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Obama Should Tell Canada's Prime Minister No Thanks on Tar Sands Expansion

Frances Beinecke | Posted 11.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Tar-Sands-Oil, Alberta Tar Sands, Stephen Harper, Boreal Forest, Clean Cars, Alberta, Dirty Fuels, Canada, Green News
Frances Beinecke

My hope is that Obama will not sign on to any joint statements that will help Harper ramp up tar sands production -- a process that accelerates global warming and denudes Canada's great boreal forest.

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California Dreamin': EPA Grants Landmark Waiver on Greenhouse Gases

David Doniger | Posted 08.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Obama Administration, Clean Air Act, California, Pollution, Global Warming, Clean Cars, Green News
David Doniger

The Environmental Protection Agency is putting the federal seal of approval on California's leadership in cleaning up global warming pollution from our cars, SUVs, pickups, and minivans.

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Everybody Wins With Obama's Clean Cars Plan, Including a California Teacher

Frances Beinecke | Posted 06.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Fran Pavley, California Waiver, Global Warming, Fuel-Efficient Cars, Fuel Efficiency, Clean Cars, Green News
Frances Beinecke

NRDC and other environmental groups have long called for federal regulations of global warming emissions from cars. But it is heartening to see the auto industry finally back such an effort as well.

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Use Your Cell Phone Cam to Tell EPA You Want Clean Cars

Josh Dorner | Posted 04.03.2009 | Green

Read More: California Waiver, Epa, Environmental Protection Agency, Obama Administration, Lisa Jackson, Clean Cars, Sierra Club, Green News
Josh Dorner

This Thursday, we'll be delivering photos of folks from around the country, holding car keys (or bike lock keys or even just your house keys), and saying, "EPA is the key to cleaner cars."

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"Dirty Driving"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 12.10.2008 | Style

Read More: Cars, Humor, Happiness, Cleaning, Clean Cars, Style News
Jerry Zezima

Four years ago, when I turned 50, I got a new car. Suddenly, I turned over a new leaf and, for the first time since I got my driver's license, cleaned up my act.

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