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House now considering doubling $25 billion DOE ATVM program

The other day, Sue Cischke, Ford group vice president of sustainability, environment and safety engineering, said, "If they (the DOE) raise the appropriations from the $25 billion to the $50 billion, we qualify." At the time, we hadn't heard about any plans to increase funding for the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing program. Of course, as we wrote when Cischke made those remarks, never say never. Guess what? There's now talk that the DOE may go ahead and double its $25 billion investment in the ATVM program. It seems that new ... Read more →

House narrowly passes scaled-back 'Cash-for-Clunkers' legislation Damon Lavrinc

After the House and Senate agreed on the terms of a cut-down version of the Cash for Clunkers legislation, it passed the house on Tuesday by a narrow margin (226-202) after being added as a ...

BREAKING: House, Senate reach terms on 'Cash for Clunkers' program - but only with $1B in funding Chris Paukert

According to The Detroit News, the House and Senate came to terms late last night on a $1 billion 'cash for clunkers' initiative. Part of a larger $106 billion wartime spending bill, the program is ...

House passes energy tax bill, White House threatens veto Lascelles Linton

The House of Representatives passed the energy tax bill yesterday. The White House has threatened to veto the bill, but this one probably won't make it as far as the president's desk. Other bills ...

House votes Wednesday for bill with plug-in hybrid tax break Lascelles Linton

Late last year, the Energy Bill (and the new CAFE standard contained within) was passed and signed into law. Some things in the original Energy Bill didn't survive the Congressional process, though, ...

Pelosi to EPA head on CA waiver denial: "I vigorously disagree with your rationale," "strongly support the inquiry" 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, chimed in on the head of the EPA, Stephen Johnson's, decision to deny California's waiver request to regulate tailpipe emissions. Pelosi really disagrees with Johnson and supports an inquiry into the decision. Here is part of a letter to Stephen from Pelosi: I ...

White House: Bush to sign energy bill Wednesday 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Congress finally passed the energy bill today, which includes a 35 miles per gallon CAFE standard and the White House says Bush will sign it Wednesday. Even though Bush threatened to veto the bill several times and he still thinks the CAFE standard could have gone "farther and faster," he's on ...

White House may increase CAFE for SUVs 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In a December 6 White House press briefing, press secretary Dana Perino said the White House has a proposal for a new increase in the CAFE standard for light trucks and SUVs. The president has full control of the CAFE standard for light trucks (which includes SUVs but not passenger cars) and has ...

AutoblogGreen video: Six-hour House debate on fuel efficiency in just 5 minutes 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

I watched the last six hours of the House of Representatives debate on the energy bill yesterday and recorded significant references to CAFE, fuel efficiency, transportation, etc. and whittled it down to five minutes because hey, I know you're busy. The video above includes Dingell being praised ...

Drivers will not play a role in carbon law 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The United States government is in the early stages of crafting the nation's first carbon cap-and-trade law. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce released a white paper detailing the scope of the carbon law and one thing is already very clear: drivers won't be regulated directly because there ...

New Mexico House passes B5 by 2012 bill with 47-8 vote 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

New Mexico has voted a through a House Bill that would require all diesel fuel sold in the state to be B5 by 2012. The bill, which passed the House in a 47-8 vote, moves to make diesel fuel containing five percent biodiesel compulsory for all state agencies and public schools from July 2010 ...


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