President Bush Orders Agencies to Develop Regulations to Reduce
Fuel Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Motor
Vehicles 14 May 2007 US President George Bush today issued an
executive order directing the Environmental Protection Agency
and the Departments of Agriculture, Energy and Transportation to
work together to begin developing regulations that will reduce
gasoline consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from motor
vehicles, using the President’s 20-in-10 plan as a starting
point. The order directs that the development of the regulations
be done “in a manner consistent with sound science, analysis of
benefits and costs, public safety, and economic growth.” The
Administration’s goal is to finish developing the regulation by
the end of 2008. The 20-in-10 proposal calls for a 20% reduction
in gasoline usage over the next 10 years, with 15% of the
reduction to come from the use of renewable and alternative
fuels, and 5% to come from mandated increases in fuel
efficiency. Last month, the Supreme Cou