Article by Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Kevin
Gallagher, Megan Ceronsky and Tomás
Carbonell
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Commentary
The Cancún international climate negotiations
commenced amid modest expectations . . . It was a busy week for
EPA. The agency issued safety standards and reporting rules for
CO2 sequestration sites, established a timetable for GHG
PSD permitting in states that currently lack authority for such
permitting, issued a joint notice of intent with the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration outlining the agencies'
current thinking on GHG standards for motor vehicles in 2017-2025,
and issued draft regulations for a first of its kind program to
regulate the fuel economy of medium and heavy duty trucks . . . At
the same time, the resurgent House Republicans pushed back. They
sent letters to the Administrator promising greater oversight of
the agency and
