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Obama announces emissions target for vehicles

Green Cars News

An agreement has been reached with 13 major automakers as President Obama announced the next phase of the administration’s national vehicle programme. The aim is to increase fuel economy to a fleet-wide average 54.5mpg or 163g/mile of CO2 for cars and light duty trucks by model year 2025.

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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. Tags: Green cars Latest news Barack Obama Department of Transportation Environmental Protection Agency national fuel policy.

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Obama inspects hybrid truck project

Green Cars News

President Barack Obama previewed a pioneering plug-in hybrid truck project this week developed by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in collaboration with the Eaton Corporation and Ricardo plc. This project exemplifies Ricardo’s ongoing commitment to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions”.

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Hey Exxon! Hey Chevron! My Friends At the EPA Are Declaring What You Do Dangerous & You Will Pay. Pack Up Losers, It’s Time For You to Go!

Creative Greenius

They’re “fuming&# just like the deadly CO2 fumes they’re spewing into the atmosphere as you read these very words. What it should have said is: “Polluters & Global Warmers Caught In The Act and Stopped – New Clean, Green, Sustainable Economy Begins Booming!&#. That’s the real news here.

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Heidi On The Hot Seat

Creative Greenius

And for all those cities, with all those sources of pollution pumping CO2 and other greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere and into the lungs of the South Bay’s one million residents, we’ve got just one woman on the payroll as the Climate Action Plan Coordinator. They’re kind of funny that way.

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EPA grants California emissions waiver

Green Cars News

The news comes on the back of President Barack Obama’s decision to announce a national policy of two harmonised standards - one for increasing fuel economy and the second for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Will lighter cars backfire on industry?

Green Cars News

President Barack Obama’s national fuel efficiency standards in the USA have come in for criticism in The Wall Street Journal where a columnist points out that there could be severe costs in terms of urban air pollution and human life. Most people know about the positive effects of developing greener, lighter cars.

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