Obama's pro-active Green car rules give auto industry a new challenge
Obama on Monday directed the Environmental Protection Agency to review whether California and more than a dozen states should be allowed to impose tougher auto emission standards on carmakers to fight greenhouse gas emissions. The Bush administration had blocked the efforts by the states, which account for about half of the nation's auto sales. The new president also said his administration would issue new fuel-efficiency requirements to cover 2011 model year vehicles. The rules would be the first step toward a 2007 energy law that requires the auto industry to boost efficiency by 40 percent to at least 35 miles per gallon by 2020. Obama's plans could bring smaller cars, more hybrids and advanced fuel-saving technologies to showrooms.
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This has been something that needed to have been done years ago. Bravo Mr. Obama.
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