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Demand Strong Clean Car Standards
Sponsored by: Union of Concerned Scientists
In May, President Barack Obama announced national clean car standards to spur the creation of an American automobile fleet that averages approximately 35 miles-per-gallon (mpg) by 2016. According to the White House, the vehicles operating under the new standards would deliver a lifetime savings of nearly two billion barrels of oil and reduce global warming pollution by almost 900 million tons.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Transportation (DOT) are currently finalizing a proposal for how to implement these standards. Please tell EPA and DOT leaders that they must ensure we meet the president's goal and not be hampered by the kind of loopholes that undermined previous national fuel economy standards. This is their opportunity to ensure real clean car choices for all Americans and allow the struggling auto industry to emerge as the model for a clean energy economy.
Note: the deadline for submitting comments has been extended to November 27. But please don't delay – send your letter to the EPA and DOT today!
The Earth has taken enough damage on behalf of our transportation luxuries, we are now at a point where clean, fuel efficient cars can be produced and utilized. Let's make it happen
If the environmentalists are wrong and we follow what they say, we have cleaner air. If we follow what the other side says and global warming is real, then we all die. It is simple logic.
We can't afford to have anymore loopholes in the auto vehicle fuel efficiency standards, this is a matter of global survival and not just the national and global economies.
and they should make more solar power cars
if we can do it why not do it.
