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Yes They Can

March 5, 2009

Posted by Roland Hwang in Solving Global Warming

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CAFE, cleancars, EPA waiver, fuel, fueleconomy, obama administration, oilsecurity, pavley

Today, I and my colleague will testify at the EPA Waiver hearing where the Obama Administration EPA is going to reconsider the previous Administration's denial. There is little doubt in most observers' minds that the Obama Administration's EPA will grant...continued

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

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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

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

Detroit Big 3 Must Embrace Global Warming Laws

June 5, 2008

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

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ab1493, automakers, california, chrysler, cleancars, ford, gasprices, globalwarming, globalwarminglaw, GM, retoolingincentives

This year, every monthly auto sales report has brought gloomy news for the Detroit Big 3. Unfortunately for the past two decades, the Detroit Big 3 CEOs have been living in a virtual “state of denial” regarding oil prices and...continued

EPA Denies Waiver but does not dispute California program is better than CAFE

March 1, 2008

Posted by Roland Hwang in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
ab1493, california, cleanairact, cleancars, EPA waiver, globalwarming, globalwarminglaw, pollution

On Leap Day, EPA announced a giant leap of logic.  EPA finally released its explanation for denying California permission to implement its landmark Clean Cars program to cut global warming pollution from tailpipes. EPA’s claim that California does not meet...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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