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Dear Cynthia,

 

 

Victory for our efforts in fighting global

warming!

I just received some terrific news and I

wanted to share it with you right away.

A federal judge in Vermont today ruled against the U.S. auto

industry's attempt to block California and 14 other states from

setting tough new limits on global warming

pollution from automobiles.

Our own general counsel Jim Tripp presented arguments in the

16-day trial this spring. He worked closely on the case with

state officials from Vermont and New York and several other

environmental groups, including the Conservation Law Foundation,

Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council and the Vermont

Public Interest Research Group.

In the ruling, Federal Judge William K. Sessions found that

the auto industry had failed to prove that it could not meet the

tailpipe standards, that the new standards would endanger

drivers or that Congress had forbidden states from setting their

own pollution limits.

This ruling comes less than six months after a historic

Supreme Court decision in early April that the Environmental

Protection Agency has an obligation to regulate carbon dioxide

under the Clean Air Act.

These are huge victories. Today's ruling not

only puts us on solid legal ground for a parallel case in the

California courts this summer, but, combined with the Supreme

Court's April decision, adds enormous momentum to our efforts to

cap and reduce America's global warming pollution.

We are still waiting on the EPA to grant California its

waiver request under the Clean Air Act to regulate global

warming pollution from cars. We filed a notice of intent to sue

EPA if they do not rule on the California waiver request by

November 2007. And Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) has introduced

legislation in Congress to require EPA to grant the waiver.

While we await EPA's decision, Judge Sessions's clear and

unambiguous ruling today is a huge step forward and sets the

stage in our favor for the global warming fights ahead.

Environmental Defense played a big role in these

historic court rulings, and as a supporter of

Environmental Defense, you make our work possible. I can't thank

you enough. Together, we are making progress.

As we gear up for a busy fall season in Washington and look

ahead to the other pending court cases, please join me

in celebrating today's terrific news.

Thanks for all you do,

 

 

Fred KruppPresident, Environmental Defense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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