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13 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama opened an ambitious, double-barreled assault on global warming and U.S. energy woes Monday, moving quickly toward rules requiring cleaner-running cars that guzzle less gas a must, he said, for "our security, our economy and our planet." He ...
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Obama Zeroes In on Auto Industry
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... industry analysts said the changes could cost consumers thousands of dollars — for smaller, “greener” cars.
Obama on Monday directed the Environmental Protection Agency to review whether California and more than a dozen states should be allowed to impose tougher auto emission standards on carmakers to fight greenhouse gas emissions. The Bush administration had blocked the efforts by the states, which account for about half of the nation’s auto sales.
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Writers Pressure Obama Over Afghanistan
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... plunged 18 percent in 2008. And industry analysts said the changes could cost consumers thousands of dollars — for smaller, “greener” cars. Obama on Monday directed the Environmental Protection Agency to review whether California and more than a dozen states should be allowed to impose tougher auto emission standards on carmakers to fight greenhouse gas emissions. The Bush administration had blocked the efforts by the states, which account for about half of the nation’s auto sales. Read more ...
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obsidianwings.blogs.com 1/22/2009 — by hilzoy TPM Muckraker : " President Obama moments ago signed an executive order closing the Guantanamo detention facility within a year. The move makes good on a key Obama campaign promise. Obama also signed two other orders, ...
Op-Ed Columnist: Cleaner and Faster
nytimes.com 1/30/2009 — The Democrats have created a stimulus package that is a sprawling, undisciplined smorgasbord. By trying to do everything all it once, the bill does nothing well. >
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corner.nationalreview.com 1/30/2009 — WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama plans Friday to reverse an executive
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are allowed to leave unions.
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Today’s Orders | 1.26.09
scotusblog.com 1/26/2009 — Today’s orders list is now available here .
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President Obama: 'Pick ourselves up'
swamppolitics.com 1/20/2009 — By Mark Silva
President Barack Obama, calling on Americans to embrace "a new era of responsibility,'' delivered an inaugural address sober in its recognition of crises that Americans confront at home and abroad yet soaring in its assignment.
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Obama signs orders on emissions, warming
boston.com 1/27/2009 — Reversing another Bush administration policy, President Obama announced this morning that he will order environmental regulators to immediately look at the request by Massachusetts and at least a dozen other states decide their own standards on auto ...
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