Environment Protection Agency Justifies Blocking California From Setting Own Emission Rules

December 28, 2007 1:49 a.m. EST

Topics: Science and Technology  
Washington, DC (AHN) - The Environmental Protection Agency is ready to preserve all documents including communique with the White House regarding its decision of blocking California from imposing its own limits on greenhouse emission.

On Thursday the EPA's general counsel Roger Martella Jr. served the employees a memo in that direction.

The memo directs to preserve "any records presenting options, recommendations, pros and cons, legal issues or risks, (or) political implications."

The EPA had last week rejected a request by the state of California to set its own standards for emission of green house gases especially carbon monoxide.

EPA administrator Stephen Johnson justified the decision and said,"The Bush administration is moving forward with a clear national solution - not a confusing patchwork of state rules. I believe this is a better approach than if individual states were to act alone".