Obama to allow states to set their own fuel-efficiency standards

Posted: Jan 26, 2009
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Keeping a promise he made during his campaign, President Barack Obama will overturn former President George W. Bush’s climate change policies on Monday with steps to raise fuel-efficiency standards and grant states the authority to set the limits.

According to an administration official, Obama will also ask the EPA to reconsider a request by California to impose its own strict limits on automobile carbon dioxide emissions. The request by California was denied under the Bush administration.

A final decision by the EPA could take several months, according to the official. If and when the EPA reverses the previous ruling, more than 12 states in the U.S. could proceed with plans to set their own carbon dioxide limits.

The auto industry has tried its best fight the California statute, which wants to reduce the emissions by 30 percent by 2015.

Source: NYTimes


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  • mogabi

    I think arnold schwarzenegger must not be much of a fuel-efficiency HOOLIGAN otherwise the Terminator will be built soon and this time it's for real.

  • Pat

    While this my be bad for the automakers – it's a good move for the states. I'm just wondering will other states just follow California or will the actually set their own standards

  • zermatt

    There is potential for the Banana Republic approach to government here and it will make life interesting for the auto manufacturers.

    Why not 50 standards that the manufacturers have to adhere to?

    Just think of the additional jobs that this could create for the manufacturers and the states! Cost to the consumer is a minor consideration and since most everyone has an unfathomable share of the increasing national debt, why not increase the burden with taxes built into the prices of cars and states charging higher fuel taxes and registration fees?

    A Banana Republic is starting to look better all of the time.

  • Ian

    Wow, that decision just made the USA the worse place to do business with. GL Obama. I call for a separation of the states!

  • Ian

    Wow, that decision just made the USA the worse place to do business with. GL Obama. I call for a separation of the states!