EPA clause dropped from energy bill
The head of the House Energy and Commerce Committee said he was backing off on a controversial auto emissions provision that had stalled an energy bill his committee was drafting.
Rep. John D. Dingell (D-Mich.), a longtime protector of the automakers, said he was dropping language that would have barred the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles and would have blocked California and 11 other states from doing so.
The auto industry has been fighting the California mandate, which cannot go into effect unless the EPA gives a green light.
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