Good news for our oil dependency

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The Clean Air Act (that Republicans want to overturn) works:

"President Obama Takes Biggest Single Step to Move America Beyond Oil"

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The administration officially proposed strengthening fuel efficiency and pollution standards for passenger cars and trucks to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. The newly proposed standards also reduce carbon emissions to 163 grams per mile in 2025.

Today's announcement also builds on a historic step taken last year to raise vehicle efficiency to 35.5 mpg in 2016 and begin reducing tailpipe carbon pollution levels.

Together, these historic standards will:
• Save Americans more than $3,500 at the pump over the life of an average vehicle, even after paying for new technology.
• Reduce oil consumption by 1.5 million barrels per day in 2030 – the same amount we imported from Saudi Arabia and Iraq combined in 2010.
• Keep 280 million metric tons of carbon pollution out of the air in 2030, equivalent to shutting down 72 coal-fired power plants for a year.
• Create 484,000 jobs economy-wide by 2030, including 43,000 in the auto industry.

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/1...il?via=siderec