Obama unveils landmark fuel-economy targets. Los Angeles Times
Jul 29, 2011
By Neela Bannerjee
...The environmental community differed over the effect of the new standards. Many groups backed it as a significant step toward reducing oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions linked to climate change. Some, however, criticized it for allowing the exception for light trucks.
“While the president's proposal is a significant acceleration in the fight against global warming and oil addiction, it was weakened by auto industry lobbying,” said Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign, in an emailed statement. “Automakers have seeded it with loopholes that weaken the oil, pollution and gas-pump savings.”...