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Obama wants more fuel-efficient trucks on US roads
Drawing a link between reduced fuel consumption and climate change, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that his administration will issue tougher fuel-efficiency standards for delivery trucks by March 2016. Obama said helping these vehicles use less fuel would have the triple benefit of making the U.S. less dependent on imported oil, keeping more money in consumer pockets and reducing the ...
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NGVAmerica & American Gas Association Statement on EPA/NHTSA Phase 2 Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Trucks
Today, Natural Gas Vehicles for America (NGVAmerica) and the American Gas Association (AGA) issued the following statement on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) adoption of the Phase 2 standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks. “NGVAmerica worked closely with EPA and NHTSA over the past three years to ensure that ...
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Natural Gas Key to U.S. Energy Security, Jimmy Carter Tells Platts Energy Week
Platts -- The United States likely will not generate a large portion of its power from green energy any time soon, but the nation's abundant natural gas reserves could provide a new path toward achieving energy security, former President Jimmy Carter said in a wide-ranging interview Sunday on Platts Energy Week (http://www.plattsenergyweektv.com/), the independent, all-energy television news ...
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Administration, Auto Industry in Sync with Americans` Opinion on Fuel Economy
Against a backdrop of sharp differences on a variety of current public policy issues, new polling by the Pew Clean Energy Program demonstrates strong support from American voters for immediate action on vehicle fuel economy. In a national poll* conducted for Pew by the bipartisan polling team The Mellman Group, Inc. and Public Opinion Strategies between July 8-12, 2011, 91 percent of Americans ...
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Engine and Truck Manufacturers Ready to Tackle New EPA/NHTSA Rule to Improve Fuel Efficiency and Reduce Greenhouse Gases from Heavy-Duty Engines and Trucks
The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today announced the nation’s first-ever regulations to improve fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from medium and heavy-duty on-highway trucks and engines. The agencies’ work on today’s final rule began in earnest in May 2010 ...
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