Today the White House is issuing new national greenhouse gas and fuel economy standards for cars and trucks. They raise fuel efficiency targets to 35.5 miles per gallon for new passenger vehicles and light trucks by 2016. That’s four years earlier than what was required in the 2007 energy bill.
The stricter standards are similar to those of the state of California, which has been fighting for a waiver from federal law in order to set its own guidelines.
Environmentalists say the new rules will help limit global warming.
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