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EPA OIG to evaluate EPA’s actions on final light-duty fuel efficiency rule

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each year through model year 2026, as compared with the standards issued under the Obama administration in 2012, which would have required about 5% annual increases. The SAFE rule reduces the increase in stringency of CAFE and CO 2 emissions to about 1.5%

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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

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Having these [stations] in place will help fight climate change.” In 2018 he was in the inaugural cohort of the Obama Foundation ’s Leaders Africa program. The Guardian named Orajaka one of Nigeria’s 100 Most Innovative CEOs of 2019, and he was selected as the 2016 Leader of the Year by the African Energy Chamber.

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Canada, US and Mexico commit to align light- and heavy-duty fuel efficiency and GHG standards out to 2025 and 2027, respectively

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As one of the outcomes of the “Three Amigos” meeting in Ottawa, Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President Barack Obama, and Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto committed to an “ambitious and enduring” North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment Partnership. 50% clean power target.

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EPA Administrator broadly outlines Trump Administration thinking on fuel economy standards and California

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Wheeler said that the average sticker price of a new vehicle reached $39,500 in the first half of 2019—out of reach for many American families. Kelly Blue Book earlier this month reported that the the estimated average transaction price for a light vehicle in the United States was $37,401 in August 2019, up 2% from August 2018.

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Gas War: California Brings Stellantis to Heel

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While Reuters framed the situation as Stellantis having “unsuccessfully sought to join a deal that other automakers had struck” with California in 2019 , the reality is quite a bit different. These days, only those living the most charmed and out-of-touch existences are swayed by the presumed horrors of climate change.

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Perhaps not what you thought 

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The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program, implemented under President Barack Obama in 2012, called for annual increases of 5% to the average fuel economy of new vehicles through the 2025 model year. In 2019, fuel economy actually worsened, dropping slightly from 25.1 percent and extending the standards through 2026.

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Perhaps not what you thought 

Electric Auto Association

The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program, implemented under President Barack Obama in 2012, called for annual increases of 5% to the average fuel economy of new vehicles through the 2025 model year. In 2019, fuel economy actually worsened, dropping slightly from 25.1 percent and extending the standards through 2026.

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