Following up on earlier reports that the White House this week will announce new national standards for vehicle fuel efficiency, The New York Times is reporting that the strategy is to adopt the strict mileage floors proposed in recent years by California and a number of other states. The More…
Just in from Politico: President Obama is set to announce new fuel efficiency standards Tuesday in an effort to defuse automaker criticisms that a patchwork of state emission standards would force the industry into the expensive task of making different sets of vehicles to meet different sets of More…
The event that’s bringing Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D-Mich.) to the White House tomorrow might be the announcement of new CAFE standards. It’s a marquee event, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Calif.) is en route, even though tomorrow is election day for a series of Arnold-backed California ballot initiatives.
House Democrats have just reached a compromise on a cash-for-clunkers bill that would provide financial incentives for people to trade in their old gas-guzzlers for more fuel efficient vehicles.
From the Energy and Commerce Committee’s press release:
Under the agreement, consumers may trade in their old, gas-guzzling vehicles
Two weeks ago, the Obama administration raised fuel efficiency standards by an average of two miles per gallon — a modest change that disappointed some environmentalists, who noted that President George W. Bush had actually proposed slightly higher standards.
But now fuel efficiency appears to be due for More…
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