{"id":570,"date":"2011-11-16T19:59:14","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T00:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/?p=570"},"modified":"2021-05-19T10:11:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T14:11:49","slug":"center-for-biologic-diversity-gas-mileage-rules-small-step-forward-fall-short-of-what%e2%80%99s-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/center-for-biologic-diversity-gas-mileage-rules-small-step-forward-fall-short-of-what%e2%80%99s-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"Center for Biologic Diversity: Gas-mileage Rules Small Step Forward; Fall Short of What\u2019s Needed"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong>
\nNovember 16, 2011
\n3:41 PM<\/p>\n

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CONTACT: Center for Biological Diversity<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Vera Pardee, (858) 717-1448<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/newswire\/2011\/11\/16-11<\/h2>\n

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I post this story here in Reef News because the effects of ocean acidification are destroying coral reefs.\u00a0 It is one of the effects of global climate change that can be diminished through greater reductions in fuel emissions.\u00a0<\/em> DeeVon<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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WASHINGTON – November 16 – The Obama administration proposed new vehicle fuel-emission standards today that fall far short of what is needed to make significant reductions in greenhouse gas pollution \u2014 and also short of what is achievable. The standards announced today, for tailpipe emissions and gas mileage for passenger vehicles and light trucks in 2025, are below the European Union\u2019s proposed standards for 2020. Gas mileage would reach a maximum of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025; the Center for Biological Diversity advocated for standards exceeding 60 miles per gallon.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile we applaud progress, these weak standards simply don\u2019t reflect the urgency of the climate crisis,\u201d said Vera Pardee, an attorney at the Center\u2019s Climate Law Institute. \u201cThe United States has long had some of the weakest fuel-economy standards in the industrialized world, and today\u2019s announcement does little to change that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, a sobering report from the highly respected International Energy Agency warned that the door is closing on our ability to avert the worst impacts of climate change. The IEA concluded that \u201c[t]here are few signs that the urgently needed change in direction in global energy trends is underway.\u201d Today\u2019s announcement does little to improve the status quo.<\/p>\n

Current laws require the government to set fuel-efficiency standards at the \u201cmaximum feasible\u201d level and are designed to spur technological innovation by requiring that standards be set beyond what is achievable today. Despite these requirements, the administration\u2019s rulemaking, driven by negotiations with the industry being regulated, would lock the nation into an inadequate pace of progress for the next 14 years.<\/p>\n

The transportation sector accounts for about a third of total U.S. greenhouse emissions \u2014 and passenger vehicles account for about two-thirds of transportation emissions, spewing nearly 1.2 billion metric tons of \u201ccarbon dioxide equivalent\u201d emissions each year. Technologies are available today to make significant reductions, including more efficient and less-polluting engines and transmissions, strong but lightweight materials, improved aerodynamics, and hybrid and electric vehicles.<\/p>\n

\u201cSetting fuel-economy standards for 14 years from now that are lower than what we can achieve with technology on the road today is not the kind of progress we urgently need,\u201d said Pardee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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At the Center for Biological Diversity, we believe that the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature – to the existence in our world of a vast diversity of wild animals and plants. Because diversity has intrinsic value, and because its loss impoverishes society, we work to secure a future for all species, great and small, hovering on the brink of extinction. We do so through science, law, and creative media, with a focus on protecting the lands, waters, and climate that species need to survive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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