President Obama Announces National Fuel Efficiency Policy
May 19, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC THE WHITE HOUSE May 19, 2009; President Obama today â for the first time in history â set in motion a new national policy aimed at both increasing fuel economy and reducing greenhouse gas pollution for all new cars and trucks sold in the United States. The new standards, covering model years 20 ... Continue reading
Plug In America Claims Another Victory: Obama Calls for National Fuel Efficiency Standard
May 19, 2009
Advocacy Group Had Urged Obama to Take the Action Great minds think alike -- in this case, President Barak Obama and members of Plug In America. President Obama today announced a plan to extend California's vehicle emissions standards to the entire nation, following Plug In America's April 2009 campaign asking him to d ... Continue reading
Pelosi Statement on President Obama's Announcement on National Fuel Efficiency Policy
May 19, 2009
WASHINGTON, May 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today regarding President Obama's announcement of a National Fuel Efficiency Policy, which will include the first nationwide standards for vehicle fuel mileage and emissions: "President Obama and Congress are working tog ... Continue reading
NADA Commends President's Support for National Fuel Economy Program
May 19, 2009
Auto dealer group stresses need to consider economy, jobs, safety WASHINGTON, May 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following statement from the chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association, John McEleney, is in response to today's White House announcement of a new national fuel economy and greenhouse gas pr ... Continue reading
New Federal CAFE Standard Announced by President Obama; Edmunds.com Comments
May 19, 2009
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--Today changes are being announced for the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) regulations, which are intended to encourage automakers to build and sell more fuel efficient cars, leading to a cleaner environment and less dependence on foreign oil. The new regulations, which will go into effect in ... Continue reading
May 19, 2009
WASHINGTON, May 19, 2009 The Alliance to Save Energy today hailed the Obama administration's new policy establishing a unified national limit on vehicle tailpipe emissions and accelerating by four years an average fuel economy standard of 35.5 miles per gallon for all passenger vehicles as "an historic step forward and ... Continue reading
Automakers Support President in Development of National Program for Autos
May 19, 2009
WASHINGTON, May 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Tuesday, May 19, automakers will join with President Obama, federal agencies, governors and environmental leaders to announce a commitment to establish a National Program that will reduce carbon emissions and increase fuel economy. "For seven long years, there has been a ... Continue reading
BIO Is Confident That Biofuels Can Meet Goalsof Renewable Fuel Standard
May 19, 2009
ATLANTA--Biotech companies are poised to rapidly commercialize advanced biofuel technology, which has been shown to reduce both U.S. reliance on petroleum and associated greenhouse gas emissions. Brent Erickson, executive vice president of the Biotechnology Industry Organizationâs (BIO) Industrial and Environmenta ... Continue reading
Chrysler LLC Statement in Response to Administration Announcement of National Standard
May 19, 2009
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., May 18 -- Chrysler welcomes the President's announcement of a framework for a single national approach for fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards. We thank the Administration for their leadership. Today's announcement begins an important process of harmonizing state and federal fuel economy prog ... Continue reading
Obama to Unveil Most Aggressive Auto Fuel Standards
May 18, 2009
President Barack Obama on Tuesday will propose the most aggressive increase in U.S. auto fuel efficiency ever in a policy initiative that would also directly regulate emissions for the first time and resolve a dispute with California over cleaner cars. A senior administration official, speaking to reporters late on Mon ... Continue reading
The HostmenThe Worlds First Fuel Cartel
May 18, 2009
Edwin Black May 18th 2009 The following research arose from the bestseller Internal Combustion: How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Derailed the Alternatives (Dialog Press). Buy it here. In the fifteen hundreds, peat fuel was surpassed by an even more distasteful alternative: coal. The same m ... Continue reading
Governors and Green Technology Highlight SAE 2009 World Congress
May 14, 2009
DETROIT, May 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Attendees of the SAE 2009 World Congress were treated to informative discussions from two governors of states that help shape the automotive industry -- Gov. Jennifer Granholm of Michigan and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California. The two political leaders shared their view ... Continue reading
President Obama Kills Development of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles
May 11, 2009
Washington DC May 11, 2009; The AIADA newsletter reported that George W. Bush's $1.2 billion plan to develop cars powered by hydrogen fuel cells was eliminated by President Barack Obama on Thursday, with the intention of saving the government $100 million a year. Citing the high costs and technical issues associated wi ... Continue reading
Hydrogen Car Goes Down Like the Hindenburg: DoE Kills the Program
May 9, 2009
Discover Magazine.com May 8, 2009 The dream of hydrogen fuel cell cars has just been put back in the garage. U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced yesterday that his department is cutting all funding for hydrogen car research, saying that it wonât be a feasible technology anytime soon. âWe asked ourselve ... Continue reading
May 8, 2009
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today detailed President Barack Obamaâs $26.4 billion Fiscal Year 2010 budget request for the Department of Energy, highlighting the Administrationâs commitment to transformational discoveries, breakthrough science, and innovative technologies in the nationâs effort to se ... Continue reading
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