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[ad_1] Somerset 216 (Renshaw 112, Brooks 5-57) and 200 (Abell 82, Coad 4-61) beat Yorkshire 96 and 202 (Leaning 68, C Overton 3-43) by 118 runs Scorecard Somerset's seamers bowled them to a 118-run victory over Yorkshire at Taunton and a second success in as many Specsavers County Championship games this season. Craig Overton, Lewis Gregory, Tim Groenewald and Tom Abell shared the final day wickets as Yorkshire were dismissed for 202, chasing 321 to win. Jack Leaning offered most resistance with 68. It is the first time since 1993 that Somerset have won their opening two Championship fixtures. They took 20 points to Yorkshire's three Starting the morning on 49 for 1, needing a further 272 to win, Yorkshire lost Cheteshwar Pujara to the first ball, caught behind off Gregory, and went on to struggle against some accurate seam bowling. Andy Hurry (Somerset director of cricket): "The magic wand behind winning our first two games is all the hard work put in by the players an...

[ad_1] California officials have repeatedly vowed  not to back down to attempts by the Trump administration to weaken the state’s environmental regulations, especially the progress it has made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The state kept its word on Tuesday when California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said he is joining more than a dozen other states in filing a lawsuit challenging an EPA  determination , published on April 13, that the fuel efficiency requirements for cars and light trucks are too stringent and must be revised. At the direction of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, the agency is now in the process of  rewriting  those standards that aimed to slash carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles. In the lawsuit, California and the others assert that the EPA has violated the Administrative Procedure Act, failed to follow its own clean car regulations, and violated the Clean Air Act, Becerra said Tuesday at a press briefing in Sacramento, California. He was joined b...