Take Action for Cleaner Vehicles The Obama administration has proposed new fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards  for motor vehicles could result in the most significant climate action ever in this country. To find out what the American public thinks about the standards, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are accepting comments from concerned citizens. Use the simple form below to submit your comments. The new standards would require cars and light trucks to reach an average of 34.1 miles per gallon and reduce carbon dioxide emissions to an average of 250 grams per mile in 2016. But automakers – even the ones bailed out with taxpayer dollars – are already fighting this effort to make them clean up their act. We need you to tell the agencies to keep the standards strong! Please take a moment to add your own words to the email below. This greatly increases the likelihood that your message will make a difference! Let us know how it goes!

November 21, 2009 Subject: Dear EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and NHTSA Acting Deputy Administrator Ronald Medford, I urge that you protect the greenhouse gas and fuel economy standards for passenger cars and light trucks from being undermined by the various credits being offered. The best defense would be the establishment of a “backstop” to preserve oil savings and greenhouse gas reductions projected under this program. Credits must only be granted for real, quantifiable reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and oil consumption. I urge that credits awarded for technologies that cannot be measured in EPA’s current test for fuel economy be validated by measures of real-world greenhouse gas reductions conducted by EPA. The “luxury loophole” for small volume manufacturers must not become a boon to manufacturers currently meeting or exceeding standards. Any manufacturer taking advantage of extra lead time must be barred from trading credits. Likewise, manufacturers must not be permitted to rack up windfall credits for exceeding the standard in advance of the 2011 model year. For passenger cars the existing standard has been in effect since 1985, and for light trucks, it has been only nominally increased in the past 20 years. Any credits earned for “early compliance” must not be available for trading among manufacturers. Automakers have been dragging their feet in making improvements in fuel economy for 25 years. There is ample technology “on the shelf” to meet the proposed standards without unduly burdening the industry. If automakers had acted to build more efficient cars and trucks, consumers would not have been hit as hard by $4-a-gallon gas a little over a year ago. It is time to put fuel efficient vehicles people want to buy on the market. President Obama set a goal in May to put us on a path towards reduced greenhouse gas emissions and oil consumption. I urge that every effort be made to ensure the president’s goal comes to fruition. Sincerely, We will add your signature from the information you provide.		First Name* Last Name* Email* Street* Street 2 Street 3 City* State/Province* Select a state Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware D.C. Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Northern Mariana Islands Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Armed Forces (the) Americas Armed Forces Europe Armed Forces Pacific Alberta British Columbia Manitoba Newfoundland New Brunswick Nova Scotia Northwest Territories Nunavut Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon Territory Other Zip/Postal Code* Send an Email Send a Fax
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