Obama to Let States Restrict Emissions Standards

Washington - President Obama on Monday will direct federal regulators to move swiftly to grant California and 13 other states the right to set strict automobile emissions and fuel efficiency standards, two administration officials said Sunday evening.

The directive makes good on an Obama campaign pledge and marks a sharp reversal from Bush administration policy. Granting California and the other states the right to regulate tailpipe emissions [and thereby segment the market into unmanageable pieces to further accelerate an industry's demise we're already spending billions to rescue. Brilliant.]

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