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Aug 11, 2012

ALTERNATIVE FUELS * USA

* DC - White House: No decision yet on ethanol requirements amid corn shortage

(Photo by Max Ortiz / The Detroit News: This underdeveloped ear shows the drought damage to the cornfields in Ingham County owned by Jeff Oesterle of Mason)
Washington, DC,USA -The Detroit News, by David Shepardson -August 11, 2012: -- The White House said Friday it has made no decision on whether to waive ethanol requirements for use by the nation's 250 million vehicles in the wake of a severe drought that's cutting corn yields... On Friday, a United Nations official urged the Obama administration to suspend ethanol requirements under the 2007 Renewable Fuel Standard as fears of food shortages grow... Under a 2007 energy law, the U.S. is dramatically increasing the use of ethanol in vehicle fuel — to 15.2 billion gallons this year, up from 5 billion gallons in 2007...  In order to use all of the ethanol required, the EPA has approved the use of a higher blend of ethanol fuel called E15, which is 15 percent ethanol... The higher blend of fuel is only approved for vehicles from 2001 and newer, because automakers say engines can be corroded by the higher fuel. They have fought the fuel, arguing it could also hurt newer vehicles...


* DC - NHTSA defends 2025 fuel rules

(Photo: Refueling a LNG truck)
Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit News, by David Shepardson -August 14, 2012: -- National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator, David Strickland, Tuesday defended the Obama administration's 2025 fuel rules in the face of criticism from some foreign automakers... At the same time, the agency said Tuesday it will not meet a self-imposed deadline of Wednesday to unveil the final regulation... In a report released Friday by the House Oversight and Government Reform's Republican majority, Japanese and European automakers criticized the process. Toyota Motor Corp. executives said the process was unfair and called the rules a "second bailout for Detroit." Honda Motor Co. and Volkswagen AG also criticized it... Strickland defended last summer's talks with major automakers to nearly double fuel efficiency requirements to 54.5 mpg by 2025, a move that will cost the auto industry $157.3 billion but is intended to save consumers $1.7 trillion at the pump...

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Dec 10, 2008

Diesel Truck Rule * USA - Debated before key vote Friday

California's air pollution board Friday will consider adopting strict new rules requiring cleaner diesel trucks to reduce the risk of health ailments linked to soot particles

San Jose,CA,USA -The San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times, by Denis Cuff -9 Dec 2008: -- ... Truckers and public health advocates call the diesel truck rule a milestone in California's campaign for clean air, but they sharply disagree whether it requires reductions too soon... To meet a series of proposed deadlines that vary by truck model, truckers would have to retrofit older diesel vehicles with pollution filters starting in 2010, and eventually replace the 1 million trucks operating in California with cleaner models by 2020... Truckers said the estimated compliance cost of $5.5 billion would cause massive disruption in their recession-plagued industry and lead to higher consumer prices for goods ranging from tennis shoes to canned foods... (Photo: One of Roadstar Trucking's trucks in for repairs at the trucking company's facility in Hayward)

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Jan 19, 2008

MILES per GALLON * Canada - May adopt CAFE standards

Ottawa,ONT,Canada -Wards Automotive (USA) -January 18, 2008: -- Canada’s minister of transport says the country will, for the first time, establish its own fuel-economy standards for motor vehicles and that they will be at least as stringent as the new rules adopted in the U.S... The Canadian standards would kick in in 2011 and would call for fleet averages of at least 35 miles per gallon. In 2006, the unregulated fleet average of vehicles sold in Canada was 27 miles per gallon...

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Dec 3, 2007

FUEL RULE * USA - Calif. regulation affects warranties

State's new emissions regulation is likely to force automakers to extend their contracts on many faulty vehicles

Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit News, by David Shepardson -December 3, 2007: -- A new California regulation likely will force automakers to extend vehicle warranties for hundreds of thousands of additional vehicles that have faulty emissions equipment... The new rule comes as tailpipe emissions are getting increased scrutiny from Congress and states, largely stemming from a Supreme Court ruling in April that allows the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate vehicle carbon dioxide emissions under the Clean Air Act... Today, vehicle recalls related to emissions are overseen by the EPA and often get little notice, unlike federal safety-related recalls... California, which is allowed to have its own vehicle emissions rules under the Clean Air Act, moved to change how it handles emissions recalls so it's easier to force automakers to extend warranties for faulty emissions parts... (Photo from whyfiles.org: October 22,2007 -NASA/MODIS -Rapid Response: Satellites show smoke from wildfires in Southern California spreading over the Pacific Ocean. Fires are outlined in red)

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