Sentences with phrase «raised fuel efficiency standards»

This summer President Obama took the biggest step of any president to date when he raised fuel efficiency standards — a move that will cut US greenhouse gas emissions by 10 % when fully implemented.

In 2011, Obama announced an agreement with automakers to raise fuel efficiency standards to 54.5 miles per gallon.

In 2011, Obama announced agreement with major automakers to raise fuel efficiency standards to 54.5 miles per gallon.

In her book, Global Spin, author Sharon Beder noted that past Bonner clients have included tobacco companies Philip Morris and U.S. Tobacco Co.; the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association; the utility trade group Edison Electric Institute; military contractor McDonnell Douglas; nuclear industry and military services giant Westinghouse; chemical companies Monsanto and Dow Chemical; and the major Detroit auto companies Chrysler, Ford and General Motors (who hired Bonner to help derail Congressional efforts to raise fuel efficiency standards back in the 1990s).

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In a utopian world, Canadian auto workers would get huge raises, governments would lavish money on the industry, and cars would drive themselves as they met fuel efficiency and emissions standards effortlessly.

However, you can upgrade to a continuously variable transmission (which comes standard in the Mirage G4 SE trim) that will raise your fuel efficiency rating to 35 City / 42 Highway MPG.

In addition to the lead phase - out a well - planned and sustained effort to raise average vehicle efficiency standards (the CAFE, or Corporate Average Fuel Economy) increased vehicle mileage standards by a quarter.

The question was whether respondents would support a very high standard for vehicle fuel efficiency even if it raised the cost of cars and trucks.

According to those who have accessed early drafts of the EPA's endangerment findings, the original conclusion was that the country could raise automobile fuel efficiency standards to 37.7 miles per gallon by 2018 without significant economic hardship.

These cuts are being considered in an effort to secure the first increase in CAFE standards in 30 years, raising the fuel efficiency fleet wide to 35 mpg by 2020, up from 27.5 mpg for cars and 22.2 mpg for SUVs and light trucks.

The decision in May 2009 to raise U.S. auto fuel efficiency standards 40 percent by 2016 will reduce U.S. dependence on oil far more than converting the country's entire grain harvest into ethanol could.

Consider contacting your representative about implementing a fuel tax or raising the standards for fuel efficiency in your state.

They note that it is pretty hard sell cars with greater fuel efficiency to people who don't want them, so just raising the standards won't work unless gas prices make fuel efficient cars more attractive.

The best way to encourage conservation — and the true sign of a serious energy policy — would be imposing a hefty gasoline tax and raising mandatory fuel - efficiency standards.