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vehicle emissions stories: 25 news summaries

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WHAT'S IN YOUR GARAGE?

 Why This Hot Rod Is Greener 
 Than a Prius 

You'll drive less frequently but enjoy it more

Oct 29, 09 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - So, conventional wisdom tells us, if you want to help the environment, ditch those dreams of a hot-rod, get a hybrid, and commute knowing you’ve done your part to save the environment. Nonsense, writes Joe Eaton , who did precisely the opposite. “Giving up your Prius and putting a... More »

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greenhouse gases • vehicle emissions • Toyota Prius • Prius • hybrid car • carbon emissions • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - The Environmental Protection Agency today granted California the right to set its own strict emissions standards, an about-face from Bush-era policies, Reuters reports. In a sly rebuke to the previous administration, the EPA said the move rested on a “traditional legal interpretation of the Clean Air Act.” California... More »

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Bush administration • California • Clean Air Act • vehicle emissions • Environmental Protection Agency • emissions standards • EPA • Obama administration • President Obama • Lisa Jackson

VEHICLE REVIEW

Electric Bike Performs, Lacks Motorcycle Sound, Speed

While nice for urban jaunts, range and speed are limiting

May 21, 09 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Zero S electric motorcycle is everything an electric car should be—quiet, emission-free, affordable—but the formula doesn’t necessarily translate well to bikes, Jonathan Welsh writes in the Wall Street Journal. The performance mimics a typical 500cc gas-powered bike, with peppy acceleration, and a city-worthy 60mph top speed,... More »

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vehicle emissions • motorcycle • electric cars • carbon emissions • greenhouse-gas emissions • electric motorcycle • Zero S

Fuel-Efficiency Standards May Threaten Safety

Experts say tight rules could push automakers to make smaller cars

May 20, 09 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s new vehicle fuel-efficiency rules have safety experts worried that automakers will comply by churning out smaller, lighter cars—the more likely to kill you with, USA Today reports. Smaller vehicles are an easy route to boost efficiency that can also mean thousands more crash fatalities, but... More »

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vehicle emissions • fuel efficiency • car safety • emissions standards • small cars • Obama administration • President Obama

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) - California passed diesel emission regulations yesterday that will likely save lives and leave truckers footing most of the bill, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The state air board ruling will require trucks in California to filter their exhaust by 2014 and replace engines by 2022. The board plans to... More »

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environment • California • vehicle emissions • diesel • trucks • California Air Resources Board

OPINION

 No Euphemisms: 
 Let's Nationalize GM 

Move would boost economy, environment

Dec 2, 08 8:18 AM CST
(Newser) - As Detroit extends its tin cup to DC, the government is making a lengthy list of preconditions and checking it twice. Why not keep things simple and nationalize the struggling GM? Any government loan wouldn’t be big enough, and despite all the misplaced anger directed at the Big Three,... More »

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environment • oil • General Motors • vehicle emissions • nationalization • auto industry • Big Three • financial crisis

Smog Costs California
$28B a Year

Toxic air kills more than car crashes in some areas, researchers find

Nov 13, 08 2:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Health problems caused by pollution choke $28 billion out of California's economy every year, according to a new study. Most of the cost is linked to 3,000 smog-related deaths each year, along with days of work missed by workers with respiratory problems aggravated by pollution spewed from tailpipes and... More »

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environment • California • pollution • vehicle emissions • diesel • air pollution • respiratory problems • particulate soot

  Utah Drivers Fill Up With Cheap Natural Gas 

State's drivers corner the market in natural gas cars

Aug 30, 08 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Utah drivers are lining up to fill their cars and trucks with natural gas, at the equivalent of just 87 cents a gallon, the New York Times reports. State regulations keeping natural gas cheap have fueled a surge of interest in natural gas vehicles among drivers in the state, who... More »

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vehicle emissions • Utah • natural gas • Honda Civic • cars • greenhouse-gas emissions

 Calif. Sues EPA
 for 'Wantonly'
 Ignoring Earth

Suit seeks to force EPA action on emissions from ships, planes, industry

Jul 31, 08 8:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - California is suing the EPA for "wantonly" shirking its duty to protect the environment, reports Reuters. The lawsuit is aimed at forcing the agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from ships, planes, and industrial equipment, said Attorney General Jerry Brown. He said previous efforts to get the agency to... More »

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California • greenhouse gases • vehicle emissions • Environmental Protection Agency • lawsuit • Jerry Brown • EPA

McCain Flips
on Emissions Standards

After favoring a national norm, candidate says states should decide

Jul 18, 08 3:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain seemed to flip-flop on auto-emissions standards today, telling a group of General Motors engineers he supported states’ rights to set their own levels, the Detroit News reports. McCain told the newspaper last month he supported a nationwide standard. Automakers support a national standard because they fear the expense... More »

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John McCain • General Motors • vehicle emissions • auto industry • Rick Wagoner • Chevrolet Volt • emissions standards • carbon emissions

McCain Offers $300M Prize
in Assault on Car Batteries

Republican calls energy security 'the great national challenge of our time'

Jun 23, 08 3:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain today offered a $300 million reward to the American who builds “a battery package that has the size, capacity, cost and power to leapfrog the commercially available plug-in hybrids or electric cars.” He said government had wasted energy money on special interests and failed to punish... More »

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John McCain • vehicle emissions • fuel efficiency • automaker • electric cars • prize

 Green Cars Drive 
 Into LA Spotlight 

Zero-emissions hydrogen cars hit the streets of Hollywood

Jun 14, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hydrogen cars are the latest Hollywood must-have, and automakers are more than happy to see stars behind the wheel, the LA Times reports. The vehicles—which emit nothing but water—instantly speed celebrities to first place in the game of green one-upmanship. They are still years away from going on... More »

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vehicle emissions • Honda • clean energy • vehicle • BMW • clean fuel • hydrogen car • Joely Fisher

US Can Drive
55—and Should,
Greens Say

Call to lower limit claims better mileage, lower emissions

May 22, 08 9:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Escalating fuel prices and fear of global warming are rekindling debate over the nation's maximum speed limit—and environmentalists are urging Congress to slow the US back down to 55 mph, Wired reports. Advocates say going back to the speed limit set during the oil crunch of the 1970s will... More »

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environment • gas • vehicle emissions • speed limit • cars • gas mileage • Department of Energy

Car Talk Bros Get Animated, Dis Gas-Guzzling Heaps

Click and Clack to star in PBS cartoon, pessimistic Nova episode

Apr 20, 08 4:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - NPR’s chuckling Car Talk guys Tom and Ray Magliozzi are about to become even more animated—with a new cartoon series of themselves on PBS. But their view on the heaps they've helped drivers patch up for the past 30 years isn't so funny, Newsweek reports. Click and Clack's... More »

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television • gas • vehicle emissions • green energy • mpg • PBS • auto • hybrid car • NPR • Car Talk • Ray Magliozzi • Tom Magliozzi

States Sue EPA for 'Foot Dragging' on Warming

Coalition aims to force agency to take action on global warming

Apr 3, 08 3:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - States, cities and environmental groups have teamed up to take on the federal government over global warming, the New York Times reports. The 18-state coalition is aiming to force the EPA to take action in the wake of last year's Supreme Court ruling that the agency should limit vehicle emissions... More »

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greenhouse gases • global warming • Clean Air Act • vehicle emissions • Environmental Protection Agency • US Supreme Court • emissions standards • carbon emissions

CO2 Emissions Linked to Human Death

Stanford study may bolster states' case against EPA

Jan 3, 08 6:28 PM CST
(Newser) - A Stanford University scientist has found for the first time a direct correlation between rising atmospheric carbon dioxide and increased human mortality—potentially aiding 16 states in their fight to regulate auto emissions. The air pollution spurred by each 1 degree Celsius caused by carbon dioxide leads to 1,000... More »

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California • Stanford • carbon dioxide • vehicle emissions • Environmental Protection Agency

Calif. Sues EPA Over Emissions

15 states join fight to limit greenhouse gases from cars and trucks

Jan 2, 08 2:21 PM CST
(Newser) - California, joined by 15 other states, filed suit today against the Environmental Protection Agency for rejecting its plan to limit greenhouse gases on cars, trucks, and SUVs. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said the Bush administration is "ignoring the will of millions" by ruling that Congress' recent boost in fuel-efficiency standards... More »

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Congress • California • greenhouse gases • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Clean Air Act • vehicle emissions • Environmental Protection Agency • trucks • Federal government • SUVs • carbon emissions • cars

Governator to Sue Feds Over Emissions

Blasts EPA for refusing to let Calif. set tougher auto standards

Dec 21, 07 6:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Arnold Schwarzenegger will sue the federal government after the EPA denied California a waiver that would have allowed the state to cut greenhouse gas emissions in vehicles faster than federal mandates. The California plan would raise fuel efficiency standards to 43.7mpg by 2016; the federal plan 40mpg by 2020.... More »

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climate change • Arnold Schwarzenegger • vehicle emissions • Environmental Protection Agency • emissions standards • George W. Bush

Feds Block California's Tougher Emissions Law

EPA refuses waiver with 16 states waiting in the wings

Dec 19, 07 11:57 PM CST
(Newser) - The Bush administration has refused to allow California and 16 other states to set their own strict standards on tailpipe admissions. EPA chief Stephen Johnson yesterday declined to grant California a federal waiver to impose its own standards on greenhouse gas admissions from vehicles. The other states were poised to... More »

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California • greenhouse gases • global warming • Arnold Schwarzenegger • vehicle emissions • Environmental Protection Agency • auto industry • Jerry Brown • emissions standards

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