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Meredith Hankins is a Shapiro Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law for 2017-2019.

Shapiro Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law for 2017-2019. 


Cars move in the rain along a highway

Why California gets to write its own auto emissions standards: 5 questions answered

April 11, 2018Environment

When the Clean Air Act was passed, California was already developing innovative laws and standards to address its unique air pollution problems. So Congress carved out an exemption.

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