Union, environmental group take stand against proposed fuel economy rules

[Judi Lynn]

Union, environmental group take stand against proposed fuel economy rules
February 18, 2004, 11:36 AM


DETROIT (AP) -- In an unprecedented move, the Sierra Club and United Auto Workers union have joined forces to take a stand against a Bush administration plan to change federal fuel economy regulations.

In a co-written article on the Op-Ed page of Wednesday's New York Times, Sierra Club executive director Carl Pope and UAW president Ron Gettelfinger -- whose groups often are at odds over national automobile policy -- say the Bush administration's plans to scrap existing fuel economy standards would reduce overall fuel economy and increase pollution.

Under current law, automakers are required to meet an average fuel economy standard for their fleets of cars and light trucks, including sport utility vehicles. They can produce vehicles that fall below the average as long as they make enough that exceed it.

The administration wants to establish a series of vehicle-weight categories for light trucks, with a separate standard for each category, instead of having a single average.
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http://www.freep.com/news/statewire/sw93160_20040218.htm

[ret5hd]

1. he TRULY IS a uniter and not a divider!!! (nt)

[Wells]

2. He's a divider...

Labor and Environmentalism have always been closer to each other than to Big Business, Finance and their deceitful holders of political office. George DUHbya's real "vision for America" is monarchy.

[flpoljunkie]

3. Terrific news!

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