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...global warming. But right now, there has been none. So how can you say you cannot regulate, you cannot have your own standards [that] we have to set a national standard, when there is no national standard? The tailpipe emission standard [of California] was already passed in 2002, the Pavley bill. There was no [national] standard. And in 2003, there was no standard. In 2004, there was no standard. In 2005, there was no standard. In 2006, there was no standard. So what are they talking about, "you cannot do this on your own because we have to have...
...Fran Pavley, 57, a former middle school history teacher, doesn't seem like the sort to attract death threats. But as a freshman in the California Assembly she introduced a bill that would set strict limits on greenhouse-gas emissions from the state's cars and trucks-a measure that triggered a furious counter-attack. Whipped up by conservative talk shows and a $5 million ad campaign funded by the auto industry, angry calls flooded the legislature by the thousands. At one point, a menacing parade of SUVs circled the State Capitol and a man threatened to stalk Pavley with...
...only one who feels that way. Nine other states, from New York to Oregon, have adopted Pavley's landmark legislation to curb their own emissions. The California law, which took effect in January, gives automakers until the 2009 model year to begin phasing in technology to cut greenhouse gases-CO2 and other tailpipe pollutants that have never before been regulated in the U.S. By 2016, cars and light trucks must reduce their emission of these gases by 30%. Officials from Germany to Japan have flocked to California to study the new rules...
...companies are suing to reverse them, arguing that the law amounts to a restriction of fuel economy-a federal prerogative. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, rather than supporting the states' efforts, has indicated it may try to block them, a move that strikes Pavley as particularly wrong-headed. "This is off-the-shelf technology that automakers are already using in Europe," she says. Meanwhile, she?s already moved on to a new front: her latest bill would require power plants, oil refineries and factories to measure, and eventually cap, their greenhouse-gas emissions...
...those who like the ballet, the numbers performed by the Pavley-Oukrainsky troupe are exceptional. The stage effects for this act are unusually attractive, and provide a delightful setting for several very pleasing numbers. Contrasted to the aesthetic appeal of the ballet is the act by Corinne Tilton, whose imitation of a "reshpectaful gurl on a shbig date" is uproarious and brings down the house...