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House rules
Select Committee acquires documents related to EPA's proposals for rulemaking on auto emissions |
Kate Sheppard |
24 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| We reported a few weeks ago that the House Select Committee for Energy Independence and Global Warming had reached a deal with the White House to secure documents from the Environmental Protection Agency on its work in response to the Supreme Court's decision in the case Massachusetts v. EPA. We also reported that The Wall Street Journal had gotten ahold of an advance draft of the EPA's regulatory proposals for automobile fuel efficiency resulting from the Massachuse ... |
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| Topics: Congress, fuel efficiency, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Tough draft
Draft copy of EPA rulemaking on fuel efficiency suggests higher standards are possible |
Kate Sheppard |
19 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal teased that they'd gotten ahold of an advance draft of the EPA's regulatory proposals for automobile fuel efficiency. According to the WSJ, EPA staffers found that cars and trucks could be even more fuel-efficient by 2020 than the 35 miles per gallon required by the latest update to CAFE standards. The draft notes that advanced technologies like plug-in hybrid vehicles could help raise fuel efficiency well beyond 35 mile ... |
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| Topics: fuel efficiency, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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The Gas Menagerie
Obama leads bipartisan effort to raise fuel-economy standards |
Amanda Griscom Little |
26 Jul 2006 |
Muckraker |
| Is the sting of $75-a-barrel oil and the threat of World War III exploding in the Middle East enough to convince Congress to finally boost auto fuel economy? Probably not, but a bipartisan coalition of senators led by Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is launching an admirable new effort anyway -- the Fuel Economy Reform Act. Barack Obama. Photo: Arnold Turner/WireImage. "It is possibly ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, fuel efficiency, legislation, Muckraker, politics (all these topics) |
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Gauge Match
Push to raise fuel-economy standards gaining new support |
Amanda Griscom Little |
11 May 2006 |
Muckraker |
| Cringe as we might over record-high gasoline prices, they could be the best thing to happen to automobile fuel economy since the Arab oil embargo. Nowhere to go but up. The soaring cost of oil in recent weeks has sent Washington lawmakers into an election-year frenzy. Some of their proposals -- like one from Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) to offer Americans $100 checks to defray ... |
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| Topics: Congress, consumerism, Ed Markey, fuel efficiency, legislation, Muckraker, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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Better Escalade Than Never
Bush admin unveils meek new fuel-economy standards for light trucks |
Amanda Griscom Little |
30 Mar 2006 |
Muckraker |
| The Bush administration yesterday raised fuel-economy standards for SUVs, minivans, and many pickup trucks -- the most significant boost to efficiency requirements for the big vehicles in three decades. Exempt no more. Photo: iStockphoto. Of course, as enviros have been quick to point out, that's not saying much. These final CAFE (corporate average fuel economy ... |
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| Topics: fuel efficiency, legislation, Muckraker, politics (all these topics) |
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Is That a Lawmaker in Your Pocket, or ... ?
A breakdown of the CAFE standards yeas and nays in the Senate |
Amanda Griscom |
14 Mar 2002 |
Muckraker |
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| Topics: energy, fuel efficiency, legislation, Muckraker, politics (all these topics) |
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A Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine
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Ben White |
15 Jul 1999 |
Muckraker |
| They are intrepid: Navigator, Explorer, Expedition, Blazer. They are virile and exotic: Bronco, Cherokee, Laredo, Tahoe. They are your friends: Amigo. They are even, on occasion, honest about themselves: Suburban. SUVs are huge and getting huger by the model year. One need not pore over market statistics (SUVs now represent about 20 percent of the automobile market, compared with 2 percent in 1980) to know that these behemoths are ... |
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| Topics: cars, energy, fuel efficiency, legislation, Muckraker, politics (all these topics) |
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