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Washington gov wants state to adopt California auto emission rule
AP ^
| 12/8/4
| DAVID AMMONS
Posted on 12/08/2004 12:44:07 PM PST by SmithL
OLYMPIA -- Gov. Gary Locke and legislative Democrats proposed Wednesday that Washington adopt California's vehicle-emission standards, the toughest in the world.
Locke, a two-term Democrat who leaves office in January, also announced a freeze on state government purchase of four-wheel-drive sports utility vehicles. The state motor pool will begin shifting to hybrid vehicles.
The proposal to adopt California's auto standards, effective the 2009 model year, is the centerpiece of the lame-duck governor's package of bills to combat global warming.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: airpollution; craswell; dino; dinorossi; ellencraswell; environment; environmentalwackos; garylocke; governorlocke; governorrossi; locke; lockelegacy; olympia; rossi
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To: SmithL
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posted on
12/09/2004 3:59:03 AM PST
by
ppaul
To: JosefK
what kind of idiot are you? what the hell does flooding have to do with Vulcano's being the #1 polluters in the world?
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posted on
12/09/2004 4:16:39 PM PST
by
7mmMag@LeftCoast
("....to defend the Constitution of the United States, against all enemies, foreign and domestic")
To: 7mmMag@LeftCoast; JosefK
Let me take a guess... Mmmm.. eco-idiot. I wonder if JosefK is a product of the WA school system? Same kind of deductive reasoning.
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posted on
12/09/2004 8:46:04 PM PST
by
Splatter
To: 7mmMag@LeftCoast
IT WAS AN ANALOGY!!!
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posted on
12/10/2004 12:59:31 AM PST
by
JosefK
(FIGHTING BACK FOR AMERICAN TAXPAYING CARDINALS AT HTTP://JOSEF-A-K.BLOGSPOT.COM)
To: JosefK
okay........I buy into the analogy reasoning.......
but, it was a very, very poor one.
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posted on
12/13/2004 7:54:22 PM PST
by
7mmMag@LeftCoast
("....to defend the Constitution of the United States, against all enemies, foreign and domestic")
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