Fuel Economy Standards

Now Is The Time To Keep The Pressure On By Increasing Fuel Economy Standards

Mark Cooper | Posted 12.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Fuel Economy, Oil Demand, High Gas Prices, Gasoline, Fuel Economy Standards, Oil Dependence, Green News

Now that the speculative bubble in commodities has burst and with the global economy moving into recession, crude oil and gasoline prices are plummeting.

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2009 Fuel Economy Guide: Prius Takes #1, Again

Josie Garthwaite | Posted 10.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Fuel Economy, Green Cars, Auto Emissions, Prius, Fuel-Efficient Cars, Fuel Efficiency, Toyota Prius, Epa, Green, Cars, Volkswagen, Auto Industry, Smart ForTwo, Clean Diesel, Fuel Economy Standards, Green News

The EPA has just published... The 2009 Fuel Economy Guide. Hybrids swept the top four spots this time, with the 2009 Toyota Prius ranking as the most fuel efficient car.

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

Diane Tucker | Posted 09.22.2008 | 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

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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Sarah Palin's Empty Promise

Simran Sethi | Posted 09.09.2008 | Green

Encouraging the auto industry to adhere to higher standards and pursue hybrid technology will reduce our dependence on all oil. Drill, baby, drill? No. Think, baby, think.

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Texas Two Step

Carl Pope | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gas Prices, Bush, Mccain, Fuel Economy Standards, Offshore Oil Drilling, $4 Gas, Politics News

Yesterday Bush made it abundantly clear that McCain has joined his camp by ratifying what both Cheney and McCain said in the past two days -- it's time to give the oil industry what it wants.

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The $4 Moment

Carl Pope | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Detroit Automakers, High Gas Prices, Gas Prices, Fuel Economy Standards, Politics News

San Francisco -- National gasoline prices hit $4/gallon last week. And the last of the auto industry's chickens came home to roost. General Moto...

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Stunning Climate Double-Talk From McCain Campaign

Joseph Romm | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fuel Economy Standards, John McCain, Cap-and-Trade, Climate Change, 2008 Election and Environment, Environment, Environmentalism, Global Warming, Politics News

The McCain campaign seriously undermines its claim that the Arizona Senator could successfully take on the global warming threat.

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Energy Bill: Crumbs or Loaves?

Judy Dugan | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics

Read More: Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Bill, Miles Per Gallon, Energy Policy, Fuel Efficiency, CAFE Standards, Fuel Economy Standards, Politics News

Oil companies don't have to pay a penny or change any of their ways, but at least we consumers will do our part, being required to switch to low-energy lightbulbs by 2012.

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Two Critical (But Tentative) Green Victories Hang in the Balance

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 12.11.2007 | Politics

Every passing moment renders nuke power significantly less competitive with advancing green technologies. Despite all the "nuclear renaissance" hype, no new reactors will be built without taxpayers footing the bill.

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A Really Big Step Forward

Carl Pope | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics

Read More: Strong Energy Bill, Renewable Energy, Energy, Biofuel, Environment and Public Works Committee, Clean Energy, John Warner, Big Oil, Global Warming Legislation, Greenhouse Gases, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Lieberman, UN Bali Climate Change Conference, Cap and Auction, UN Climate Change, Fuel Economy Standards, Politics News

The energy bill that the House passed today is a dramatic pivot away from the failed energy policies of the past and sets the stage for the Senate to flip the switch on America's new energy future.

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Senate Republicans Filibuster Energy Bill

Washington Post | Steven Mufson and Jonathan Weisman | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Congress, Alternative Energy, Fuel Efficiency, Senate Republicans, Nancy Pelosi, Filibuster, Energy Bill, Fuel Economy Standards, Politics News

Senate Democrats failed to muster enough votes this morning to close debate on the energy bill passed by the House yesterday, setting the scene for a ...

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How Our Youth is Forcing Congress to Vote Green

Jessy Tolkan | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics

Read More: Step It Up, Pat Buchanan, Energy Action Coalition, Power Shift 2007, Greenhouse Gases, Going Green, Nancy Pelosi, Strong Energy Bill, Renewable Energy, Global Warming, Fuel Economy Standards, Politics News

Our country's dirty energy consumption and greenhouse gas pollution is embarrassing. We don't need to argue over whether 15% of our electricity comes from clean energy- we need to make sure that 100% of it does.

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House Approves First Increase In Fuel Efficiency Standards In 3 Decades

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics

Read More: Fuel, Energy Bill, Congress, Fuel Efficiency, Fuel Economy Standards, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News

The House approved the first increase in federal automobile fuel efficiency requirements in three decades Thursday as part of an energy bill that also...

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NYT's Tom Friedman is Wrong on Global 'Weirding'

Joseph Romm | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics

The people we are waiting for are the politican leaders. Everyone else needed to solve the global warming problem has been around for a while.

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Dan Becker's Moment

Carl Pope | Posted 12.03.2007 | Home

Read More: Renewable Energy, Corporate Average Fuel Economy, Congress, Cafe, Fuel Efficiency, Fuel Economy Standards, Home News

For the first time in more than 30 years, both houses of Congress are poised to pass legislation that would increase fuel efficiency from cars, trucks...

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The Greenwash: Why Not, Toyota?

Ben Jervey | Posted 11.24.2007 | Business

Read More: Fuel Economy Standards, Fuel Efficiency, Detroit Auto Makers, Prius, Nrdc, Going Green, Miles Per Gallon, Why Not Campaign, Green Automobiles, Toyota Ad Campaign, Business News

Toyota's been rather embroiled of late in a bit of controversy over their stance on federal fuel economy standards.

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Toyota's Green Bubble Bursting?

Laurie David | Posted 10.09.2007 | Business

Read More: Big Three Automakers, Prius, Hybrid Cars, Toyota Prius, Fuel Efficiency, Toyota, Miles Per Gallon, Global Warming, Fuel Economy Standards, Detroit, Business News

Toyota is careening toward becoming the most hypocritical car company on the planet by aggressively opposing desperately needed higher U.S. fuel economy standards.

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