Trump Proved That Clean Energy Can’t Be Beat
Here’s a quick review of the ways Trump and other Republicans tried to stack the deck against renewables, electric vehicles, and other clean technologies, and look at why they failed.
fuel efficiency standards
Will California Save The US Auto Industry From Itself?
The EPA has stated its intent to freeze Obama-era fuel efficiency standards at the 2020 levels. This could be a disaster for the industry the EPA is supposedly trying to help. Due to a waiver to enforce their own air standards, California may just be able to save the US auto industry from itself. To understand what that means, we need to look at some history first.
PSA Group CEO Says Proposed 2020 CO2 Fines In Europe Would Create “Chinese Trojan Horse”
Now that the other talking points have been mostly expended, PSA Group CEO Carlos Tavares has moved on to a last-ditch effort. He is arguing against the European Union’s planned 2020 carbon dioxide auto industry fines (if compliance with fleet-level fuel-efficiency goals aren’t met) by saying that such a course of action will “create a Chinese Trojan Horse.”
11 US States To Challenge EPA Rollback Of 2025 Fuel-Efficiency Standards
The US EPA is pursuing a rollback of earlier plans (implemented under Obama’s presidency) to raise the new-vehicle fuel-efficiency standard to nearly 50 miles per gallon by 2025 (that would be a fleet-level requirement, not model level). In response to that, 11 US states have now revealed an intention to oppose the rollback.
Automakers Tout Overseas EV Investments, While Lobbying For Lower Fuel Standards In US
The Auto Alliance is lobbying the Trump administration to reevaluate the standards and delay the timeline for reaching future targets — even as automakers develop new electric cars to be sold overseas.
Moving Backward On Fuel Economy Standards Is A Bad Deal For America
U.S. automaker CEOs apparently lobbied President Trump to weaken strong fuel economy standards during a White House summit last week. But moving backward on fuel economy standards would be bad deal for America. It would not just threaten our health and energy security, but also jobs and investments in factories across the country.
Study Finds Fuel Economy Standards Less Cost Effective Than Fuel Tax
According to a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study, government-set fuel economy standards, which have been practiced for many years, are 6 to 14 times less effective than a fuel tax for reducing gasoline usage.
5 Solar Power Facts that Obama and Romney Did Not Debate
A company called inovateus solar has just issued a white paper called The Good News About Solar: Five Facts You Should Know, which is perfect timing because, although fossil fuels got quite a bit of notice during last night’s debate between President Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, solar power facts were in … [continued]
Top U.S. Climate Policy Stories of 2011
Here’s one last year-end round-up, a good one on U.S. climate policy from the World Resources Institute that I figured I had to share: by Kevin Kennedy As the year winds down, it’s a good time to take stock of climate policy in the United States. Here’s a quick round … [continued]
GM Easily Meets China's Fuel Efficiency Standards, Has Record Sales There
In yet another example of how easily US automakers are able to meet much more stringent emissions standards in other countries, General Motors and its joint ventures in China set new sales records in China for the first half of 2010 with a 49% increase for the same period last … [continued]
