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Canada: Quebec adopts California's auto emission standards

Reuters: Quebec will become the first province in Canada to adopt California's strict auto emissions standards, the province's environment ministry said on Tuesday. The new rules will come into effect on January 14 and will impose increasingly stringent limits on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from cars and light trucks made between 2010 and 2016 that are sold in the province. Emissions from vehicles will be cut by about 35 percent over the four years, from 187 grams of carbon dioxide ...

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