Fuel Economy
EPA’s New Smog Standards for States Are Likely to Lead to Cleaner Cars, Too
BNET.com
Jan. 8, 2010
“We appreciate how much cleaner cars have become, but that speaks more to how polluting cars used to be,” says Dan Becker, climate campaigner for the Center for Auto Safety. “Cars are still a major source of smog, even after cleaning up a lot, because they were very filthy. The air is still unhealthy for millions of people, and the technology is available inexpensively for cars to clean up further.”
Binding Pact, Congress Remain Major Climate Hurdles for Obama
PBS NewsHour
Dec. 18, 2009
Quotable Quotes
Green Detective.net
Dec. 15, 2009
Fuel Economy Is Up Again, but Why Not More?
Nov. 25, 2009
By Jim Motavalli
Vehicle Fuel Efficiency up in 2008 Model Year
Nov. 20, 2009
By Ken Thomas
…The Obama administration has pressed for tougher fuel efficiency requirements and proposed a 40 percent increase by 2016. Environmentalists said the EPA data showed the need for stiff requirements, noting that $4 gasoline prices in 2008 failed to dramatically boost fuel efficiency.
EPA: Mileage of new vehicles up slightly in 2008
Nov. 20, 2009
By Justin Hyde
…Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate campaign, said the report showed that the gasoline price spike of 2008 to more than $4 a gallon in many areas did little to influence car buyers toward more efficient models.
Honda leads in fuel efficiency
Detroit News
Nov. 21, 2009
By David Shepardson
Higher Gas Prices Alone Won’t Make Cleaner Cars a Reality
DC.Streetsblog.org
Nov. 20, 2009
By Elana Schor
Obama Hobbled in Fight Against Global Warming
Nov. 16, 3009
By John M. Broder
Chrysler: Taking Taxpayer Money and Running Away From Cleaner Cars
DC.Streetsblog.Org
Nov. 11, 2009
By Elana Schor