Obama team unveils first carbon tailpipe, fuel rules

摘要

New York-Senior Obama administration officials on September 15 unveiled the first-ever US nationwide carbon tailpipe and fuel economy standards for new cars and trucks. The announcement, made at a White House briefing by Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson, came from a deal President Barack Obama reached with the auto industry in May to impose rules regulating both the carbon emissions as well as the efficiency of new vehicles.