Jul 16, 2012
These are significant benefits, but the House Republicans have already passed legislation that would block or imperil all of EPA's tailpipe standards and make Americans continue to spend more money at the pump, as well as exacerbate…
Henry Waxman
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Henry Waxman is a former U.S. Representative from California, serving from 1975 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was known for his work on health care, environmental policy, and consumer protection. During his tenure, Waxman played a key role in the passage of the Affordable Care Act and was a prominent advocate for climate change legislation. He chaired the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where he focused on issues such as tobacco regulation and health care reform.
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Jul 16, 2012
At that time, many of EIA's assumptions about vehicle technologies differed substantially from NHTSA and EPA projections.
Jul 16, 2012
The single greatest weapon we have is increased fuel economy standards, and they are going to repeal that next week?
Jul 16, 2012
Why should we export young men and women over to the Middle East when we can be exporting fuel efficient vehicles all around the planet made in America?
Jul 16, 2012
How sad a commentary is that on the confidence the Republicans have in the innovation and the technological capacity of the automotive industry?
Jul 16, 2012
The Republicans' approach is like trying to make America more secure without acknowledging the threat of terrorism.
Jul 16, 2012
For 18 months, the Republicans have tried to talk about energy policy without even mentioning, let alone addressing, the problem of carbon pollution and climate change.
Jul 11, 2012
No, that is the reasons people have said, if you accept that there is a need to support innovation, it doesn't make much sense in my view to cut it off now when you might have a new innovative project that comes up tomorrow that is better…
Jul 11, 2012
This throws innovation out the window, and it replaces it with a static list of winners who happen to submit applications by the end of 2011.
Jul 11, 2012
This Republican bill, it seems to me, is a terrible idea. It is just the latest Republican assault on clean energy.
Jul 11, 2012
If someone develops a new technology this year that dramatically reduces the cost of solar or wind or geothermal power and they submit a new application, can DOE award them a loan guarantee under this bill? We could not.
Jul 11, 2012
It creates a winners list, potentially, of a few dozen projects that were submitted before the end of 2011.
Jul 11, 2012
This program was created to support innovative energy technologies. That is its whole purpose.
Jul 10, 2012
I find it ironic to hear my Republican colleagues criticize a program that is run by the industry...
Jul 10, 2012
The statutory renewable fuels provisions allow petroleum refiners to meet their renewable fuel obligations by purchasing renewable fuel credits.
Jul 10, 2012
Unfortunately, a few bad actors selling fraudulent biodiesel fuel credits have created a crisis of confidence in the biodiesel fuels market that risks undermining the whole program.
Jul 10, 2012
Congress established the Renewable Fuels Program to reduce the country's dependence on petroleum-based fuels and cut greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector.
Jul 9, 2012
What we need are alternatives and market incentives to develop the technology that will allow us to use oil and coal.
Jul 9, 2012
It is what the Pentagon calls an accelerant of instability or a force multiplier of instability.
Jul 9, 2012
Progress will not be easy, but it is necessary. We need to continue our push toward alternative fuel vehicles.
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