Senate approves new auto fuel standards
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The Senate approved a proposal on Thursday that would for the first time in 30 years force sharp increases in auto fuel standards and impose other measures to make vehicles more efficient and cut dependence on imported oil.
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By Spencer Hunt, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Sep. 22--Faced with a court order to revise its pollution standards, the federal government announced yesterday that it will toughen soot limits.   The decision, announced by the U.S.
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A year of rhetoric, lobbying, veto threats and negotiations ended yesterday as the House of Representatives voted 314 to 100 to pass an energy bill that President Bush is to sign this morning. The bill will raise fuel-efficiency standards for automobiles, order a massive increase in the use of...
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The Senate was on the verge Thursday of approving and sending back to the House the first increase in automobile fuel economy in three decades
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The US Senate late Thursday passed a wide-ranging energy bill, a key priority of majority Democrats, which raised average auto fuel efficiency standards by 10 miles per gallon over 10 years.
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By DIRK LAMMERS  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate this week would entice farmers located near ethanol biorefineries to grow dedicated energy crops.  Sen.
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Los Angeles -- The California Air Resources Board, defying the auto industry, voted unanimously Friday to fight global warming by adopting landmark regulations that will reduce tailpipe carbon dioxide emissions.
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Allies of the U.S. auto industry stepped up a campaign yesterday to soften strict vehicle fuel-efficiency mandates in proposed energy legislation before the Senate, even as momentum for the tougher measures continued to build.
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All manner of automotive executives have found their way to Washington to lobby lawmakers on efforts to raise automobile fuel economy standards.
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U.S. environmental regulators issued new standards on Friday to reduce the amount of cancer-causing emissions from gasoline, vehicles operating in cold weather and portable gas cans.
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By Dennis Lien, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Feb. 12--The Minnesota Senate gave preliminary approval today to a bill committing the state to a common set of standards protecting Great Lakes water, positioning Minnesota to take a lead role among Great Lakes states.
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The U.S. government approved new air   pollution standards on Thursday, promising "cleaner air to all   Americans," but health and environmental groups said the   revised rules are too weak to protect against lung disease and   other pollution-related ailments.
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President George W. Bush signs into law a bill designed to improve fuel economy and reduce US demand for oil.
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The US Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that Louisiana meets a new federal standard for a type of air pollution. Louisiana was one of 30 states that got the clean bill of health
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The Bush administration proposed upgrading fuel economy standards for passenger cars on Wednesday, starting a process that will bring close scrutiny from automakers, environmental groups and key members of Congress.
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Congress is set to increase fuel mileage requirements for automobiles and SUVs for the first time in 32 years and President Bush has signaled he will accept the new mandates on the auto industry.
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Six U.S. senators, including  potential 2008 presidential contenders from both major parties,  unveiled legislation on Friday that would force power plants  and industry to curb heat-trapping greenhouse gases, seeking to  cut emissions to one-third of 2000 levels by 2050.