U.S. following California's lead to limit auto emissions

The L.A. Times reports:

The federal government, major U.S. automakers and the state of California have reached an agreement that will force cars and trucks across the country to achieve dramatically better gas mileage by 2016, a deal that environmentalists are hailing as a major step to curb global warming.

President Obama will announce the agreement on Tuesday, joined by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and others.

It amazing how policy can change when the federal government de facto controls Chrysler and GM.