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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Now it's the CAFE standards Yet more energy bill woes	Brian Beutler	12 Dec 2007	Gristmill
This may seem narrow and technical, but it's actually extremely significant: The White House has raised last-minute concerns over regulation of automobile emissions and fuel economy that aides said Tuesday could lead to a presidential veto of the energy bill now before Congress. The bill, which passed the House and is pending in the Senate, requires automakers to meet a fleet average of 35 miles per gallon by 2020, but does not specify which government agency sho ...
Topics: cars, energy, fuel efficiency, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Thumbs up for Pelosi, Dingell, Nissan Thumbs down for Toyota, GM, Ford, Washington Post	Joseph Romm	07 Dec 2007	Gristmill
The Washington Post had an article yesterday on the House fuel economy deal that is quite good in doling out cheers and jeers -- good except for two sentences. Let's start with the cheers. The article quotes NRDC rightly praising Pelosi for being steadfast with the Senate's 35 mpg target and Dingell, too, for: ... telling the automakers a year ago that they were going to have to accept a mileage improvement. He bargained hard for trying to make it less, but he d ...
Topics: business, cars, energy, fuel efficiency, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Congressional fuel-economy deal near A possible compromise in energy legislation negotiations	Joseph Romm	27 Nov 2007	Gristmill
The Detroit Free Press reports: Congressional negotiators are close to agreement on an increase in fuel economy standards to 35 miles per gallon by 2020, with some caveats to satisfy U.S. automakers. What caveats? The compromise would preserve the distinction between cars and trucks, something Detroit automakers have fought for, while giving federal regulators strict limits on how to put the increases into place. It also would include a provision backed by ...
Topics: cars, energy, fuel efficiency, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Be Still Our Beating Hearts Senate-approved energy bill calls for fuel-economy increase		22 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Be Still Our Beating Hearts Senate-approved energy bill calls for fuel-economy increase First, the good news: the U.S. Senate has passed an energy bill containing the first significant fuel-economy increase in years. The bill requires cars and light trucks to get an average of 35 miles per gallon by 2020, up from the current 22.2 mpg for l ...
Topics: biofuels, cars, energy, energy efficiency, fuel efficiency, Harry Reid, legislation, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

A Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine	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 ...
Topics: cars, energy, fuel efficiency, legislation, Muckraker, politics (all these topics)

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