Fuel Economy
Obama May Propose Auto-Fuel Standard Topping 60 MPG, Groups Say
September 30, 2010
By John Hughes
Fuel Economy Will Be, Um, Better
By Matthew L. Wald
October 1, 2010
Fuel standard could hit 60 MPG
By Darren Samuelsohn
October 1, 2010
…Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Center, said a 6 percent per year goal is well within reach for the auto industry given the existing rules. "This is auto mechanics, not rocket science," he said. "They know how to do this. They know how to do this in other countries."…
EPA Proposes Letter Grades for Cars, Light Trucks, Based on Fuel Economy Rating
By Steven D. Cook
September 10, 2010
Alternatives to gas guzzlers
By Cheryl Jensen and Christopher Jensen
September 27, 2010
…This swarm of more fuel-efficient vehicles is not a coincidence. Automakers began preparing to deliver vehicles that get more miles per gallon several years ago, knowing that they could no longer avoid significantly higher fuel economy requirements, said Dan Becker, the director of the Safe Climate Campaign, which is affiliated with the Center for Auto Safety in Washington, D.C.
Congressional Dysfunction Likely to Kill an EV Subsidy Everyone Likes
BNET.com
By Jim Motavalli
September 23, 2010
…Reauthorizing this bill has made bedfellows of former antagonists. According to Dan Becker, director of the safe climate campaign at the Center for Auto Safety and a frequent critic of the Big Three, “It is colossally dumb to allow the $2,000 tax credit for home-charging stations to expire while continuing to pump billions into subsidizing BP and Exxon and after bailing out GM to the tune of over $50 billion.”…
Fuel Economy Stickers
By Ken Thomas
August 30, 2010
…"Consumers shopping for a clean car need to be able to compare a Prius with an electric vehicle. Not knowing how much coal-burning power plants emit to recharge the electric vehicle obscures the choice," said Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign for the Center for Auto Safety.
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E.P.A. Develops Grading System for New Car Stickers
By Jim Motavalli
August 30, 2010
…In an e-mail to reporters, Gloria Bergquist, an Alliance vice president, wrote, “Your spokesperson tried to give the proposal a D, but was told not to do so by her boss.” Rating it somewhat higher was Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign at the Center for Auto Safety. “Overall it’s a B,” he said in an e-mail.
U.S. Wants Report Card for Cars
The Wall Street Journal
By Josh Mitchell
August 30, 2010
…The EPA’s McCarthy said the agency was constrained by federal statutes that specify only tailpipe emissions, not upstream emissions, be included on the label. But Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign, said the agency wouldn’t have been blocked from providing more information on emissions from power plants…
CAS Rulemaking Comment 11/27/2009
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