush, denied Californias request in 2007. President Obama, it seems, has heard the cries of his people calling out in the replica cartier Roadster watches desert (and the chaparral and the forests and the mountains...). The New York Times and Washington Post are reporting that Obama has ordered the EPA to reconsider whether to grant California a waiver, but CNN, citing an unnamed senior administration official, has said that Obama is going to direct the EPA to allow California, and 13 other states, to mandate greater auto efficiency standards. Obama is expected to make the announcement later today. Automakers have said they are unaware of what the announcement will be. --Micah Cratty
Researchers at Utahs Brigham Young University have found that increased air quality extends lives. The study, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, tracked life expectancies in 51 metropolitan areas ranging from San Diego to Worcester, Massachusetts from the early 1980s to the late 1990s, a time of improved air replica cartier Roadster Chronograph watches quality in the U.S. For every reduction of 10 micrograms of fine particulate matter per square meter, the study discovered that life expectancy rose by roughly seven months. According to their findings, Reductions in air pollution accounted for as much as 15% of the overall increase in life expectancy in the study areas.
In other air news, California officials are hoping that Obamas administration will act quickly to grant a waiver letting them impose tougher emissions standards for automobiles. In 2007 the Bush administration denied the states appeal. At that time EPA officials said they wanted to move forward with a unified national policy instead of a patchwork replica cartier Santos 100 Chronograph watches state solution. Critics of the rejection called it disgraceful and decided by politics instead of facts. Automobile manufacturers are saying the tougher standards will cause a bump in car prices.--Micah CrattyShould states be allowed to enact tougher emissions standards? Let us know in the comments section below.
