CALIFORNIA FACES UNCERTAIN IMPACT FROM OUTCOME OF EPA CLIMATE CASE

A pending federal court decision on EPA's authority to limit greenhouse gases may be a key factor in a separate lawsuit over California's pending standards for automobiles, since both cases raise the issue of whether the Clean Air Act allows the regulation of carbon dioxide (CO2), sources involved in the cases say. Yet observers differ in their assessment of how the litigation on EPA's authority will affect the lawsuit over the California rules. Some industry officials believe that if the...