"If you haven’t heard the news, today is a very big day.
Decades from now, the clean car standards finalized today by the Obama administration will be highlighted as a monumental turning point in America’s quest to get off oil and tackle global warming.
That’s how big a deal these clean car standards really are. By doubling the fuel efficiency of the cars on the road today by 2025, the standards will cut as much global warming pollution in Rhode Island alone in 2030 as is emitted by 132,000 of today’s vehicles. And nationally they’ll cut our annual oil use by an amount equivalent to what we currently import from Saudi Arabia.[1]
Decades from now, the clean car standards finalized today by the Obama administration will be highlighted as a monumental turning point in America’s quest to get off oil and tackle global warming.
That’s how big a deal these clean car standards really are. By doubling the fuel efficiency of the cars on the road today by 2025, the standards will cut as much global warming pollution in Rhode Island alone in 2030 as is emitted by 132,000 of today’s vehicles. And nationally they’ll cut our annual oil use by an amount equivalent to what we currently import from Saudi Arabia.[1]
Help spread the great news by saying a quick “I’m excited about the new clean car standards from the Obama administration!” onFacebook or Twitter to celebrate this historic victory for our environment. Or you can send an email to the White House letting them know how you feel!
Will these standards alone solve global warming and get us off oil? Of course not. But the U.S. has never taken a bigger step in that direction than we did today. And while Environment Rhode Island played a key role in getting these standards across the finish line, my staff couldn’t have done the work they did without your support. So thank you and congratulations!
One last thought: just as important as this victory and its environmental benefits is the story of the state leadership that made it all possible. Long before the Obama administration took office, California and 13 other states—including ours, thanks in part to the work of Environment Rhode Island—were developing and implementing their own state-level clean car standards. Beyond charting a path for pollution reductions for these states, the standards also pushed automakers to begin developing the cleaner cars we see on the road today. And that paved the way for the Obama administration to set these new federal standards.
Today’s news goes to show how state-level victories for our environment eventually snowball into national victories, and that’s a critical reason why Environment Rhode Island works as hard as we do.
Thanks again for making victories like this possible!"
Yours,
One last thought: just as important as this victory and its environmental benefits is the story of the state leadership that made it all possible. Long before the Obama administration took office, California and 13 other states—including ours, thanks in part to the work of Environment Rhode Island—were developing and implementing their own state-level clean car standards. Beyond charting a path for pollution reductions for these states, the standards also pushed automakers to begin developing the cleaner cars we see on the road today. And that paved the way for the Obama administration to set these new federal standards.
Today’s news goes to show how state-level victories for our environment eventually snowball into national victories, and that’s a critical reason why Environment Rhode Island works as hard as we do.
Thanks again for making victories like this possible!"
Yours,
John Rumpler
Senior Environmental Attorney
Environment Rhode Island
Senior Environmental Attorney
Environment Rhode Island
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