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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Senator, Obama called for fuel economy to rise to 40 m.p.g.) Although automakers say the cost of building more efficient cars will be passed on to consumers, California's Air Resources Board has found that, as gas bills fall with cleaner cars, the average low-income household could save about $300 a year under the state's regulations. "Allowing California and other states to aggressively reduce their own harmful vehicle tailpipe emissions would be a historic win for clean air and for millions of Americans who want more fuel-efficient, environmentally friendly cars," said California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Move on Fuel Efficiency: A Clean Win for Greens | 1/26/2009 | See Source »

...what it could. In the Administration's first full day in office, White House chief of staff Rahm Emmanuel sent out a memo ordering a halt to all federal regulations not yet finalized until the new team could review them. For the environment, that meant Obama was able to save the gray wolf from being removed from the Endangered Species Act and block a pair of new air-quality rules, including one that would prevent the regulation of greenhouse-gas emissions from oil refineries. (Read "High Hopes for Obama's Green Dream Team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama Cleans Up After Bush | 1/24/2009 | See Source »

...take that prohibition several steps further. Under the policy, NGOs that applied for family-planning funds from the U.S. Agency on International Development (USAID) had to refrain from using any of their own funds to provide abortion (with exceptions for cases of rape or incest or to save the life of the mother). The organizations also were not eligible if they lobbied to make or keep abortion legal in their own country or if they provided abortion referrals - a requirement that led many opponents of the policy to dub it a "global gag rule...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shhh. Obama Repeals the Abortion Gag Rule, Very Quietly | 1/23/2009 | See Source »

...dying to get the nitty-gritty on the rise and fall of Napster, or the way that Apple grew to dominate the music industry (both well-trod stories at any rate). but if you're looking for some novel conclusions or recommendations as to how the music industry can save itself, you might need to wait for Knopper's next book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Music Biz: Murder or Suicide? | 1/22/2009 | See Source »

...willing to follow their own logic, so they have crafted another plan. The first assumption of what the program will do, and among the most important of its goals, is only mentioned in passing. "This package is the first crucial step in a concerted effort to create and save 3 to 4 million jobs." This is a little twist on what is being said in public...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Guide to Reading the America Recovery and Reinvestment Bill | 1/22/2009 | See Source »

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