President Obama announced a nationwide plan today to increase fuel economy and reduce pollution that causes global warming, marking a massive change in environmental policy in the U.S."The status quo is no longer acceptable," he said during his speech.
The new standards require vehicles to have a fuel efficiency of 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016. The White House said the changes will save 1.8 billion barrels of oil and reduce emissions by 900 million metric tons.
“In the past, an agreement such as this would have been considered impossible,” Obama said. “That is why this announcement is so important, for it represents not only a change in policy in Washington, but the harbinger of a change in the way business is done in Washington.”
For more information on these new standards and to read all of Obama's remarks, check out this story from The Globe.
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