Category: Fuel Economy

Bill Clinton Makes Blacks Pay More at the Pump, by Stuart Pigler

Project 21 Commentary /
With gasoline prices rising to well over two dollars a gallon in the Midwestern United States, America's love affair with the automobile may be headed toward a break-up. But before we ditch our wheels, we should first demand the government ...
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Bill Clinton Makes Blacks Pay More at the Pump, by Stuart Pigler

National Policy Analysis #297 /
With gasoline prices rising to well over two dollars a gallon in the Midwestern United States, America's love affair with the automobile may be headed toward a break-up. But before we ditch our wheels, we should first demand the government ...
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Government Energy Policy Errors Contribute to High Gasoline Prices

Budget Watch /
President Clinton announced this week a modest package of proposals to reduce the impact of skyrocketing oil prices, which last week, after nine straight weeks of increases, hit a new record of $1.57, fifty cents more than a year ago ...
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Government Energy Policy Errors Contribute to High Gasoline Prices

National Policy Analysis #283 /
First, do no harm. 2,400 years ago Hippocrates applied this maxim to medicine, but it applies just as well to the nation's energy policy. White House, Congress Examine Gas Price Reduction Strategy Options President Clinton announced March 18 a modest ...
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Raising SUV Fuel Economy Standards Would Mean More Traffic Fatalities

Press Release /
Effort to Save Fuel Linked to 46,000 Auto Deaths Since 1975 Recent efforts to raise fuel efficiency standards, including those for light trucks like sports utility vehicles and mini-vans, would increase traffic fatalities, according to a new paper released by ...
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Raising Sports Utility Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Standards Would Kill Americans

National Policy Analysis #256 /
Kay Neil doesn't need government statistics to know that small cars are more dangerous than large ones. Neil, founder of DWI Smart, Inc., which seeks vigorous prosecution of drunk drivers, has been in four car accidents involving drunk drivers and ...
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Would You Spend $2,750 More for a New Car Just To Make Air Pollution Worse?

Activities at the July Environmental Policy Task Force meeting chaired by David Ridenour of The National Center for Public Policy Research. New Law Says OMB Must Identify Government Regulations for Reform: Will It Ignore the Law? Angela Antonelli of The ...
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Americans Could Pay for New Automobile Standards With Their Lives, by Bob Adams

An opinion/editorial piece published October 1995 by Bob Adams of The National Center for Public Policy Research More people will die, environmental degradation will increase and jobs that families depend on will be needlessly destroyed if a regulation supported by ...
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If Your Family Needs A Mini-Van, You’d Better Buy It Soon

Scoop ® /
Activities at the September 15 Environmental Policy Task Force Meeting chaired by David Ridenour of The National Center for Public Policy Research. Why Did the House Put 17 Appropriations Restrictions on the EPA? John Shanahan of The Heritage Foundation distributed ...
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