EPA backtracks on Californian exhaust emissions waiver

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Long-running battle between California and the EPA ends after the state is granted freedom to set its own car emission standards

In an historic move, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has this week reversed a Bush-era decision by granting 14 states permission to impose stricter fuel emission criteria than federal standards...

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