That's... an interesting tactic to fight global warming. If the lawsuit succeeds, no one will dare sell cars in California anymore (or candy, or pretty well anything else), so I guess that's a win. And California will have extracted a nice chunk of change that will eventually come from the pockets of all Americans (not just Californians).
Damn hippie Republicans.
I don't really understand these lines in the article though:
California has also targeted the auto industry with first-in-the-nation rules adopted in 2004 requiring carmakers to force cuts in tailpipe emissions from cars and trucks.How can automakers be avoiding California's wonderful laws with "legal action"? I thought that you could only sue the government if the government lets you. Is that only a Federal thing?
Automakers, however, have so far blocked those rules with their own legal action -- prompting one analyst to say California's lawsuit represents a way for California to pressure car manufacturers to accept the rules.
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