Florida's Environmental Regulatory Commission Recommends Clean Car Standards
Thirteen states and the District of Columbia have passed strong clean car standards aimed at curbing global warming pollution from the transportation sector. In October 2008, Florida's Environmental Regulatory Commission (ERC) met to decide whether or not to recommend that the state legislature adopt the clean car standards--a crucial step toward bringing more than 40 percent of the nation's entire auto market under these strong regulations. More than 500 UCS activists wrote directly to the ERC, telling members that Floridians cannot wait any longer for cleaner cars, prompting a "Wow!" from the Florida Department of the Environment's liaison to the ERC. After an initial delay, the ERC finally voted to recommend the clean car standards on a 6-1 vote on December 2.
