White House rolls out details of fuel economy, emissions standard.
Climate Progress
Sept. 15, 2009
By Joe Romm
...“This is a very big deal,” said Daniel Becker of the Safe Climate Campaign, a group that has pushed for tougher mileage and emissions standards with the goal of curbing the heat-trapping gases that have been linked to global warming. “This is the single biggest step the American government has ever taken to cut greenhouse-gas emissions.”