The new Obama administration is in Washington and there are going to be some changes. The EPA on Friday declared that industrial greenhouse gases are a danger to human health, opening the door to a wave of new regulations to reduce carbon dioxide and many other gases that effect global warming.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is federal governmental agency charged with regulating chemicals and protecting the air, water and land. The EPA was started by President Richard Nixon and began operation on December 2, 1970. It has been responsible for the environmental policy of the United States.
The facts are that these new EPA regulations can substantially impact cars and trucks. Autos account for almost 25% of the nations output of global warming gases. This ruling will also impact a number of other major manufacturing industries.
This ruling marks a fundamental shift from the Bush Administration, which did not believe that global warming was caused by greenhouse gases.
The bottom line is that the auto industry has fought these types of EPA ruling for years. The auto manufacturers have successfully lobbied congress to block many of the the past EPA initiatives. Now that the auto industry is on the ropes and in a precarious state and dependant on the new Obama administration for funding.
My take is that this will materially impact the auto manufacturers in the United States and probably the world. Auto manufacturers will have to produce vehicles that get better fuel economy, meanwhile generating fewer greenhouse emissions.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is federal governmental agency charged with regulating chemicals and protecting the air, water and land. The EPA was started by President Richard Nixon and began operation on December 2, 1970. It has been responsible for the environmental policy of the United States.
The facts are that these new EPA regulations can substantially impact cars and trucks. Autos account for almost 25% of the nations output of global warming gases. This ruling will also impact a number of other major manufacturing industries.
This ruling marks a fundamental shift from the Bush Administration, which did not believe that global warming was caused by greenhouse gases.
The bottom line is that the auto industry has fought these types of EPA ruling for years. The auto manufacturers have successfully lobbied congress to block many of the the past EPA initiatives. Now that the auto industry is on the ropes and in a precarious state and dependant on the new Obama administration for funding.
My take is that this will materially impact the auto manufacturers in the United States and probably the world. Auto manufacturers will have to produce vehicles that get better fuel economy, meanwhile generating fewer greenhouse emissions.
Some of the immediate effects will be that Detroit will have to produce less gas guzzlers, drop higher output motors, produce small more fuel efficient motors, and produce many more hybrids and electric vehicles. The bottom line is that cars will materially change over the next several years.
Go to LA Times article by Jim Tankersley and Margot Roosevelt for more information.
Go to LA Times article by Jim Tankersley and Margot Roosevelt for more information.
