NYS Adopts New "Clean Car" Air Pollution Standards ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) - New Clean Car standards are being adopted in New York today. That's in an effort to reduce the amount of Global Warming pollutants that come from cars sold in the state.

The Natural Resource Defense Council in New York is commending the Pataki administration for implementing the standards that were first adopted by California in 2004.

Theo Spencer is the Senior Project Manager at the NRDC's Climate Center. He says the new standards require better pollution control on new vehicles. They target emmissions of pollutants that are said to contribute greatly to global warming: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and air conditioning refrigerant.

New York will be the third state to adopt the standards and the largest vehicle market in the East to do so. Vermont adopted the rules last week. Several more state are expected to follow.
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