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Will EPA empower California to ban gasoline-powered cars?
Did Congress authorize the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to outlaw the sale of new internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles? Did it authorize the EPA to…
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Energy and Environment Regulatory Tracker: EV mandates, EPA confuses science and policy, and more!
Keeping track of the most important energy and environmental federal rules can be difficult. The following lists some important proposed rules with open comment periods: …
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Virginia Senate Democrats block repeal of EV mandate
Democrats on a Virginia state Senate committee voted down Republican attempts to roll back the state’s vehicle emissions law on Tuesday. The law, passed…
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Even Conservatives Agree: Don’t Drill for Roads
Transportation News Daily
A Conservative Critique of House Republican Transportation Proposal
DC Velocity
Freedom to Move: Interview with Marc Scribner
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Coalition Letter on D.C. Taxicab Medallion Bill
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Members of the Council of the District of…
News Release
On “World Car-Free Day,” Let’s Be Guilt-Free for a Change
Washington, DC, September 21, 2011 – On Thursday, September 22, environmentalists want you to feel guilty about driving cars. In other words, it’s annual “World…
DC Velocity
EEOC: Drinking History no Reason to Withhold Heavy Trucking Jobs
Human Events
Big Brother Goes Green
OA Online
Mileage Standards Will Decrease Safety
Gazette
Fuel Regulations Will Maim and Kill
Reason
The High Cost of Low Fuel Bills
Fox Business
Deadly Regulations
Orange County Register
Feds Push for Higher Mileage, and Risk
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Fred Smith Discusses Auto Worker Strike on CNN Crossfire
CNN CROSSFIRE, July 13, 1998 HEADLINE: Who Will Give in the Auto Workers Strike that Has Crippled GM? GUESTS: Michael Moore, Fred Smith BYLINE: Bill…
Orange County Register
Government in Your Car
CEI General Counsel Sam Kazman discusses the unintended consequences of government mandates for auto manufacturers. CAFE fuel effciency standards result in smaller, lighter cars, which…
One News Now
New Fuel Economy Standards Could Hurt More Than They Help
Legal Brief
Petition for Review of an Order of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
One News Now
Mandated Mischief: Obama’s 54.5 MPG Standard
President Obama today announced a deal with 13 automakers to boost new-car fuel economy standards from 35.5 mpg in 2016 to 54.5 mpg in…
News Release
Obama’s New Fuel Economy Mandates Risk Lives, Compromise Reliability, Increase Costs
Washington, DC, July 29, 2011 – New fuel economy mandates on cars and trucks announced today by the Obama administration will lead to more traffic…
Investors.com
D.C.’s Deadly Fixation On Auto Fuel Economy Mandates
Yahoo! News
D.C.’s Deadly Fuel Mileage Push
New York Post
O’s Subsidymobiles
Yahoo! News
Death for Bigger Cars Will Mean More Deaths
Richmond Times Dispatch
Fuel-Economy Standards Need a Warning Label
The Wall Street Journal
Why Your New Car Doesn’t Have a Spare Tire
Auto makers comply with fuel economy mandates by making cars lighter and more dangerous. Fewer tires, higher taxes. That may be what’s in store for…
National Review
Obama Mandates a Market for His Green Cars
National Review
What Did They Know?
Detroit News
Michigan Target of EPA Carbon Diktat
Reuters
Revamped Vehicle Fuel Economy Stickers Add GHG, Savings Data
Mercury News
Informative New Window Labels for 2013 Vehicles Unveiled
National Review
Raise DC Cab Fares; Don’t Create a Cartel
National Review
The Full Price of Ethanol
CEI Senior Fellow Chris Horner discusses how support for ethanol affects the price of many food and consumer items.
Daily Caller
Government yard sale could help bring down national debt
News Release
Agency Proposes Burdensome Restrictions on Truckers’ Hours
February 18, 2011, Washington, D.C. — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has proposed a new Hours-of-Service (HOS) Rule for commercial motor vehicle…
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CEI Submits Comments on Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Hours of Service
Full Document Available in PDF On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute…
Daily Caller
Fred Smith on the Future of the Automobile
CEI President and Founder Fred Smith appeared on a panel at the 2011 Washington Auto Show to discuss the…
Study
Resist New Burdens on the Transportation Sector
Liberate to Stimulate Index The transportation industries—airline, railroad, shipping, and trucking—are networks involving both a flow and a grid. The flow element…
Study
Put Mobility First in Surface Transportation
Liberate to Stimulate Index Surface transportation policy has become less rational and more ideological in recent decades. Environmentalists, urban planners, and their…
Study
Enhance Auto Safety
Liberate to Stimulate Index Automotive safety is the primary mission of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). In recent decades, however,…
AASHTO
Competitive Enterprise Institute Report Examines Limitations of PPPs
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The Limitations of Public-Private Partnerships
Government at all levels in the United States has been slowly moving away from grand central planning schemes and toward markets. One result has been…
AASHTO
Chris Horner on SUV and Truck Sales
Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Chris Horner discusses how the sales of larger vehicles such as trucks…
Study
Enhance Auto Safety
Full Document Available in PDF Automotive safety is the primary mission of the National Highway Traffic…
AASHTO
GM Shares Are Artificially Inflated (Letter to the Editor)
The Examiner was right to note that General Motors’ supposed “success story” is actually a money-loser for taxpayers. Not only did GM’s recent sale of…
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Automobile Fuel Economy Standards
Full Document Available in PDF The federal government’s fuel economy standards for new cars are…
AASHTO
Chris Horner on Chevy Volt Subsidies
CEI Senior Fellow Chris Horner discusses why government support is needed to keep…
Infrastructurist
TIGER II Proposals Already Under Attack by Auto Interests
Washington Examiner
We’ve Been LaHood-Winked on Transportation Mobility Grants that Push Big Green’s Anti-Car Agenda
On Wednesday, President Obama’s Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood, announced the grant recipients of his department’s $600 million Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER II)…
Progressive Railroading
USDOT doles out TIGER II grants for 75 transportation projects
E&E News
Free-market group decries DOT’s ‘sloppy social engineering’
News Release
Experts Urge Michigan’s Next Governor to Reform Insurance Regulations
Contact: Lee Doren, 202-331-2259 Washington, D.C., October 19, 2010 – Michigan’s next governor has his work cut out for him. It is no secret that…