Sentences with phrase «tougher fuel efficiency standards»
Three - quarters of U.S. adults (76 %) say corporate tax incentives to encourage carbon emission reductions among businesses can make a difference, and roughly seven - in - ten (71 %) say the same about tougher fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks.
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Regulators have steadily added tough safety, emissions and fuel efficiency standards, and in the U.S., class - action lawsuits that have yielded big judgments is putting additional pressure on auto companies.
This conflict between fuel efficiency, road use and tax revenue will only grow as Ottawa commits to tough new fuel standards.
As part of a pre-Olympic cleanup, China this year adopted some of the toughest fuel - efficiency standards for automobiles anywhere and put pressure on refineries to produce higher - quality gasoline.
Tougher global emissions standards have several luxury automakers searching for ways to improve the fuel efficiency of their models that right now are not considered «eco-friendly.»
The transportation sector has eclipsed power plants as the biggest source of US carbon emissions, and EPA calculated in 2010 that the tougher fuel - efficiency standards would prevent more than one year's worth of total US carbon emissions over the lifetime of new vehicles sold from 2012 through 2025.