After two straight defeats in presidential elections, Democrats sometimes speak of hungering for a more aggressive standard-bearer to confront Republican attacks.
A more aggressive standard like that, Feng said, would allow lawsuits to move forward sooner.
It strengthened fuel efficiency standards for cars for the first time in more than a decade, and asked the Department of Energy to prepare more aggressive efficiency standards for household appliances.
A recent summit on the topic reinforced the point, suggesting that purchasers and plans must be more aggressive about imposing standards for quality -- or face dramatic erosion in standards even as prices escalate.
There has also been talk in the Senate of eliminating California's special authority under the Clean Air Act to set more aggressive motor vehicle standards than the federal limits.
o Institute a more aggressive renewable electricity standard.
Trials involving treatment more aggressive than the standard treatment, trials involving a placebo, complex trial protocols (that require extra time to learn about eligibility and treatment), and strict eligibility criteria have all been cited as barriers to trial participation by clinicians [ 26, 27, 39, 50, 51].
The parties included environmental and public health groups as well as the California Air Resources Board, which has historically set standards more aggressive than the federal ones.
And as the WSJ reports, it's also been more aggressive about enforcing hardware standards with its partners in recent years, both in terms of the look and makeup of Windows-certified PCs and in minimum specs for partner mobile handsets.
Also, most of these patients may not be eligible for combination treatment which is more aggressive than the current standard.
