Environment

New Emission Standards

Via Politico:

The national emissions policy for autos, which will ramp up to a new standard of about 35 miles per gallon in 2016, will harmonize the corporate average fuel economy, or CAFE, standard and the Environmental Protection Agency's greenhouse-gas standard.

I get around 43 mpg (local) with my hybrid, and around 50 on the highway. So setting the standard for all cars at 35 is a huge step forward.