US Senate seeks fuel efficiency
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The US Senate votes to increase fuel efficiency standards for all cars and SUVs sold by 2020.
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The U.S. Energy Department on Wednesday put itself on a collision course with Senate Democrats with a plan to buy more oil for its strategic reserve even as prices hover near $90 a barrel.
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The U.S. Senate approved compromise legislation on Thursday that would force automakers to produce vehicles that get sharply higher gasoline mileage by 2020, a cornerstone of efforts to reduce oil imports.
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Senate Democrats are seeking a major reversal of energy tax policies that would reverse incentives and benefits to the oil industry and instead underwrite renewable fuels.
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Senate Democrats lashed out at the three leading U.S. auto executives yesterday for fighting legislation to force improvements in vehicle gas mileage, warning that lawmakers are losing patience with the industry.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid  said on Thursday he would scale back the controversial taxes in  a broad energy bill aimed at boosting U.S. vehicle fuel  efficiency to avoid a White House veto and appease Republicans  who were ready to filibuster the measure.
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The fight over higher automobile  fuel efficiency standards shifts to the House of  Representatives this week with big car companies regrouping  after a stinging defeat in Senate energy legislation.
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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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The Bush administration submitted legislation to Congress that would give regulators authority to require that passenger cars go further on a gallon of gas to reduce US dependence on foreign oil, documents showed yesterday.
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By H. JOSEF HEBERT and KEN THOMAS WASHINGTON - The Senate voted Thursday to increase fuel economy standards to 35 miles per gallon for cars and SUVs, the first significant boost demanded of automakers in nearly 20 years.
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WASHINGTON - The bipartisan National Commission on Energy Policy on Wednesday urged the US Congress to end a two-year stalemate and adopt a broad package of proposals addressing climate change, oil security, natural gas supplies and fuel efficiency in
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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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New fuel efficiency requirements  imposed by Congress will add, on average, $6,000 to the price  of GM vehicles sold in the United States, the automaker's vice  chairman and product chief said on Tuesday.
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A Senate blueprint for tackling global warming would require power plants and vehicles to reduce their greenhouse gases by 70 percent. A chief sponsor said President Bush's approach of voluntary action will not meet the goal.
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General Motors, Ford and Chrysler executives met with Senate lawmakers on Wednesday as Democrats move toward a vote on a sprawling energy bill.
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By JIM ABRAMS  WASHINGTON - Determining how best to speed ethanol and other alternative fuels from refinery to gas pump would rest with the government under legislation the House passed Thursday.
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In late June, the U.S. Senate passed an energy bill that would raise gas mileage standards for the first time in 20 years and fund research on alternative energy sources.