Word: california
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...first time in nearly two decades, the Law School faculty may fill the chair of its East Asian Legal Studies program after voting unanimously to offer the post to a professor from the University of California at Los Angeles...
Although Detroit railed against the proposed standards, the fact is that some cars already meet or exceed part of the requirements. Reason: automakers have complied since 1983 with California's pollution laws, which are the strictest in the U.S. and will become even tighter in the 1990s, when they are to serve as models for the rest of the country. Such 1989 cars as the South Korean-built Pontiac LeMans and Japan's Nissan Maxima emit less than 0.2 gram of nitrogen oxide per mile. At the same time, Chrysler sells its California dealers a $100 pump that helps cars...
Nonetheless, U.S. automakers insist that California standards would become burdensome if adopted nationwide. GM's Stempel argued that the stricter requirements would raise car prices in regions that are free of smog. Declared a Chrysler spokesman: "If you lived in Resume Speed, N. Dak., you would be paying for a piece of equipment that you simply did not need to keep your air clean...
...companies have been slow to respond to such initiatives. Atlantic Richfield was the first in Southern California; last summer it introduced a clean-burning unleaded gasoline designed to power older vehicles built to use leaded fuel. The Los Angeles-based company said the new brand, Emission Control-1, has been favorably -- if not overwhelmingly -- received since it replaced Arco's leaded gas last month. Edward Reilly, senior vice president for marketing, said EC-1 sales were slightly ahead of previous levels for leaded gas, although the two fuels cost the same...
Ironically, some California air-quality officials have raised strong objections to last week's House vote. They complain that a fine-print , provision in the federal action would end California's right to impose even tougher standards on off-road vehicles such as lawn mowers, dune buggies and construction equipment, which account for an estimated 16% of the state's smog. Says a spokesman for the California Air Resources Board: "While the bill applauds California's leadership, it ties our hands to control pollution in our own backyard...