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Missed Opportunities: What Congress Did and Didn't Do for America's Energy Future

Posted on October 09, 2008

Congress finally wrapped up its business last week. It was a challenging session filled with terrible economic news, soaring energy prices, and a great deal of election-year political theater. Now that the dust has settled, we can take a look at what Congress actually did to address America's energy future.On the Bright Side: CAFE, Biofuels, and RenewablesNRDC and our partners put five big asks before the Congress at the beginning of this session, and three of them got enacted. Congress managed to:Raise the average fuel economy standards for America's fleet of cars and light trucks to 35 miles...

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