Fuel Economy

June 22, 2009

Q: I own and drive two 1979 Fords — a customized van and a Lincoln Continental. Both are in good shape and I keep them maintained. However, since the clunker rule only allows vehicles made no earlier than 1984, I am barred from participating. Isn’t this age discrimination?

June 20-21, 2009

June 19, 2009

Congress only provided $1 billion for the program, but everyone figures that’s just a down payment. "The industry is going to come racing back for more money," says Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign.

June 8, 2009

"In contrast to General Motors saying the world will end if you pass this, Honda was saying we can live with it," said Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign, an environmental lobby in Washington. "It was fairly earth-shattering — or earth-mending."

June 17, 2009

“Basically, you can trade in a clunker and get a voucher for a new clunker,” said Daniel Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign, which advocates for better fuel efficiency. “The auto guys are out there shaking their tin cup, and there are lawmakers who are happy to fill it up.”

June 1, 2009

June 13, 2009

"This was a face-off between the auto industry shaking its tin cup in new and different ways and environmentalists saying: If you’re going to give a new bailout, there has to be more efficient vehicles," said Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign.

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May 20, 2009

"Even if people don’t change their driving habits, they will still be using a lot less gas," said Dan Becker of the Safe Climate Campaign. "In the meantime we can dramatically cut emissions and signal to the rest of the world that the US gets it and is getting serious about doing something about the thing we do worst, which is cars."

May 20, 2009

May 22, 2009