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Obama announces new national fuel policy

Green Cars News

US President Barack Obama has confirmed a new national policy that intends to slash fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions on all new cars and trucks sold in the USA. This speeds up the initial CAFE programme target set by the EISA 2007 which specified a minimum of 35mpg by 2020.

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Plug-in Hybrid Bills in Congress Scare Auto Makers

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The Detroit News Autos Insider column today is reporting on Congressional efforts to promote plug-in hybrids and the backlash from the automakers. Legislation proposed in the Senate by Senators Obama, Hatch and Cantwell to offer tax credits to convert hybrids to plug-ins now has its counterpart in Congressman Ed Markey's House bill.

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Obama tightens US biofuel regulations

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The Obama administration has confirmed its committment to meet the 2007 ‘Renewable Fuels Standard’ yet has added caps on the use of grain-based ethanol to address concerns over negative impact associated with their use such as greenhouse emissions, increased food prices and land clearing.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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However, the slow pace of negotiations spurred UNFCCC delegates to publish a “roadmap to Copenhagen” in December 2007 at the 13 th Congress in Bali, in an effort to accelerate the progress of those negotiations. “ Bretton Woods plus Yalta, multiplied by Reykjavik.

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Clunkers programme receives funding boost

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The vastly popular cash for clunkers programme in the USA received a boost last Friday when President Obama signed into law HR 3435, which provides $2billion in emergency supplemental appropriations for the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Programme.

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Manhattan Beach, The South Bay’s Greenest City

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Happy New Year! I hope you’re as happy and energized as I am about Obama’s impending Presidency and his game-changing energy and environmental appointments. There’s no good news anywhere on the water horizon. The South Bay being of course the neck of the woods I write these posts in. So I do what I can.

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Has the cash for clunkers scheme failed? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

And so it proved as the subsidy programme helped Ford to its first increase in US vehicles sales since 2007 after it sold 158,838 vehicles in July – a two per cent increase compared to the previous year (see article ). With General Motors and Chrysler also showing signs of modest improvement, all looked rosy. So is this scheme green at all?