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FUEL ECONOMY * USA - Obama Calling for a 42 MPG Fleet Average by 2016
Washington,DC,USA -Eco Geek, by Hank Green -18 May 2009: -- ... Now President Obama, finally, taking a stand and will be catching America up to the rest of the world by 2016. The current fleet fuel economy laws require companies to have an average of all their cars at a powerfully inefficient 27.5 MPG. Obama's regulations will bump that up to 42 MPG, something only three cars in America currently beat... Light trucks (read SUVs) will only be required to bump from 24 mpg to 27 mpg by the 2016 deadline. However, the rules would require a total fleet efficiency for cars and light trucks of 35.5 mpg. So if car companies started relying heavily on SUVs, the law would require greater light truck efficiency... The auto industry looks as if it is actually 100% behind this new fuel-saving, greenhouse gas-reducing plan... (Photo from autotips.plentycar: Fuel economy)
* Obama faces tough test with manufacturers - Michigan industry skeptical of president's plans, policies
Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit News, by Deb Price -May 20, 2009: -- Manufacturers in Michigan and throughout the United States are still not sure what an Obama presidency means for them and say that several tests of what was expected to be a rocky relationship lie ahead... So far, manufacturers have given Obama high grades for his handling of the economic crisis, but they're concerned about the president's support for the Employee Free Choice Act -- better known as "card check" -- which makes it easier for workers to form unions. Also of concern are the White House's proposed changes to tax rules on foreign earnings of U.S. companies and a carbon "cap and trade" policy to combat climate change... The stakes couldn't be higher for Michigan, which has lost more than 400,000 manufacturing jobs since 2000, mainly as a result of a failing auto industry... The White House has stepped in to prop up the automakers and suppliers, guaranteeing billions in loans to keep General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC afloat. But in exchange, the automakers shed jobs and dealerships. As a result, Chrysler has filed for bankruptcy and it's feared GM soon will do the same... (Photo by Tony Gutierrez / Associated Press . GM worker Lee Henderson, of Alvarado, Texas, assembles a vehicle at the automaker's plant in Arlington, Texas. The industry is closely watching the president's plans)* USA - Clean energy bill means higher taxes, more power for EPA
Washington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine, by David Tanner -May 19, 2009: -- Highway users say a federal bill aimed at curbing climate change would have tremendous consequences for taxpayers... U.S. Reps. Henry Waxman, D-CA, and Ed Markey, D-MA, say the legislation focuses on U.S. energy independence, job creation and pollution reduction... Critics of the bill are concerned about the introduction of a cap-and-trade tax system and increased power afforded to the Environmental Protection Agency. Critics are also concerned that highway users will be footing the bill for so-called “green” initiatives such as bike paths and mass transit programs... Waxman and Markey have said since January that legislation of this size and scope will mark the dawn of a clean energy age in America...
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