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NADA's got it wrong: California standards are more stringent than CAFE

February 2, 2009

Posted by Roland Hwang in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
ab1493, california, cleancars, fueleconomy, gasprices, globalwarming, NHTSA, obama, pavley, vehicles

I blogged on January 24, 2008 on the National Automobile Dealers Association's (NADA) new report complaining about complying with the California Clean Cars Program. The study makes the following claim: "On a national level, the new federal CAFE standards will...continued

California Clean Cars Program will benefit drivers

January 26, 2009

Posted by Roland Hwang in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
ab1493, california, cleancars,, fueleconomy,, gasprices, globalwarming, NHTSA, obama, pavley, vehicles

I thought I would quickly post some answers to some basic questions that have come up today as the media and others have reacted to the President's announcement today. First, drivers in the states with the California Clean Cars Program will...continued

President Obama to give green light to California Clean Cars Program

January 26, 2009

Posted by Roland Hwang in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
ab1493, california, cleancars, fueleconomy, gasprices, globalwarming, NHTSA, obama, pavley, vehicles

According to reports in the New York Times and Washington Post, President Obama is expected to announce tomorrow (1/26/08) that he will instruct federal agencies to act quickly to grant California a waiver to regulate automobile tailpipe emissions and also to raise fuel...continued

No More “NADA”: Carmakers should meet California’s global warming standards nationwide

January 24, 2009

Posted by Roland Hwang in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
ab1493, california, fueleconomy,, fueleconomystandards, gasprices, globalwarming, globalwarmingpollutionstandards,, NHTSA, obama, pavley, vehicles

All signs are that the Obama Administration is planning to give California the long-delayed waiver to implement its ground-breaking global warming standards for new motor vehicles. At her confirmation hearing, the new EPA Administrator, Lisa Jackson, promised to "immediately reconsider...continued

Roland Hwang
Roland Hwang
Transportation Program Director
San Francisco
I'm the Transportation Program Director for NRDC's energy program, working on transportation energy and global...
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