Politico:
Michigan Sen. Carl Levin was one of the few Democratic critics Monday of President Barack Obama’s move to open the door for California and other states to adopt stringent new emissions standards on motor vehicles. Levin, a fierce defender of his state’s auto industry, said he was told that an Environmental Protection Agency review of emissions standards “does not begin with a foregone conclusion” that a waiver should be granted to states that want tougher rules.
Obama on Monday broke sharply from his predecessor by asking the EPA to review a Bush administration decision to deny the California waiver request under the Clean Air Act.
“The California standard as currently drafted ... is discriminatory against U.S.-made vehicles of the same efficiency as the imports,” Levin said.
But what about all those green auto jobs?
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