Back during President ‘W’ reign, the Clean Air Act was being challenged then as it is now. A judge ruled that CO2 emissions could impact human health and that industry needed to reduce its emissions and comply with safer standards. Bush ignored the findings.. Now just last week the Department of Transportation and the EPA have bypassed the ongoing legislative fight on the Energy bill and have set in place a new standard to cut emissions. It is the first time that the Clean Air Act has been applied to CO2 and other global warming pollutants. All new passenger cars and light trucks made from 2012-2016 will be required to meet emission standards of 250 grams of CO2 per mile, or the equivalent to 35.5 miles per gallon. These new standards will cut emission of CO2 by 30% or 960 million tons. This latest piece is about tail pipes. The blue gels inside the orange are meant to show the reduction of emissions.
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