Florida to adopt tough auto emission standards

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2007

MIAMI (AFP) — Florida Governor Charlie Crist announced Friday "bold" new air-pollution targets for the southeastern US state, including car emission limits similar to the California standards challenged by automakers.

Crist is scheduled to sign the executive orders setting the targets on Friday, at the conclusion of a two-day Global Climate Change conference in Miami.

"It's ambitious ... we are taking a bold step," the governor said at the start of the gathering, which brings together representatives from the government, private sector and environmental groups.

The orders call for emission of greenhouse gases in Florida to be cut by more than 25 percent over the next 18 years and by 80 percent by 2050.

One order copies California requirements to...