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0Treasure Department: traffic jams waste 1.9 billion gallons of gas in U.S. each year 1332770820
A car that is sitting still with the engine running is getting zero miles per gallon, no matter how efficient the aerodynamics or how great the hybrid powertrain is. Spread out over the entire U.S., all those zero mile per gallon situations – i.e. traffic jams – means Americans are ...
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Report: President Obama speaks out against China's lock on rare earth metals 1331682120
It's not a secret that China has a near stranglehold on the world's supply of rare earth metals, but when President Obama spoke out against that country's control of the market today, the information probably spiked a bit on people's "is that true?" meters. Speaking at the White House but with ...
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Report: President Obama promises to buy a Chevy Volt, after his second term 1330476360
Remember how we wrote just the other day that the Chevrolet Volt is not President Obama's car. Turns out we were a little premature with that declaration. Speaking to UAW workers in Detroit today, the President said, "I'll buy [a Volt] and drive it myself" in five years, "when I'm not president ...
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Report: Irony alert: Congressman Allen West complains about cost to gas up his Hummer 1330102260
It's not in any way illegal to drive a Hummer H3. If you want to drive one, go right ahead. But if you do, you will look kind of clueless if you complain about how much it costs to fill up the tank. The H3 is one of the best-known gas guzzlers on the planet, and if you're in the public eye, maybe ...
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Republican Congressman calls for end of $7,500 plug-in vehicle tax credit 1325609400
Remember Republican Congressman Mike Kelly, the representative from Pennsylvania who said "there is no market for [the Chevrolet Volt]"? He wants to make sure that ends up being true. On December 30th, Kelly introduced H.R. 3768, which seeks "To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal ...
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Report: Darrell Issa asks 15 automakers if higher CAFE level might hurt sales, safety 1322614560
Darrell Issa is on a mission. The House Republican from California is stepping up his quest to figure out if the new CAFE standards are part of President Obama's "Green-Energy Agenda is Killing Jobs" (Okay, technically, that's Issa's report about Solyndra, but it shows where he's coming from) or ...
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How Aptera plays a role in the Solyndra political battle 1316649360
One of the many, many contentious issues that make up the ongoing pointless battles between the Democrats and Republicans in Washington, D.C. is the Solyndra case, about how the now-bankrupt solar-power company got loan guarantees. Republicans say the Obama Administration pushed the loans through ...
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President Obama urges EPA to withdraw proposed ozone standards 1314993240
In a statement released this morning, President Barack Obama urged Lisa Jackson, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to withdraw its proposed draft of Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), leaving in place Bush-era regulations. Back in January 2010, the ...
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White House says job growth will come from higher mpg standards 1313189700
Yesterday, President Obama visited the Johnson Controls advanced battery manufacturing plant in Holland, MI (pictured) and talked about how cleaner cars will add jobs to the American economy. The White House blog chimed in, saying that there is a direct connection between the new fuel efficiency ...
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Report: Report: London Mayor Boris Johnson hits Obama's motorcade with congestion charge 1306943700
Rules are rules, and they apply equally to everyone – including the President of the United States. Especially when he's on foreign soil. After President Barack Obama's famous Cadillac limousine – known as The Beast – got stuck exiting the US embassy in Dublin, it was shipped ...
