The EPA was one of several parties to an agreement between federal agencies, several states, automakers, and environmental groups who agreed to a single, unified and more stringent set of fuel economy standards for cars and trucks early in the Obama administration. The EPA is also focused on emissions from stationary sources.
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Copenhagen climate summit points to likely big change in cars
The EPA was one of several parties to an agreement between federal agencies, several states, automakers, and environmental groups who agreed to a single, unified and more stringent set of fuel economy standards for cars and trucks early in the Obama administration. The EPA is also focused on emissions from stationary sources.
The United States is the second-largest emitter of carbon dioxide, after China. Cars and trucks account for about 40 percent of U.S. CO2 emissions. Unlike other pollutants regulated by the EPA, there is no way to filter out carbon dioxide from tailpipes. CO2 is a direct byproduct of burning fossil fuels, and the only way to reduce CO2 emissions is to burn less fuel.
The move is seen as a prod to get Congress to pass a carbon cap-and-trade bill, which it is expected to take up next year. The cap-and-trade bill would expand the number of industries asked to contribute to smaller carbon emissions beyond transportation.
But even if CO2 limits don’t emerge from the UN conference or Congress, new carbon limits from the EPA would have an affect on the cars Americans drive in the future.
OOYYO's comment: Whatever they do they better do it faster, or else we'll be leaving a polluted world to our children. I think its time they started taking alternative fuel systems more seriously. Only when the last tree is cut down and the last river is poisoned will man learn that he cant eat money.
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