businessweek.com - 1/27/2009
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A directive from the Obama Administration on fuel efficiency is creating alarm among automakers By David Kiley and David Welch President Obama's order to the Environmental Protection Agency to review whether to grant a government waiver that could allow California to pass tougher fuel economy ...
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How California Could Affect Car Choices
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... auto companies would have to invest far more in new technology. "Our nation's automakers are strugglingdrastically restructuring and shedding jobs just to stay afloat," Antonia Ferrier, a spokeswoman for House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio, said on Jan. 26, shortly after the White House disclosed Obama's directive. "And now they are being forced to spend billions of dollars to comply with California's emissions standards instead of using that money to save American jobs." Business Week
Obama energy watch - Jan 28
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... non-OPEC countries have dropped from over 8 million barrels a day to less than 7 million barrels a day. Given what we know about decline rates, this situation is likely to get worse. .... Solving our Persian Gulf imports is a relatively small part of our total problem, but it is a part. As non-OPEC imports decline further, we will be more and more dependent on OPEC imports from around the world. President Obama's Speech This is a transcript of Obama's speech... (27 January 2009) Directive from the Obama Administration on fuel efficiency is creating alarm among automakers ...
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