Sentences with phrase «reduce fuel duty»

In the future, I will always urge the Government to reduce fuel duty if they can.

The chancellor is also expected to reduce fuel duty, a popular policy and described as Osborne's potential «rabbit out of the hat» for the Budget.

As you know, I am strongly in favour of raising the personal allowance to # 10,000 and welcome what George Osborne has done so far to help with the cost of living, whether this is reducing fuel duty, or freezing Council Tax.

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To live up to that duty, science tells us we must reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, and find better ways to create and use the energy we need.

We are also cutting VAT on fuel for Air Ambulances, reducing tax on people's savings and slashing beer duty by 1p.

If fuel duty & car taxes are reduced to counter the road pricing / congestion charges then I'm more likely to drive an inefficient, polluting vehicle because its no more expensive than driving an Prius (forget the power generated pollution).

It has been suggested in many quarters that VED should be abolished, and fuel duties increased accordingly, insofar as the price of fuel has a greater incentive effect on reducing emissions.

Farrelly has agreed to support the FairFuelUK campaign which is aiming to reduce or remove the fuel duty tax in the United Kingdom.

Ford Motor Co. announced this year it is looking to make the body of its popular F - 150 light - duty truck largely out of aluminum, which would reduce the truck's weight by about 700 pounds and produce about 10 percent in fuel savings.

However, today we rely on government programs like fuel - efficiency standards for light - duty vehicles and renewable portfolio mandates for utilities to help reduce CO2 emissions.

«This next phase of standards for heavy and medium duty vehicles will significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions while driving innovation, and will ensure that the United States continues to lead the world in developing fuel efficient technologies through the next decade and beyond.»

On October 25, 2010, DOT and EPA announced the first national standards to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve fuel efficiency of heavy - duty trucks and buses.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation today announced the first national standards to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improve fuel efficiency of heavy - duty trucks and buses.

The Benefits of Reducing Fuel Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Light - Duty Vehicles (April 2008)

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• Commits to partnering with industry and stakeholders to develop fuel economy standards for heavy - duty vehicles to save families money at the pump and further reduce reliance on foreign oil and fuel consumption post-2018; and

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A new National Research Council report finds that by the year 2050, the U.S. may be able to reduce petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent for light - duty vehicles — cars and small trucks — via a combination of more efficient vehicles; the use of alternative fuels like biofuels, electricity, and hydrogen; and strong government policies to overcome high costs and influence consumer choices.

Several regions with large vehicle markets are developing regulatory programs to reduce the fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of heavy - duty vehicles.

The Obama administration has an opportunity to propose strong efficiency standards for medium and heavy duty vehicles that can reduce new truck fuel consumption 40 percent by 2025.

Similarly, vocational vehicles, such as delivery trucks, and heavy - duty pickup trucks have opportunities to reduce fuel use 32 percent and 28 percent, respectively.

2011 (August) National Program Standards Phase I (Heavy Duty) Sets Medium and Heavy Duty Vehicles fuel efficiency and tailpipe emissions standards estimated to reduce CO2 emissions by about 270 million metric tons and save about 530 million barrels of oil over the life of the vehicles built in model years 2014 - 2018.

By promoting the benefits of these vehicles, including reduced fuel and maintenance costs, states can achieve greater adoption of commercially available electric alternatives in the medium - duty fleet.

«Technologies and Approaches to Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium - and Heavy - Duty Vehicles.»

(1) the contribution that light and heavy duty natural gas vehicles, by category and State, have made during the last decade to the reduction of greenhouse gases and criteria pollutants under the Clean Air Act, and the reduced consumption of petroleum - based fuels;

Phases 1 and 2 together will reduce fuel consumption of new heavy - duty vehicles by 25 - 48 %, depending on vehicle type, between model years 2010 and 2027.

The large majority of «environmental taxes» are raised from measures which either long pre-date concerns about emissions reduction, ie fuel duty, road tax, VAT or have nothing to do with reducing CO2 (landfill tax, aggregates levy).

A combination of these with other technologies, including materials substitution, reduced aerodynamic drag, reduced rolling resistance, reduced engine friction and pumping losses, has the potential to approximately double the fuel economy of «new» light - duty vehicles by 2030, thereby roughly halving carbon emissions per vehicle mile travelled (note that this is only for a new car and not the fleet average)(medium agreement, medium evidence)[5.3.1].