Should the U.S. government increase the national gas mileage standard?

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9/15/2008 6:11:49 PM

Set as news: False

9/3/2008 12:14:30 PM

Set as news: True

6/20/2008 10:28:47 AM

Set as news: False

6/5/2008 3:36:53 PM

Set as news: True

8/8/2007 2:15:27 PM

Excellent.

7/11/2007 4:56:38 PM

Yes! As a former Environmental Action employee, I like this issue a lot!

7/10/2007 4:35:25 PM

The Politico

Federal Express Chairman Frederick Smith was on Capitol Hill last week urging Congress to increase gas mileage for cars to reduce the nation's energy needs, auto industry lobbyists were digging into his firm's efficiency record for some data to spread blame to his industry.

7/9/2007 9:45:49 AM

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Should the U.S. government double the national gas mileage standard?
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6/5/2007 2:16:03 PM

sorry.  wrong issue.  whoops.

6/5/2007 2:15:46 PM

Congress Held Oversight Hearings on Private Contractors Today
Posted on Thursday, 05/10/07 - 3:44 pm

by Todd Beeton

Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army and Robert Greenwald, director of Iraq For Sale, testified in front of the House Appropriations Defense Sub-committee today on the outsourcing of private contractors to Iraq. I liveblogged it HERE.

They spoke eloquently and passionately about the privatization of war, our tax dollars going to corporations beholden not to our government but to shareholders to pay contractors who are deployed alongside our troops but who are accountable to no one. One of the more disturbing revelations that came out of the hearing was a statement by John Dutton of the Government Accountability Office, who said:

"I don't know how many contractors there are and I don't know what they're doing."

Rep. Marcy Kaptur was particularly good, expressing genuine outrage at the situation and vowing to get answers. She demanded to know the following about one firm in particular, Aegis:

6/5/2007 2:14:01 PM

Sure. 

6/5/2007 2:11:16 PM

let's revise this to:

Should the U.S. government "increase" the national gas mileage standard?

double is too narrow.

6/5/2007 12:28:54 PM

Environmental Action

Dependence Day, the day on which the United States effectively becomes dependent on foreign imports for the rest of the year is today. At events around the country, Environmental Action activists are calling on all presidential candidates to support doubling our national gas mileage standard.

Gasoline use is the single greatest source of oil use, accounting for more than 40% of our annual oil consumption. Doubling our gas mileage standard would greatly reduce oil usage by more than 900 million barrels a year.

6/5/2007 12:27:48 PM

issue prior to revisions:

Should the U.S. government double the national gas mileage standard?
No position or position not known.