“If states that comprise more than half of the nation’s population were all to adopt California’s emission standards, automakers would have a strong incentive to design and manufacture more zero-emission cars and fewer gas-guzzling autos with internal combustion engines. If Minnesota and New Mexico, which are going through a rule-making process to adopt the standards, actually do so, the states adopting standards modeled on California’s would represent 38.1% of the nation’s population. Illinois could bring that percentage up to 42%, according to the Illinois Environmental Council.”
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