Issues
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)
White House rolls out details of fuel economy, emissions standard.
Climate Progress
Sept. 15, 2009
By Joe Romm
…“This is a very big deal,” said Daniel Becker of the Safe Climate Campaign, a group that has pushed for tougher mileage and emissions standards with the goal of curbing the heat-trapping gases that have been linked to global warming. “This is the single biggest step the American government has ever taken to cut greenhouse-gas emissions.”
Cost of m.p.g. goal is $60B
Sept. 16, 2009
By Justin Hyde
…"Detroit’s lobbyists have done their best to riddle this decision with credits and other loopholes," said Dan Becker of the Safe Climate Campaign.
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Obama unveils 35 mpg requirement at GM factory
Sept. 15, 2009
By Eric Evarts