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Calif. officials, Trump spar over Clean Air Act waiver
California's top political leaders today defended the state's right to set its own standards for clean cars and promised to fight the Trump administration's bid to squash that power.
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California's top political leaders today defended the state's right to set its own standards for clean cars and promised to fight the Trump administration's bid to squash that power.
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