LAWYERS CONFLICT OVER FEDERAL RULING'S IMPACT ON ARB GHG CASE

Attorneys representing the state and environmental groups differ with automaker representatives over the impact of last week's federal court ruling backing U.S. EPA's position not to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from cars and trucks on the air board's landmark regulation requiring reductions in such gases from California vehicles beginning in 2009. The issues involved with the federal ruling may be raised at a court hearing scheduled for July 25 in Fresno that pits American automakers against the air board...