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President Obama signs executive orders on fuel efficiency and vehicle emissions in Washington

President Barack Obama (C) delivers remarks alongside Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson (R) and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood prior to signing a series of executive orders during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on January 26, 2009. The executive orders will give states more control over car emissions and increase vehicle fuel efficiency standards. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)


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WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to announce new testing standards for vehicle fuel efficiency this week, the Detroit Free Press said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, July 29 (UPI) -- The White House appears to be tweaking fuel-efficiency standards on behalf of domestic automakers and at the expense of Toyota Motor Corp.
PRINCETON, N.J., March 17 (UPI) -- Two out of three Americans see buying more fuel-efficient vehicles as a "patriotic" move, a poll by Opinion Research of New Jersey shows.
HEATHROW, Fla., March 3 (UPI) -- AAA is supporting a bill to force U.S. regulators to update fuel-economy measurements of vehicles, which often fail to meet stated mileage ratings.
DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. ecologists say doubling vehicle efficiency would cut twice as much carbon dioxide emissions as retiring croplands and going to no-till farming.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- The Congressional Budget Office said Monday that an increase in fuel economy standards for automobiles would raise vehicle prices $228 and reduce gas consumptio
DETROIT, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Automakers are mounting an effort to build ethanol-powered vehicles that environmentalists charge is a way of dodging fuel-efficiency standards.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Three car models running on combination gas/electric power plants are tops in fuel efficiency for the 2003 model year, with diesel-powered cars taking most of the other top 10 spots, government officials said Tuesday. Ongoing research will avoid simply sh
WASHINGTON, March 13 (UPI) --
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- At an average 61 miles per gallon, the gas-electric Honda Insight gained the top spot Tuesday in the Environmental Protection Agency's and the Department of Ene
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