Politics – A week after the Supreme Court said vehicle CO2 emissions can be regulated like other pollutants, an effort by several states to do that is about to get its first court test. On Tuesday, the focus shifts to Vermont, where a trial begins over new rules-adopted by CA in 2005 and soon after by the other states-designed to reduce emissions of CO2.
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"Vermont is the first court in the nation to decide this issue and that will potentially have enormous impact," said Melissa Hoffer, vice president of the Conservation Law Foundation, one of several environmental groups involved in the case.
Charles Territo, spokesman for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, called the case "very important, because it's the first trial where the issue of whether or not states have the authority to set their own fuel economy standards will be decided."