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Obama Directs Regulators to Tighten Auto Rules
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Feb 01, 2009 07:40pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Tuesday, January 27, 2009 01:40:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By JOHN M. BRODER
Published: January 26, 2009
WASHINGTON — President Obama directed federal regulators on Monday to move swiftly on an application by California and 13 other states to set strict limits on greenhouse gases from cars and trucks. He also ordered the Transportation Department to begin drawing up rules imposing higher fuel-economy standards on cars and light trucks.
The directives make good on an Obama campaign pledge and signal a sharp reversal of Bush administration policy. Moving quickly on tailpipe emissions and on mileage rules are emphatic actions Mr. Obama could take to quickly put his stamp on environmental policy.
Mr. Obama announced the actions in the East Room of the White House, saying that his orders were intended “to ensure that the fuel-efficient cars of tomorrow are built right here in America.”
Mr. Obama directed the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider the Bush administration’s past rejection of the California application. While he stopped short of flatly ordering the reversal of the Bush decision, the agency’s regulators are now widely expected to do so after completing a formal review process.
The president also directed the Transportation Department to draw up rules to implement a 2007 law requiring a 40 percent improvement in gas mileage for autos and light trucks by 2020. The Bush administration failed to write any regulations to enforce the new law.
Once the agencies act, automobile manufacturers will quickly have to retool to begin producing and selling cars and trucks that are cleaner and get better gas mileage on an accelerated schedule. The auto companies have lobbied hard against the regulations and have challenged them in court. |
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