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Dingell will kill CAFE

Sep 14th 2007 9:11AM - 5 Comments

You may recall the fight over CAFE before the Senate took a Summer break. Well, the Senate is back in session and Rep. John Dingell is ready to mount another CAFE antler on his wall. Rep. Dingell told the National Automobile Dealers Association ...

Rep. Dingell proposes tax on fuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Sep 27th 2007 5:33PM - 19 Comments

Rep. John Dingell (D-Dearborn, MI) has created a legislative proposal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as much as by 60 to 80 percent in 2050. How? By creating a tax on fuels and CO2 emissions. The amount: $50 per ton of CO2 and 50 cents a gallon ...

Dingell and Waxman will fight for leadership position in Committee on Energy and Commerce

Nov 7th 2008 1:34PM - 3 Comments

Following Barack Obama's - and the Democrats' - huge win on Tuesday, Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA) released a statement (PDF) saying he was seeking the chairmanship of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. That position is currently held by the ...

Dingell to Obama: Mind your own business!

May 17th 2007 8:11AM - 8 Comments

John Dingell has been in the House of Representatives for fifty-two years, seven years longer than Barak Obama has been alive. When the prospective Democratic presidential nominee came to Detroit recently and berated the domestic carmakers for not ...

Dingell calls Senate CAFE plan "delusionary"

Jul 9th 2007 9:20AM - 11 Comments

Unafraid to bring up the unpopular carbon tax idea (mostly to make a point), Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) is speaking out all over the place on the nation's mileage debates. On C-SPAN Friday, Dingell says the Senate's CAFE plan is "delusionary," and ...

Video: Dingell admits defeat, will vote for energy bill

Dec 6th 2007 4:48PM - 10 Comments

In September, I wrote Dingell would kill CAFE. Earlier today, I wrote he played a part in delaying a vote on the energy bill in the House. However, a rebel alliance has pushed the vote through, and it should happen later today. We'll have more ...

Dingell will propose carbon tax, predicts Americans will not go for it

Jul 8th 2007 1:14PM - 8 Comments

Amid all the squabbling about how high to raise fuel economy standards and in what time frame, no one has been willing to step up to the plate and do the one thing that would make the standards a moot point. No one has been willing to propose taxes ...

Rep. John Dingell drops his fuel economy proposal

Jun 19th 2007 10:36AM - 4 Comments

Congressmen John Dingell (D-MI) and Rick Boucher (D-VA) said that they will not be pursuing the energy legislation that they have proposed for at least the next two weeks. The Dingell-Boucher bill had fuel economy standards that were not as stringent ...

Rep. Dingell calls for .50 per gallon gas tax

Aug 10th 2007 3:50PM - 12 Comments

We have written about house representative Dingell's promised proposals to deal with global warming. Some details are starting to emerge. Dingell wants a .50 per gallon gas tax along with other measures like a cap and trade system, $100 tax per ton ...

Dingell says fuel economy bill is close, one big issue left

Nov 30th 2007 1:39PM - 3 Comments

US Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) is saying that a deal is very close on a compromise fuel economy bill in the US Congress. As we reported the other day, the 35 mpg by 2020 standard from the previous Senate bill will be retained with separate averages ...

Automakers' Rep. John Dingell renews attempt to block state CO2 regs

Feb 26th 2008 9:12AM - 3 Comments

During the debate last fall over the new energy bill one of the amendments that some members of the Congress unsuccessfully tried to get into the final bill was wording that federal CO2 limits would take precedence over state rules. California and ...

Dingell might get the final say on state-based fuel economy laws

Apr 7th 2008 7:26PM - 19 Comments

We all know that the Democratic Representative from the Automakers Michigan, John Dingell, is a foe of state-based regulations over the auto industry. Back in February, he tried to revive an excised portion of the energy bill that would have made ...

Opponent of raising CAFE standards, Rep. John Dingell, will be chairman of key House committee

Nov 8th 2006 5:48PM - 6 Comments

With the Democrats gaining control of the U.S. House, Rep. John Dingell will be chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee. A Democrat from Michigan, he is a vocal opponent of raising the CAFE fuel-economy standards. He is concerned over job ...

Let's Make a Deal: Automakers reportedly reach agreement with lawmakers on carbon cap legislation

May 14th 2009 12:49PM - 11 Comments

Now that the U.S. has officially concluded that greenhouse gasses are harmful to human health, it's time to do something about them. One major hurdle standing in the way of the U.S. implementing carbon cap and trade legislation appears to have been ...

Video: Pelosi explains why she shut down debate on CAFE

Aug 3rd 2007 2:37PM - 6 Comments

As we reported, the energy bill goes up for debate Friday but there won't be any debate on CAFE. Pelosi had a little talk with Markey and he withdrew his amendment to the CAFE standard. The Hill-Terry amendment has been withdrawn as well. In this ...

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