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President’s New Efficient Vehicle Proposals Put America on Right Road on Energy


NRDC: “New initiatives will expand the benefits to our wallets, to our economy and our environment.” 

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2012 – President Obama’s proposals to encourage production of more efficient vehicles, announced today, will help move America down the right road toward breaking the oil industry’s monopoly on our transportation dollars, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council.

The following is a statement from Luke Tonachel, senior vehicles analyst for NRDC:

“We’ve drilled baby, we’ve drilled– more than we have in eight years – and it’s obvious that’s done nothing to reduce gas prices.

“Fortunately the president recognizes that what Americans really need to reduce their pain at the pump is more choices beyond the oil industry’s monopoly on our transportation dollars.

“Cars that get better mileage are already rolling into showrooms now, thanks to new passenger vehicle fuel efficiency standards the Obama administration implemented last year.

“By accelerating deployment of alternative-fuel trucks and making electric vehicles more economical, these new initiatives will expand the benefits to our wallets, to our economy and our environment.”

For more information, see Luke’s blog here: http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/ltonachel/

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is an international nonprofit environmental organization with more than 1.3 million members and online activists. Since 1970, our lawyers, scientists, and other environmental specialists have worked to protect the world’s natural resources, public health, and the environment. NRDC has offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Livingston, Montana, and Beijing. Visit us at www.nrdc.org

 
Source: nrdc.org

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