Category: Fuel Economy

For Safety’s Sake: Buckle Up, Black America, by Mary Katherine Ascik

National Policy Analysis #422 /
Black America needs to fasten its collective seatbelt. According to figures from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), only 69 percent of African-Americans wore seat belts in 2000 as opposed to 74 percent of whites.1 That's just a five ...
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Increase Fuel Economy Without Killing Americans

The Relief Report /
Contents: Why Not Increase Fuel Economy Without Taking Lives? Gas Prices May Spike this Summer: Lack of Drilling and New Refineries Partly to Blame Why Not Increase Fuel Economy Without Taking Lives? The Senate, laughably called the world's greatest deliberative ...
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Sierra Club Attacks Senators for Vote on CAFE, by Gretchen Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: Today the Sierra Club issued a press release praising 38 senators for standing "up to the scare tactics and lies of the auto industry and [voting] against this do nothing amendment," referring to the Levin-Bond amendment to the Senate ...
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CAFE Belongs in the Graveyard with its Victims: We Can Increase Fuel Economy Without Costing Lives, by Tom Randall

National Policy Analysis #399 /
The Senate, laughably called the world's greatest deliberative body, recently found itself locked in another absurd debate, spurred on by two men whose primary motivation seems to be their desire for George W. Bush's job - Senators John McCain (R-AZ) ...
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Senators Propose Dangerous Increase in Fuel Efficiency Standards and Regulatory Phase-Out of SUVs, Minivans and Light Trucks, by Gretchen Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: Two bills have been introduced in the Senate to increase Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) fuel efficiency standards for autos, light trucks, SUVs and minivans. Presently, cars must get an average of 27.5 miles per gallon (mpg) of gasoline ...
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Union of Concerned Scientists Pushes Fuel Efficiency at Expense of Auto Safety, by Christopher Burger

BACKGROUND: The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) released a report on February 2, 2002 claiming that our nuclear power plants are vulnerable to terrorist attack and saying that increasing domestic oil production won't lessen our dependence on foreign oil. It ...
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Senator John Kerry’s Energy Plan Disagrees with Facts and Himself, by Tom Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: Senator John Kerry (D-MA) delivered a rambling presentation of his "energy plan" on January 22, in which he grossly misrepresented facts and contradicted himself. In doing so, he has aligned himself with the extreme left-wing "environmentalists" of his party ...
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Fuel Efficiency Standards: What to Do Next? by Gretchen Randall

National Policy Analysis #393 /
Washington is debating whether to increase Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) standards to require automakers to produce cars, minivans, SUVs and light trucks that get better gas mileage. Some Democrats and Republicans are pushing for a mandatory increase in the ...
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Robert Redford Urges Letters To Senators To Stop “Drill The Arctic” Plan, by Gretchen Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: Actor Robert Redford has sent an e-mail to Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) members asking them to contact their senators about the "pro-oil energy bill" endorsed by the White House. In his four page letter, dated October 31, Redford ...
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Unocal Uses Regulatory Process for Profit; Stands to Make Billions

National Policy Analysis #359 /
Americans love a good scam. And nowhere more so than in the movies. That's why films like "Tokapi," "Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels" and "The Thomas Crown Affair" are such huge favorites at video rental outlets. When a major oil company scams ...
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