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Ready to race!
Looks like the rest of the U.S. will soon have to abide by the same strict emissions standard as California. I wonder how this will impact the car aftermarket industry.
Here's the link to the article:
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramen...opts-california-emission-standard.html?r=full
U.S. adopts California vehicle emission standards
Mark Anderson
Staff Writer-
Sacramento Business Journal
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday released a proposed national standard for cars and for gasoline that slashes allowable emissions for a range of harmful pollutants — and brings them to California standards.
The federal agency said the goal is to “significantly reduce harmful pollution, prevent thousands of premature deaths and illnesses, while also enabling efficiency improvements in the cars and trucks we drive.”
The proposed nationwide standard reduces sulfur levels in gasoline down to 10 parts per million — a 60 percent reduction for much of the nation — by 2017.
That change in federal standards will bring them into line with the goals set by California years ago, said Stanley Young, communications director with the California Air Resources Board.
“We’ve been far ahead of the federal government for more than a decade,” Young said. California fuel requirements are currently under 9 parts per million of sulfur.
In a news release, the U.S. EPA said the standards would work with California’s program for clean fuels and cars to allow car companies to sell the same cars and trucks in all 50 states.
“For decades, California has carefully crafted emissions standards to protect the health of people and other living things. Now the federal government is joining with us to apply the same standards to the rest of the nation. The result will be improved health for millions of people,” said California Gov. Jerry Brown, in a statement.
Cars built before the new standards will run cleaner on the low-sulfur gas, the federal EPA’s release said.
Mark Anderson covers technology, banking and finance, medtech and biotech, venture capital, energy, mining, hotels, restaurants and tourism for the Sacramento Business Journal.
Here's the link to the article:
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramen...opts-california-emission-standard.html?r=full
U.S. adopts California vehicle emission standards
Mark Anderson
Staff Writer-
Sacramento Business Journal
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday released a proposed national standard for cars and for gasoline that slashes allowable emissions for a range of harmful pollutants — and brings them to California standards.
The federal agency said the goal is to “significantly reduce harmful pollution, prevent thousands of premature deaths and illnesses, while also enabling efficiency improvements in the cars and trucks we drive.”
The proposed nationwide standard reduces sulfur levels in gasoline down to 10 parts per million — a 60 percent reduction for much of the nation — by 2017.
That change in federal standards will bring them into line with the goals set by California years ago, said Stanley Young, communications director with the California Air Resources Board.
“We’ve been far ahead of the federal government for more than a decade,” Young said. California fuel requirements are currently under 9 parts per million of sulfur.
In a news release, the U.S. EPA said the standards would work with California’s program for clean fuels and cars to allow car companies to sell the same cars and trucks in all 50 states.
“For decades, California has carefully crafted emissions standards to protect the health of people and other living things. Now the federal government is joining with us to apply the same standards to the rest of the nation. The result will be improved health for millions of people,” said California Gov. Jerry Brown, in a statement.
Cars built before the new standards will run cleaner on the low-sulfur gas, the federal EPA’s release said.
Mark Anderson covers technology, banking and finance, medtech and biotech, venture capital, energy, mining, hotels, restaurants and tourism for the Sacramento Business Journal.