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Fire a recurrent peril in Jeep collisions
Chenequa motorist was at least the 3rd to die in 2007 after fuel tanks ruptured
Nineteen-year-old Stacey Mayer lost her life July 3 inside a Jeep Grand Cherokee after her vehicle was struck from behind by another motorist in Waukesha County, rupturing the Jeep fuel tank and sparking an intense fire.
CAFE: A Prize for Making Gas-Guzzlers?
April 16, 2009
By David Welch
Could Hummer Be Headed for the Heap?
Sept. 28, 2009
By Joseph R. Szczesny
Yet the study also notes that the Hummer brand has produced an intense backlash, including one Internet site where people have posted thousands of photographs of middle fingers directed at Hummer vehicles and their drivers. "I think GM’s board should kill Hummer," says Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign at the Center for Auto Safety and a Hummer critic.
Greens Not Happy About EPA Guidelines
Sept. 21, 2009
By Joseph R. Szczesny
New fuel-economy rules proposed by the federal Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency are the first major move by the U.S. toward cracking down on greenhouse-gas emissions. The proposed program includes miles-per-gallon requirements and national emissions standards under the EPA’s greenhouse-gas-emissions guidelines for model years from 2012 to 2016.
Big Step Forward Lost in Shuffle
miller-mccune.com
Sept. 16, 2009
By Sam Kornell
The new road to lower emissions may have some potholes
AUTOS: The new road to lower emissions may have some potholes (09/16/2009)