2010Apr1: The U.S. federal government establishes national greenhouse gas emissions standards for the first time. By 2016, new vehicles will be required to have a combined fuel economy average of 35.5 miles per gallon. The new rules are expected to reduce CO2 emissions and other greenhouse gases about 30% from 2012 to 2016 (New York Times).
Reference: New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/science/earth/02emit.html
EPA news release http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/bd4379a92ceceeac8525735900400c27/562b44f2588b871a852576f800544e01!OpenDocument
Image Description: Interstate 405 Southbound in Bellevue, Washington. Photo by Goldman60, 2009June3. Image Location: Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:I-405_Southbound_Bellevue.jpg Image Permission: This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
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