California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has announced plans to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for denying the requests by seventeen states to impose their own standards for limiting greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles. Schwarzenegger said the EPA had blocked the “will of millions of people in California and 16 other states who want us to take tough action against global warming.” Meanwhile, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has launched an investigation into the EPA’s decision. Committee chair Henry Waxman accused EPA administrator Stephen Johnson and the Bush administration of ignoring scientific evidence in favor of allies in the automobile industry. The EPA announced its decision less than two months after Vice President Dick Cheney and White House staff members held a series of meetings with executives from the auto industry, including the CEOs of Ford and Chrysler. During the meetings auto executives made clear that they were concerned about California’s proposal for stricter emissions standards.