T Mac
11-27-2007, 11:37 PM
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a federal transportation agency on Thursday to rewrite its fuel economy standards for many SUVs, minivans and light trucks, arguing that the new rules are inadequate in part because they fail to properly assess the risk of global warming.
The decision is a huge win for several environmental groups and 11 states, including California, that argued that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's new fuel economy standards ignored the effects of carbon dioxide emissions.
Brian Nowicki, the climate policy director for the Center for Biological Diversity, said much of the fuel savings they propose can be achieved by implementing existing technologies.
One example is the new Honda Odyssey minivan, which saves gasoline by shutting down some cylinders in the engine when cruising at high speeds.
Click here (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/11/16/MNHMTD7IA.DTL) to read the entire story from SFGate.com (San Fransisco Chronicle)
The decision is a huge win for several environmental groups and 11 states, including California, that argued that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's new fuel economy standards ignored the effects of carbon dioxide emissions.
Brian Nowicki, the climate policy director for the Center for Biological Diversity, said much of the fuel savings they propose can be achieved by implementing existing technologies.
One example is the new Honda Odyssey minivan, which saves gasoline by shutting down some cylinders in the engine when cruising at high speeds.
Click here (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/11/16/MNHMTD7IA.DTL) to read the entire story from SFGate.com (San Fransisco Chronicle)