Topic: Barack Obama

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration proposed on Wednesday doubling auto fuel efficiency to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025, a White House energy priority that has come under scrutiny in Congress.The plan grew out of an uneasy agreement between the administration, ...

WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) - Several major auto makers on Friday embraced the Obama administration's proposal to push the industry further away from once-dominant gas guzzlers to more lean and efficient vehicles.The proposal, which is the result of months of negotiations between the Obama ...

Group of House lawmakers oppose fuel-efficiency letter grades for new vehiclesDozens of House lawmakers are putting a big red "F" on a government plan to put letter grades on the window stickers of new cars and trucks to rate a vehicle's fuel ...

When President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, several changes were made to energy-efficiency tax credits. While most new windows come with a manufacturer's certificate included, they are easy to misplace.. Instructions . Ask the customer service representative ...

On Tuesday , December 8 , 2009 , President Barack Obama announced a new stimulus type program called Cash for Caulkers . As it stands, the Cash for Caulkers program will allow up to $8000 in rebates to homeowners who upgrade to ...

In the Obama administration's latest attempt to stimulate a somewhat dormant economy and hopefully arouse opportunities in the job market, a new program was introduced to the American Public. The Home Star Energy Retrofit Act or known by its more exciting code ...

While the United States has about 5% of the world?s population, we use about 25% of the world?s oil. April 1, 2010 the new CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy ) standards adopted by the Obama Administration, announced by the president on May ...

More miles per gallon a goal of first-ever efficiency rules for medium- and heavy-duty trucksFuture tractor-trailers, school buses, delivery vans, garbage trucks and heavy-duty pickup trucks must do better at the pump under first-ever fuel efficiency rules coming from the Obama administration.The ...

Obama administration close to releasing first-ever fuel efficiency rules for truck fleetFuture tractor-trailers, school buses, delivery vans, garbage trucks and heavy-duty pickup trucks must do better at the pump under first-ever fuel efficiency rules coming from the Obama administration.The Environmental Protection Agency ...

One of my new favorite early morning activities is watching Fox and Friends on the Fox News Channel. Today the folks at Fox and Friends sort of got my goat today when discussing the new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (C.A.F.E.) standards to ...