Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Fuel Efficiency

“Drill Baby Drill” Won’t Solve America’s Energy Problems

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 11, 2011 | 2 Comments

House Republicans are calling for offshore oil drilling as an answer to foreign oil dependency and high gas prices — and they’re not the only ones. President Obama recently announced his intention to cut oil imports by one-third by 2025, partly by increasing domestic production was the answer to the country’s energy woes. In his speech announcing […]

Highway-Affiliated Pew Climate Report Favors “Clean” Cars Over Transit

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 20, 2011 | 27 Comments

Many transportation reformers were disappointed last week when the Pew Center on Global Climate Change released a report indicating that only clean car technology had a shot at significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The report dismissed smart growth development strategies and transit as trivial contributors to a lower-carbon economy. Pew has a well-earned reputation for […]

Auto Sales Rise Along With Gas Prices (Though Nowhere Near $5/Gallon)

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 6, 2011 | No Comments

You may have heard last week that a former Shell executive predicted that gas prices would reach five dollars a gallon by the end of next year. John Hofmeister is now the head of Citizens for Affordable Energy, which advocates for increased coal, gas, and oil production in the U.S. He’s also the author of […]

Final Obama Fuel-Efficiency Rule Gives Breaks to Electric, Luxury Cars

By Elana Schor | Apr 1, 2010 | 6 Comments

The Obama administration today released its final rule raising U.S. auto fuel-efficiency standards to an average of 35.5 miles per gallon (mpg) by 2016, winning plaudits from environmental groups while offering extra benefits to makers of electric and luxury cars. Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood, at left, with EPA chief Lisa Jackson at right. (Photo: Getty […]

New Report: Congress Should Boost Truck Efficiency by Raising Gas Tax

By Elana Schor | Apr 1, 2010 | 2 Comments

As the federal government moves forward on a mandate to set stronger fuel-efficiency rules for trucks and buses, a new report from an independent scientific body is urging lawmakers to take another approach: raise fuel taxes. The 2007 federal energy law aimed to set new fuel-efficiency rules for trucks as well as buses. (Photo: TTI) […]

Automakers Oppose Congressional Bid to Bar EPA From Limiting Emissions

By Elana Schor | Mar 17, 2010 | No Comments

The auto industry today aligned with the White House in the debate over a congressional bid to block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating carbon emissions while lawmakers work to pass a climate bill, warning that such an attempt to yank EPA authority "would collapse" last year’s agreement to raise fuel-efficiency standards. (Photo: TreeHugger) […]

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