{"id":293,"date":"2007-11-16T18:15:31","date_gmt":"2007-11-16T23:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2007\/11\/16\/cafe_stds_overturned\/"},"modified":"2013-11-21T13:34:22","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T18:34:22","slug":"cafe_stds_overturned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2007\/11\/16\/cafe_stds_overturned\/","title":{"rendered":"Bush CAFE Standards Overturned on Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post is by Vickie Patton<\/a>, Deputy General Counsel at Environmental Defense.<\/i><\/p>\n

The 9th<\/sup> Circuit Court of Appeals just issued a 90-page opinion overturning major aspects of the Bush administration’s flawed fuel economy standards for light-duty trucks. Sean Donahue argued the case for Environmental Defense and Susan Fiering for the California Attorney General’s office – on behalf of a larger group of state and environmental petitioners.<\/p>\n

Among other things, the court held that the Department of Transportation (DOT):<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

1. Failed to account for the value of reducing heat-trapping carbon dioxide emissions in setting the standards,<\/p>\n

2. Failed to close the SUV loophole,<\/p>\n

3. Failed to set fuel economy standards for all vehicles in the 8,500 to 10,000 pound gross vehicle weight class (for example, the Ford Excursion, the Hummer H2, and the F-250 pickup), and<\/p>\n

4. Failed to carry out an adequate environmental assessment under the National Environmental Policy Act<\/a> (NEPA).<\/p>\n

The court ordered DOT to take corrective action immediately.<\/p>\n

The opinion was by penned by Judge Betty Fletcher who was joined in her opinion by Judge Michael Daly Hawkins and Judge Siler. There was a very limited, narrow dissent by Judge Siler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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