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fuel economy standards stories: 9 news summaries

Obama Will Streamline Emissions, Fuel Rules for Autos

Federal standard replaces patchwork

May 18, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama will announce plans for new national automobile fuel-economy and emissions standards tomorrow, overhauling and streamlining the current patchwork, sources tell Politico. The move will harmonize the CAFE standard and the EPA’s greenhouse-gas standard, so that struggling automakers needn’t fear the regulations moving independently. The announcement will... More »

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Barack Obama • greenhouse gases • vehicle emissions • CAFE standards • auto industry • fuel economy standards • emissions standards • EPA • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - US fuel-economy standards are going up, an Obama administration official tells Bloomberg today. By 2011, new cars and light trucks will have to hit an average of 27.3 miles per gallon—30.2mpg for cars and 24.1 for light trucks and SUVs. Automakers have raised no objections—the... More »

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fuel efficiency • auto industry • fuel economy standards • George W. Bush • Obama administration • President Obama

OPINION

Admit It:
Carter Was
100% Right

Energy conservation sounds like a pretty good idea about now

Jul 15, 08 4:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - “Misunderstood, mocked and maligned” though he was, Jimmy Carter was exactly right about our energy problems and their solutions, Joseph Wheelan writes in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Way back in 1979, "Carter outlined a program for achieving energy independence." In 2008, "It turns out that Carter was... More »

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Jimmy Carter • energy dependence • alternative fuels • fuel economy standards • thermostats

Cars Must
Get 35.7mpg
by 2015

Feds toughen fuel standards by 25%
 

Apr 22, 08 9:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cars will have to get 35.7 miles per gallon by 2015, and trucks will have to get 28.6 under new standards issued by the federal government today. That means a combined average of 31.6mpg, an increase of 25% from current standards, CNN reports. The feds require automakers... More »

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gas • Environmental Protection Agency • mpg • fuel economy • fuel economy standards • cars

Sky-High Oil Will Reshape World Power, Dent US Clout

Power shifts as global economies change

Jan 3, 08 6:39 AM CST
(Newser) - The surging price of oil from $10 a barrel a decade ago to a record $100 today is remaking the global economy and altering the balance of power across the world, according to the Wall Street Journal. If oil prices continue to climb, as many experts predict, US political power... More »

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China • climate change • Russia • Middle East • Saudi Arabia • Venezuela • Vladimir Putin • International Monetary Fund • ExxonMobil • United Arab Emirates • oil price • fuel economy standards • $100 a barrel oil • Aramco • Abu Dhabi Investment Authority • US automakers

EPA Chief Ignored Staff
on Calif. Ruling

Auto industry pushed White House to sway him, sources say

Dec 21, 07 1:58 PM CST
(Newser) - The EPA chief—under heavy pressure from the auto industry—rejected his own staff's advice in denying California’s request to set its own fuel economy standards, the Los Angeles Times reports. Stephen Johnson told the state that it’s request was unnecessary in the wake of the new... More »

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Chrysler • Dick Cheney • California • greenhouse gases • Henry Waxman • Arnold Schwarzenegger • fuel efficiency • Environmental Protection Agency • Barbara Boxer • energy bill • fuel economy standards • Stephen Johnson • George W. Bush

The Last Muscle Car?

GM debuts the Corvette ZR1—but will the energy bill kill its kind?

Dec 20, 07 6:35 PM CST
(Newser) - GM will unveil the latest version of the Corvette at the Detroit auto show next month in all its supercharged, performance-car glory. But the 2009 Corvette ZR1 may actually be the last of an endangered breed—the Detroit muscle car. The new energy bill, with its stricter fuel economy standards,... More »

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General Motors • Detroit • energy bill • fuel economy standards • performance car • Corvette ZR1 • Detroit Auto Show

Senate OKs New Fuel Standards

Bill would mandate 35 mpg for autos, boost ethanol production

Dec 13, 07 7:05 PM CST
(Newser) - A bill that will require better fuel mileage for automobiles passed the Senate today after majority Democrats dropped billions in taxes on oil companies, the AP reports. The bill, which Republicans said won't be vetoed if, as expected, it passes the House next week, would force cars, light trucks, and... More »

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greenhouse gases • ethanol • vehicle emissions • fuel economy standards

House Boosts Fuel Economy Standards

Measure in energy
bill calls for 35 mpg average by 2020

Dec 6, 07 7:57 PM CST
(Newser) - The House today approved a wide-ranging energy bill that calls for better fuel economy in US vehicles, the first such measure in more than 30 years. The bill, which has the grudging support of automakers, mandates a 40% improvement for most vehicles to an average of 35 mpg by 2020.... More »

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House of Representatives • energy bill • fuel economy standards

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