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• NADA Should Be Smiling: Auto Dealer Profits Are Up as Fuel-Efficient Models Grow (May 1, 2012)
• Consumers Get Relief from High Gas Prices as Number of Fuel-Efficient Car Models Doubles (April 19, 2012)
• FACT: U.S. Drilling Doesn't Lower Gas Prices (March 21, 2012)
• Strategies for Moving Beyond Oil (March 20, 2012)
• Good News for Consumers: Fuel Economy on the Rise (March 8, 2012)
• Defeating the Gas Price Pain at the Pump: President Calls for More Clean Vehicle Investments (March 7, 2012)
• Senator Inhofe Sides with Oil Industry against Cleaner, More Efficient Vehicles (March 5, 2012)
• Public to Obama Administration: Adopt New Auto Fuel Efficiency and Carbon Standards (January 17, 2012)
• Obama Takes Big Step toward Cleaner, Fuel-Sipping Cars (November 16, 2011)
• Oil Industry Attacks Analysis of Cleaner Future (October 18, 2011)
• It's Official: N.E. Clean Fuels Standard Is a Win for the Environment, Businesses and Jobs (August 19, 2011)
• New Study: Clean Fuels Are Good for the Economy in Northeast, Mid-Atlantic (August 17, 2011)
• New Report: Strong Vehicle Standards are Key to U.S. Jobs (August 9, 2011)
• Obama Finalizing First-ever Efficiency and Carbon Pollution Standards for Heavy Trucks, Saving Money and Boosting Jobs (August 8, 2011)
• Improved Standards for Cars Will Cut Oil Dependence and Pollution while Saving Consumers Billions at the Gas Pump (July 28, 2011)
• Study Follows Auto Industry Pattern of Overestimating Costs of Clean, Efficient Vehicles (June 15, 2011)
• First-ever Fuel Efficiency and Carbon Pollution Standards for Heavy Trucks Move Closer to Adoption (June 7, 2011)
• Government Fleet to Include Plug-in Electric Vehicles (May 26, 2011)
• New Labels Expected to Boost Information for Consumers Hungry for Clean, Efficient Vehicles (May 24, 2011)
• With 60 MPG, U.S. Automakers and Workers Can Lead World in Vehicle Manufacturing (May 11, 2011)
• Innovation Motorcade: Electric Drive in the Nation's Capitol (April 19, 2011)
• Obama's Oil Savings Plan at Work: UPS (April 1, 2011)
• We Can Meet (and Exceed) President Obama's Oil Security Goal with Clean Energy (March 31, 2011)
• Cleaner, Cheaper and Faster: Why Efficiency Beats Drilling (March 9, 2011)
• Greening our Cars and Trucks (February 17, 2011)
• Hyundai Heating Up Competition for Fuel Efficiency (February 4, 2011)
• Cleaner Heavy Trucks: EPA and DOT Hold Hearings on Proposed Standards to Improve Efficiency and Cut Global Warming Pollution (November 15, 2010)
• First-Ever Carbon Emissions Limits on Trucks are a Step Forward (October 25, 2010)
• Upcoming Truck Carbon Pollution and Efficiency Standards are Good for Truckers and Consumers (October 21, 2010)
• Letter Grades for Car Efficiency and Pollution are Common Sense (October 14, 2010)
• Cars Getting 100 mpg: Auto X-Prize Awards $10M Purse for Vehicle Innovation Tomorrow (September 15, 2010)
• The Obama Administration Should Unleash American Ingenuity to Dramatically Raise Car and Truck Efficiency and Cut Carbon Pollution (September 9, 2010)
• New Labels Could Make Finding Efficient Cars Easier (August 30, 2010)
• Auto X-Prize Highlights American Ingenuity to Cut Oil Dependence (July 2, 2010)
• Electric Delivery Truck Hauls Fish without Oil (June 15, 2010)
• Low Carbon Fuel Standard: A Clean Energy Path Away from Oil (June 13, 2010)
• A Day of Saving Oil: The Potential of One City (June 8, 2010)
• Plug-in Electric Vehicles: Part of the Solution to Cut Oil Dependence and Cool the Planet (May 28, 2010)
• Nation's First-Ever Carbon Pollution and Fuel Economy Standards for Medium and Heavy Trucks Can Help Cut Oil Dependence, Cool the Planet and Save Consumers Money (May 21, 2010)
• Consumers Save Money on Gasoline under a Climate Bill: Gas Bills Lower in 2020 (April 23, 2010)
• EPA Sets CO2 Accounting for Plug-in Electric Vehicles for Model Years 2012 to 2016 (April 1, 2010)
• National CO2 Standards Save Drivers Billions at the Pump, Cut Global Warming Pollution and Curb Oil Use (March 31, 2010)
• Federal Tire Efficiency Program Not Yet Ready for Consumers (March 25, 2010)
• Federal Climate Bills Can Retool the U.S. Auto Industry to Build the Clean Cars of the Future (March 16, 2010)
• Heavy Truck Efficiency Standards Can Make DOE Investment a Success for Jobs, Security and Environment (January 12, 2010)
• Best of What’s New for Your Car: Fuel-Saving Tires (December 11, 2009)
• On the Road to Cleaner Cars (October 23, 2009)
• U.S. DOT Proposes National Tire Efficiency Ratings and Labels (June 18, 2009)
• California Steps Toward First Tire Efficiency Ratings in U.S.; Federal Agency to Follow (June 17, 2009)
• Tire Efficiency: How Your Car Can Cruise on Less Gas (June 12, 2009)
• Clean Energy Cities Could Make the GM/Segway and Bicyclists Flourish (April 7, 2009)
• Waxman-Markey: Putting America on the Road to a Clean Energy Transportation Future (April 6, 2009)
• Fuels Emissions Cap and Low Carbon Fuel Standard Are Key Parts of House Climate Proposal (April 1, 2009)
• Higher Fuel Economy for 1 Year Gives Administration Opportunity to Set the Next 5 Years Right (March 27, 2009)
• President Obama's Electric Ride (March 20, 2009)
• Obama’s Clean Energy Vision for Transportation (February 25, 2009)
• Obama Administration Should Strengthen Fuel Economy Standards (January 7, 2009)
• Driving Quietly: Testing the Cars of the Future (October 1, 2008)
• Clean Energy Saves Americans Money (September 17, 2008)
• Clean Energy: 9 Million More Barrels Each Day than Drilling (September 8, 2008)
• Drilling is Not the Answer: Save Oil FASTER with Realistic Car Fuel Economy Standards (July 14, 2008)
• As gas prices continue to skyrocket, Administration should stop dragging its feet on fuel economy standards (July 1, 2008)
• Cool New Car Sticker Shows Which Are Cleanest (May 8, 2008)
• California Tells Automakers to Bring Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles to the Showroom (March 30, 2008)
• Plug In for Clean Air (February 26, 2008)
• Plug-ins: The Next Generation of Hybrids (January 14, 2008)

• A Day of Saving Oil: The Potential of One City (June 8, 2010)
• As gas prices continue to skyrocket, Administration should stop dragging its feet on fuel economy standards (July 1, 2008)
• Auto X-Prize Highlights American Ingenuity to Cut Oil Dependence (July 2, 2010)
• Best of What’s New for Your Car: Fuel-Saving Tires (December 11, 2009)
• California Steps Toward First Tire Efficiency Ratings in U.S.; Federal Agency to Follow (June 17, 2009)
• California Tells Automakers to Bring Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles to the Showroom (March 30, 2008)
• Cars Getting 100 mpg: Auto X-Prize Awards $10M Purse for Vehicle Innovation Tomorrow (September 15, 2010)
• Clean Energy Cities Could Make the GM/Segway and Bicyclists Flourish (April 7, 2009)
• Clean Energy Saves Americans Money (September 17, 2008)
• Clean Energy: 9 Million More Barrels Each Day than Drilling (September 8, 2008)
• Cleaner Heavy Trucks: EPA and DOT Hold Hearings on Proposed Standards to Improve Efficiency and Cut Global Warming Pollution (November 15, 2010)
• Cleaner, Cheaper and Faster: Why Efficiency Beats Drilling (March 9, 2011)
• Consumers Get Relief from High Gas Prices as Number of Fuel-Efficient Car Models Doubles (April 19, 2012)
• Consumers Save Money on Gasoline under a Climate Bill: Gas Bills Lower in 2020 (April 23, 2010)
• Cool New Car Sticker Shows Which Are Cleanest (May 8, 2008)
• Defeating the Gas Price Pain at the Pump: President Calls for More Clean Vehicle Investments (March 7, 2012)
• Drilling is Not the Answer: Save Oil FASTER with Realistic Car Fuel Economy Standards (July 14, 2008)
• Driving Quietly: Testing the Cars of the Future (October 1, 2008)
• EPA Sets CO2 Accounting for Plug-in Electric Vehicles for Model Years 2012 to 2016 (April 1, 2010)
• Electric Delivery Truck Hauls Fish without Oil (June 15, 2010)
• FACT: U.S. Drilling Doesn't Lower Gas Prices (March 21, 2012)
• Federal Climate Bills Can Retool the U.S. Auto Industry to Build the Clean Cars of the Future (March 16, 2010)
• Federal Tire Efficiency Program Not Yet Ready for Consumers (March 25, 2010)
• First-Ever Carbon Emissions Limits on Trucks are a Step Forward (October 25, 2010)
• First-ever Fuel Efficiency and Carbon Pollution Standards for Heavy Trucks Move Closer to Adoption (June 7, 2011)
• Fuels Emissions Cap and Low Carbon Fuel Standard Are Key Parts of House Climate Proposal (April 1, 2009)
• Good News for Consumers: Fuel Economy on the Rise (March 8, 2012)
• Government Fleet to Include Plug-in Electric Vehicles (May 26, 2011)
• Greening our Cars and Trucks (February 17, 2011)
• Heavy Truck Efficiency Standards Can Make DOE Investment a Success for Jobs, Security and Environment (January 12, 2010)
• Higher Fuel Economy for 1 Year Gives Administration Opportunity to Set the Next 5 Years Right (March 27, 2009)
• Hyundai Heating Up Competition for Fuel Efficiency (February 4, 2011)
• Improved Standards for Cars Will Cut Oil Dependence and Pollution while Saving Consumers Billions at the Gas Pump (July 28, 2011)
• Innovation Motorcade: Electric Drive in the Nation's Capitol (April 19, 2011)
• It's Official: N.E. Clean Fuels Standard Is a Win for the Environment, Businesses and Jobs (August 19, 2011)
• Letter Grades for Car Efficiency and Pollution are Common Sense (October 14, 2010)
• Low Carbon Fuel Standard: A Clean Energy Path Away from Oil (June 13, 2010)
• NADA Should Be Smiling: Auto Dealer Profits Are Up as Fuel-Efficient Models Grow (May 1, 2012)
• Nation's First-Ever Carbon Pollution and Fuel Economy Standards for Medium and Heavy Trucks Can Help Cut Oil Dependence, Cool the Planet and Save Consumers Money (May 21, 2010)
• National CO2 Standards Save Drivers Billions at the Pump, Cut Global Warming Pollution and Curb Oil Use (March 31, 2010)
• New Labels Could Make Finding Efficient Cars Easier (August 30, 2010)
• New Labels Expected to Boost Information for Consumers Hungry for Clean, Efficient Vehicles (May 24, 2011)
• New Report: Strong Vehicle Standards are Key to U.S. Jobs (August 9, 2011)
• New Study: Clean Fuels Are Good for the Economy in Northeast, Mid-Atlantic (August 17, 2011)
• Obama Administration Should Strengthen Fuel Economy Standards (January 7, 2009)
• Obama Finalizing First-ever Efficiency and Carbon Pollution Standards for Heavy Trucks, Saving Money and Boosting Jobs (August 8, 2011)
• Obama Takes Big Step toward Cleaner, Fuel-Sipping Cars (November 16, 2011)
• Obama's Oil Savings Plan at Work: UPS (April 1, 2011)
• Obama’s Clean Energy Vision for Transportation (February 25, 2009)
• Oil Industry Attacks Analysis of Cleaner Future (October 18, 2011)
• On the Road to Cleaner Cars (October 23, 2009)
• Plug In for Clean Air (February 26, 2008)
• Plug-in Electric Vehicles: Part of the Solution to Cut Oil Dependence and Cool the Planet (May 28, 2010)
• Plug-ins: The Next Generation of Hybrids (January 14, 2008)
• President Obama's Electric Ride (March 20, 2009)
• Public to Obama Administration: Adopt New Auto Fuel Efficiency and Carbon Standards (January 17, 2012)
• Senator Inhofe Sides with Oil Industry against Cleaner, More Efficient Vehicles (March 5, 2012)
• Strategies for Moving Beyond Oil (March 20, 2012)
• Study Follows Auto Industry Pattern of Overestimating Costs of Clean, Efficient Vehicles (June 15, 2011)
• The Obama Administration Should Unleash American Ingenuity to Dramatically Raise Car and Truck Efficiency and Cut Carbon Pollution (September 9, 2010)
• Tire Efficiency: How Your Car Can Cruise on Less Gas (June 12, 2009)
• U.S. DOT Proposes National Tire Efficiency Ratings and Labels (June 18, 2009)
• Upcoming Truck Carbon Pollution and Efficiency Standards are Good for Truckers and Consumers (October 21, 2010)
• Waxman-Markey: Putting America on the Road to a Clean Energy Transportation Future (April 6, 2009)
• We Can Meet (and Exceed) President Obama's Oil Security Goal with Clean Energy (March 31, 2011)
• With 60 MPG, U.S. Automakers and Workers Can Lead World in Vehicle Manufacturing (May 11, 2011)

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