and global warming laws - 51 pages of the ruling being a justification of this amazing power grab. California announces it will go to Court - and there is nothing in the media. Will someone please note the 51 pages in the ruling released 3/29 that explain the killing of state power to have clean air laws or global warming laws (laws limiting bad exhaust gas) because doing something good about air quality or global warming will have the side effect of making car makers use technology that will increase gas mileage - - - and only Bush can issue rules on gas mileage.
I love my GOP RW rich and corporate controlled US Media. :-(
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
New Light Truck Economy Standards to Save 10.7 Billion Gallons of Fuel, Include Largest SUVs for First Time
By U.S. Department of Transportation
Mar 29, 2006, 19:27 www.dot.gov/affairs/briefing.htm
New Light Truck Economy Standards to Save 10.7 Billion Gallons of Fuel, Include Largest SUVs for First Time
New fuel economy standards for light trucks will save 10.7 billions of gallons of fuel and include, for the first time ever, the largest sport utility vehicles, Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta announced today in Baltimore, MD.
The changes to the fuel economy standards represent the second time the Bush Administration has increased the mileage standards for light trucks and the first complete reform of the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program for pickup trucks, sport utility vehicles and minivans since its inception in 1979, Mineta said.
“The new standards represent the most ambitious fuel economy goals for light trucks ever developed in the program’s twenty-seven year history,” Secretary Mineta said. “And more importantly, they close loopholes that have long plagued the current system.”
Mineta said the new rules save two billion more gallons of fuel than an earlier proposal released in August, 2005 by including the largest SUVs and strengthening the final miles per gallon target. The new standards also set individual miles-per-gallon goals for all passenger trucks sold in the United States, requiring manufacturers to install fuel saving technology on all passenger trucks.
In addition, the light truck fuel economy standards will save more than 250 million gallons a year just by including the largest sport utility vehicles on the market today, those that weigh between 8,500 and 10,000 pounds. Mineta said these large SUVs will be included in the CAFE program starting in 2011, adding that “we worked hard to make sure that no single SUV gets a free pass under these new standards.”
The new fuel economy standards also strengthen the miles-per-gallon target for light trucks, Secretary Mineta said. The light truck targets will increase from 21.6 to 24 miles per gallon, the highest level ever for the program. Mineta added that more was being asked of automakers because they now have to factor in 240,000 of the least efficient SUVs for the first time.
“We took a good, close look at automakers’ plans, examined new technology that is in use or under development – like hybrids and the latest generation of diesel-burning engines – and decided that we could ask more of the manufacturers than we proposed last August,” Mineta said. He added that the new standards mean that some light trucks will now have to meet a fuel economy target of 28.4 milers per gallon, which is higher than today’s standard for passenger cars.
Link to the final rule:
http://nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/DOT/NHTSA/Rulemaking/Rules/Associated%20Files/2006FinalRule.pdf =====================================================================================
- please note the 51 pages at the above link that explain the killing of state power to have clean air laws or global warming laws (laws limiting bad exhaust gas) because doing something good about air quality or global warming will have the side effect of making car makers use technology that will increase gas mileage - and only Bush can issue rules on gas mileage.
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http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2006/03/30/us_tightens_truck_suv_fuel_curbs/US tightens truck, SUV fuel curbs
Rules reflect concerns about supply, costs of foreign energy
By Associated Press | March 30, 2006
BALTIMORE -- The government set tighter gas mileage rules yesterday for pickups and sport utility vehicles, including SUVs like the Hummer H2 and Chevrolet Suburban, responding to rising concern about the supply and cost of energy from abroad.
The new fuel economy rules, covering 2008 through 2011, would save 10.7 billion gallons of fuel over the lifetime of the vehicles sold during that period and take a more aggressive stance than an administration proposal issued last summer, officials said.
''The new standards represent the most ambitious fuel economy goals for light trucks ever developed in the program's 27-year history," said Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta.
Mineta said the plan was ''pragmatic" and devised with jobs and costs in mind, along with the benefits of conserving fuel. Automakers will need to closely scrutinize their products to meet the standards, which are the most sweeping to the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) system in three decades.<snip>
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