Laptop Battery The Bush administration today proposed changes that could weaken the nation's most successful oil-saving law. The administration's new proposal will make it easier for auto companies to qualify gas-guzzling SUVs and other "light" trucks for weaker fuel economy standards. Taking this step would lead to increased pollution and U.S. oil dependence.
The Bush administration said today that it would raise fuel economy regulations for light trucks S.U.V.'s, pickups and minivans by 1.5 miles a gallon, or about 4.5 percent, by the 2007 model year. The administration called the plan, which has been working its way through the regulatory system for several months, one of the biggest fuel economy increases in years. Environmental groups criticized it as a minuscule step at a time when gas consumption is a national security issue.
Thinkpad "The Bush administration is proposing to manipulate the law to benefit auto and oil industry polluters," said Daniel Becker, Director of Sierra Club's Global Warming and Energy Program. "The loophole the Bush administration proposes to close may move us one step forward, but the one they propose to open for the auto industry will likely move us three steps back."
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Microsoft The Bush Administration's proposed changes to Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards (CAFE) would to close a loophole that exempts 8500 pound to 10,000 pound trucks from CAFE standards. However, the proposal would create an incentive for automakers to add weight to their other trucks, qualifying them for weaker standards. The proposal would create more truck weight classes, with different fuel economy standards for each classification.
Re " Mileage Debate" (Business Day, Feb. 6): The Bush administration has not "scrapped" term promise of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. In fact, the president's budget for our new Freedom Car initiative proposes to spend 93 percent of the amount dedicated last year to hybrid technologies under the old program. term technology is important, but we aim to devote more to the technologies that could ultimately free us from oil imports.
Laptop Computers Currently, CAFE standards only address two automotive classes: cars and light trucks (SUVs, pickups and vans). The Bush administrations proposal would divide the light truck fleet into additional classes with different fuel economy standards for each class.
"If we were not married and Hillary asked me to do this, to be here tonight, I would be here, " the former president said. In her speech, the New York senator blasted the Bush administration on everything from failure to address problems with global warming to education and the economy. She aimed her sharpest remarks at what she described as the Bush administration's "indifference and incompetence" in dealing with Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.
Laptop Computer Auto companies already add weight to trucks to place them over the current 8500 pound weight, which exempts them from CAF standards. Trucks, such as the Hummer, Suburban, Tahoe, and Excursion weigh 8600 pounds or more to utilize this loophole. By creating more truck weight classes, automaker will have new opportunities to fatten their vehicles to take advantage of weaker standards.
The move to raise Medicare premiums is to go into effect next year, from $66.60 in 2004 to the proposed $89.20 in 2006. The proposed increase would mean a 34 percent rise in the Medicare premiums in the last two years under the Bush administration.
Desktop Computer "The Bush administration's proposal will cost consumers more at the pump, increase our oil dependence, and pollute more," said Brendan Bell, an energy expert with the Sierra Club. "It's time for the Bush administration to stop making it easier for the irresponsible auto industry to get around necessary standards."
Notebooks There is a better way. Instead of weakening existing standards, the Bush Administration should be putting American innovation to work by requiring automakers to make all of their vehicles - from sedans, to SUVs, to pickup trucks - go farther on a gallon of gas. The technology exists today to make all new vehicles average 40 miles per gallon within ten years. Taking this step would save consumer's money at the gas pump, cut America's oil dependence, and curb global warming.
Lenovo "The Bush administration's proposal is a giant Christmas gift for polluters, but threatens consumers and the environment," said Becker.
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Travelstar Sierra Club - 12/22/2003
Topic: Petroleum Industry
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