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Cap-and-Trade Versus the Alternatives for U.S. Climate Policy

Robert Stavins | Posted 10.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Market-Based Environmental Policies, New Source Review, Carbon Tax, National Journal, Endangerment Finding, Regulation, Obama Administration, Hamilton Project, Global Climate Policy, Japan, CAFE Standards, Sulfur Dioxide, Cap-and-Trade, Environmental Politics, Ozone Depleting Substances, RECLAIM Program, Leaded Gasoline, Waxman-Markey, Green News
Robert Stavins

One of the key merits of the cap-and-trade approach is that the program can provide cost-effectiveness, while achieving meaningful reductions in greenhouse gas emissions levels.

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Will the Electric Volt Recharge GM?

Michael Rose | Posted 12.05.2009 | Home

Read More: Gm, Chevrolet Volt, Global-Warming-Bob-Lutz, UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, General Motors, Auto Industry, CAFE Standards, Electric Cars, Home News
Michael Rose

The EV1 car's torquey, smooth performance is unlike the halting, wimpy ride of my beloved Prius. Can I say -- it's electrifying?

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Government Assisted Suicide? GM Goes Bankrupt

Bernie Bulkin | Posted 08.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Gm, Electric Cars, Chrysler Bankruptcy, GM Bankruptcy, Shai Agassi, CAFE Standards, Business News
Bernie Bulkin

Shai Agassi's goal to take whole countries and turn them into electric vehicle only countries just might happen.

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Cash For Clunkers - Coming to a Dealer Near You

Jack Hidary | Posted 07.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Detroit, Automakers, Cash for Clunkers, Mpg, Congress, CAFE Standards, Mileage, Green News
Jack Hidary

The Senate passed a bill yesterday containing the Cash for Clunker (CFC) program allocating $1 billion for the program as the House did last week.

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10 Things You Need To Know About The New Fuel Standards

keithhennessey.com | Posted 07.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Future Fuel, Future of Fuel, Future of Fuels, CAFE Standards, Green News

There is not yet much data available on the President's CAFE announcement. Luckily, we have a huge base of analysis that the National Highway Traffic...

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The New Auto Fuel-Efficiency Standards -- Going Beyond the Headlines

Robert Stavins | Posted 06.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Politics, Regulation, Gas Tax, CAFE Standards, Green News
Robert Stavins

While the new federal standards proposed by Obama can be one small step along the path to meaningful reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, they are inferior to other possible approaches.

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Vehicle Hydrogen Fuel Cells Killed

Steve Parker | Posted 06.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Honda FCX Clarity, White House, Mercury Space Program, Rose Garden, Corporate Average Fuel Economy, Washington DC, Cars, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Clean Diesel, CAFE Standards, Barack Obama, Shell Oil, Chevrolet Volt, Energy Department, Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles, General Motors Equinox, Steven Chu, West Los Angeles, General Motors Segue, BMW Mini E, Volkswagen Jetta Diesel, Business News
Steve Parker

Is there a White House technology double-standard, is it Obama-ish realism or are oil companies lobbying as they must to keep their black gold from turning into clean, abundant hydrogen?

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Green News Report - May 19, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Green, Green News, Environmental Protection Agency, Superfund, Green News Report, Justice Department, CAFE Standards, President Obama, Green Living, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

In Today's Audio Report: One step forward and two steps back for Obama and the Democrats -- the changing political climate of climate change politics....

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EPA & Regulation of Greenhouse Gases

Sandra Thompson | Posted 06.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama Energy Policy, Epa, Biofuels, CAFE Standards, Clean Air Act, Greenhouse Gases, Ethanol, Green News
Sandra Thompson

The goal of both EPA and industry should be better biofuels and not necessarily more biofuels. This can be accomplished in partnership from industry and the scientific community.

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T. Boone Pickens Thinks Obama Will Fall for the Pickens Plan

Josh Nelson | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: T. Boone Pickens, Energy Policy, Economic Stimulus Package, Natural Gas, Green, Natural Gas Vehicles, Global Warming, Energy, CAFE Standards, Barack Obama, Climate Change, Green News
Josh Nelson

T. Boone Pickens thinks our best shots to reduce dependence on foreign oil are plug-ins and natural gas vehicles. As is often the case, he is half-right.

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Enviros Fuming Over Use Of "Green" Auto Money

usatoday.com | Posted 01.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Cars, Automaker Bailout, Pollution, Green Cars, CAFE Standards, Green News

Environmental groups are disappointed that money put aside to aid automakers to produce more fuel-efficient cars is now going to fund their operations...

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Apparently, It's the Government's Fault Detroit Is Bankrupt

Andrew Winston | Posted 12.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Gm, Japanese Auto Sales, Rick Wagoner, Ford, US Auto Sales Rate, Jim Collins, Toyota, Honda, Wall Street Journal, CAFE Standards, Chrysler, Nissan, Auto Sales, Good to Great, Detroit Bailout, Suburu, Barack Obama, Business News
Andrew Winston

We're seeing an amazing act of willful ignorance here. The predicament that Detroit has found itself in is an American business tragedy. Let's not make it worse by lying to ourselves.

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EPA's 2009 Top Ten; Dodge's Hemi Hybrids Tout mpg; New Corvette "on Indefinite Hold"

Steve Parker | Posted 11.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Gas-Electric Hybrid Technology, 24 Hours of LeMans, Hemi Hybrids, 12 Hours of Sebring, Epa, Dodge Viper, Cars, Nurburgring, Gas/Electric Hybrid, CAFE Standards, Supercharger, Dodge Durango Hybrid, Ford Escape Hybrid, General Motors, Toyota Yaris, Toyota Prius, Hybrid SUVs, Nissan Altima Hybrid, Chrysler Aspen Hybrid, Chevrolet, Honda Civic Hybrid, Toyota Camry Hybrid, Gm, Detroit Three, Lamborghini Estoque Hyrbid, Mazda Tribute Hybrid, Green Car of the Year, Smart ForTwo, Chrysler Suv, Bmw, Jetta SportWagen Diesel, Chevrolet Corvette, Mercury Mariner Hybrid, Volkswagen Jetta Diesel, Kumon, Murcielago, Green News
Steve Parker

How serious are the problems facing the Detroit Three? This serious: General Motors' Chevrolet Division has put the next-generation Corvette, the C7, on indefinite hold.

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Friday Talking Points [51] -- Some Positivity

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

While we're all waiting for someone to leak the Palin Troopergate Report (which is reminiscent of waiting for "Fitzmas" during the whole Scooter Libby...

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Missed Opportunities: What Congress Did and Didn't Do for America's Energy Future

Frances Beinecke | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Tar Sands, Gas Prices, Renewable Energy Tax Credit, Biofuels, Energy Bill, Oil Shale, CAFE Standards, Global Warming, Clean Tech Sector, Politics News
Frances Beinecke

These are times when the economy is sinking, global warming is looming, and our oil addiction is undermining national security. We need our leaders to propel America into a safer, cleaner, more sustainable energy future.

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Suddenly Obama's Auto-Policies Matter: Michigan Is The New Florida

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Polls, 2008 Elections, Unemployment Rate, High Oil Prices, Fuel Efficiency, United Auto Workers, Obama Working Class Voters, 2008 Recession, Detroit News, CAFE Standards, Working Class, Offthebus, Unemployment, Obama Swing States, Oil Drilling, Bailout, Hybrid Cars, Recession Fears, Plug-in Hybrids, HuffPost OffTheBus, Swing Voters, Michigan, Fuel Economy Standards, Obama Working Class Whites, Job Losses, Fuel Economy, John McCain, Michigan Delegates, Auto Extremist, Detroit Free Press, Manufacturing, Voting Record, 2008 Election, Recession, Barack Obama, American Manufacturing, Pollsters, Barack Obama 2008, Swing States, Mccain Swing States, John McCain 2008, Cnn, 2008 Presidential Race, Oil, Fox News, Peter De Lorenzo, Auto Industry, Economy, Home News
Diane Tucker

Any sort of cash incentive to get manufacturers to build more efficient vehicles -- and to get people to buy more of them -- is an admirable thing. But let's not forget that if people just make smarter choices, this nation's energy usage will go down dramatically.

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There is a "Villain" In Our Dependence on Foreign Oil and His Name is Ronald Reagan

Paul Abrams | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Ronald Reagan, Republican Convention, Oil, Jimmy Carter, George W Bush, CAFE Standards, Moral Equivalent of War, Politics News
Paul Abrams

Had Reagan left CAFE standards in place, and the U.S. had continued to conserve oil at the same rate as it had from 1979-85, we would be importing not a single drop of oil from the Persian Gulf.

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The Detroit Three --- Making Any Relevant Cars or Trucks?

Steve Parker | Posted 07.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Saturn, Corporate Average Fuel Economy, Malibu, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Honda, CAFE Standards, Dodge Ram, Plymouth, General Motors, Dodge Challenger, Ev1, Mercury Mariner, Crossfire, Bob Nardelli, Jeep Wrangler, Plug-in Hybrids, President Bush, Detroit, Energy, Dodge Sprinter, Dodge, Gasoline, Gm, Alan Mulally, Ford, Detroit Three, Burbank, Chevrolet, Honda Hybrid, Hybrid Hemi, Cerberus, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Corvette, Chrysler, Chevrolet Volt, Bmw, Bill Ford, Ford Escape, Hemi, Viper, Nhtsa, Volt, Jeep, Detroit Auto Show, Business News
Steve Parker

That the Detroit Three have to build cars and trucks which make sense now and in the future, and which Americans want to buy.

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House Passes Sweeping Energy Bill

NY Times | John Broder | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Barbara Boxer, House Democrats Energy, House Democrats, Nancy Pelosi, Energy Bill, Climate Change, Energy Policy, Energy Democrats, CAFE Standards, Global Warming, Politics News

Legislation that will slowly but fundamentally change the cars Americans drive, the fuel they burn, the way they light their homes and the price they ...

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