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U.S. appeals court rejects California fuel rule challenge
2013-09-18 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A California program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels was cleared by a federal appeals court on Wednesday, boosting the state's pioneering efforts to help combat global climate change. The ruling from the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a pretrial injunction on the program. It rejected the central argument that California was violating a constitutional rule against impeding interstate commerce - the Commerce Clause - with a low-carbon fuel standard. The...
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