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Think Progress has an interesting tidbit from the just-released fuel efficiency standards:

Yesterday, the Bush administration released new federal fuel efficiency standards. (Not surprisingly, the standards will do little to increase fuel efficiency and may actually encourage automakers to produce bigger, more inefficient vehicles.) Buried on page 150 of the draft rule is a provision that would totally undermine state efforts to curb CO2 emissions: [A] state may not impose a legal requirement relating to fuel economy, whether by statute, regulation or otherwise, that conflicts with this rule. A state law that seeks to reduce motor vehicle carbon dioxide emissions is both expressly and impliedly preempted. In other words, no state can have a fuel efficiency rule any different than the federal government. So much for state’s rights.