Fuel Economy
In Aid Filing, G.M. Reduces Fuel Economy Estimate
Feb. 27, 2009
By John M. Broder and Micheline Maynard
…Environmentalists said they were not happy with any sign that G.M. might be backtracking.
Earth to Washington
By David Corn
Higher CAFE standards loom as Detroit 3 fight for survival
By Harry Stoffer
Nov. 17, 2008
…One such advocate, Dan Becker, said he has been lobbying congressional offices to require any aid recipient’s vehicles to average 40 mpg by 2015 — nearly 60 percent higher than today.
"That’s my benchmark," said Becker, formerly of the Sierra Club and now director of the advocacy group Safe Climate Campaign….
A Power Duo, Dingells Battle on Two Fronts
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By John M. Broder
Nov. 15, 2009
…A few outsiders, however, are willing to speak up. Dan Becker, an environmental lobbyist who has spent 30 years trying to force Detroit to build cleaner and more fuel-efficient cars, said his single biggest obstacle in that time had been Mr. Dingell….
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Obama selects his team on environment
By John M. Broder
Dec. 11, 2009.
…Browner, a lawyer, is well known in Washington and around the country as a forceful environmental advocate and experienced capital player. She is married to Tom Downey. a former New York congressman.
"She was a really strong administrator in really tough times," said Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign, an environmental group….
Political Habitat: After the Ball
By Peter Dykstra
Mother Nature Network
Jan. 21, 2009
Quotation of the Day
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Congress in the Driver’s Seat
Washington Post Staff Writers
February 4, 2009
Obama counters Bush on auto standards
Jan. 17, 2009
By Lisa Wangsness
…"He’s telling the states that they can lead, the feds that they’re going to have to follow, and really telling the whole world that the knuckle-dragging US is lifting its knuckles off the ground and we are going to take the global warming issue very seriously," said Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign…