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Obama to Request New Rules for Cutting Truck Pollution
2014-02-18 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: President Obama will direct the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday to develop new regulations to reduce planet-warming greenhouse gas pollution from truck tailpipes by March 2016. United States car and truck manufacturers have lobbied heavily against aggressive increases in federal fuel economy standards, saying that they could increase vehicle prices and diminish safety. The White House said in a statement that the E.P.A. would work closely with the Transportation Department and with truck...
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