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Obama Administration Should Strengthen Fuel Economy Standards

January 7, 2009

Posted by Luke Tonachel in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
energyefficiency, fueleconomy, fueleconomystandards, gasprices, globalwarming, NHTSA, obama, oil, oildependence, oilsavings, policy, security, vehicles

Today, the Bush Administration announced that it will not issue final fuel economy standards for automobiles, leaving approval to President-elect Obama's administration. This gives the Obama administration an opportunity to move quickly under the nation's clean air and energy laws...continued

Clean Energy Saves Americans Money

September 17, 2008

Posted by Luke Tonachel in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

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AIG, CAFE, cleanenergy, drilling, energyefficiency, fueleconomy, fueleconomystandards, gasprices, OCS, oil, oildependence, oildrilling, oilsavings, outercontinentalshelf, policy, security, vehicles

Efficiency and other clean energy measures are sound investments for the near and long-term. I realize right now that it's hard to believe that sound investments exist. The financial center at Wall Street seems to be crumbling with the news that...continued

Clean Energy: 9 Million More Barrels Each Day than Drilling

September 8, 2008

Posted by Luke Tonachel in Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
arcticnationalwildliferefuge, CAFE, cleanenergy, drilling, energyefficiency, fueleconomy, fueleconomystandards, gasprices, OCS, oil, oildependence, oildrilling, oilsavings, outercontinentalshelf, policy, security, vehicles

The more I look, the more oil savings I find. My latest investigation continues to cast serious doubt on the advice of drilling advocates by turning up 11 times more oil in 2030 than we could extract from the Arctic...continued

Drilling is Not the Answer: Save Oil FASTER with Realistic Car Fuel Economy Standards

July 14, 2008

Posted by Luke Tonachel in Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
CAFE, drilling, fueleconomy, fueleconomystandards, gasprices, OCS, oildependence, oilsavings, outercontinentalshelf, security

Earlier today, President Bush announced the lifting of an Executive Branch ban on drilling in protected areas off our coasts. In an accompanying White House document, the Administration acknowledged that drilling will take a long time to produce any oil;...continued

As gas prices continue to skyrocket, Administration should stop dragging its feet on fuel economy standards

July 1, 2008

Posted by Luke Tonachel in Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
fueleconomy, gasprices, NHTSA, simplesteps

As millions of Americans prepare to travel for the 4th of July holiday and as millions more stay home because they can’t afford skyrocketing gas prices, the Bush Administration is dragging its feet on increasing fuel economy standards while consumers pay...continued