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Last Updated: March 15. 2010 10:37PM .

UAW urges Congress To Let EPA Set New Emissions Rules
David Shepardson / Detroit News Washington Bureau

 
Washington — The United Auto Workers union urged Congress on Monday to reject efforts to bar the Obama administration from setting the first-ever limits on tailpipe emissions.

Alan Reuther, the union’s legislative director, said in a letter Monday that efforts by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Ala., and others to bar the Environmental Protection Agency from declaring greenhouse gases a danger to public health were “misguided.”

“The UAW also is deeply concerned that overturning EPA’s endangerment finding would unravel the historic agreement on one national standard for fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions for light-duty vehicles that was negotiated by the Obama administration last year,” Reuther wrote.

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In May 2009, the White House, automakers and 13 states led by California reached a deal to impose joint fuel efficiency standards and tailpipe emissions limits for the 2012-16 model years. The final regulation must be in place by April 1 to take effect starting with the 2012 model year.

“Most importantly, California and other states have agreed to forgo state-level regulation of tailpipe emissions and abide by the new national standard that will be created by these NHTSA and EPA rules. This will avoid the burdens that would have been placed on automakers if they had been forced to comply with a multitude of federal and state standards,” Reuther said.

“These proposed rules will retain the structural components that Congress enacted in the 2007 energy legislation, thereby providing important flexibility to full line manufacturers and a backstop for the domestic car fleet.”

Reuther noted that California could move ahead if the EPA is barred from setting national standards.

“In the absence of the EPA standard, California and other states would certainly move forward with their standards, thereby subjecting auto manufacturers to all of the burdens that the one national standard was designed to avoid,” Reuther said.

Murkowski defended her bill, noting Democrats are working with her.”We do not want EPA imposing economically harmful climate regulations,” she said. “Energy and environmental policies should be developed in Congress, where the best interests of the American people can be represented.”

Robert Dillon, a spokesman for Murkowski, said the Obama administration had created confusion by reversing a Bush administration decision and granting California power to set its own tailpipe emissions standards.

“They’ve created this problem and now they are trying to blame us,” he said.

Alabama, Virginia and Texas, 13 members of Congress and business groups, including the National Association of Manufacturers, have filed suit seeking to block EPA from regulating greenhouse gas emissions.

But Reuther said legislation from Congress on climate change could spur job growth.

“We believe such legislation can help to provide significant investment in domestic production of advanced technology vehicles and their key components, as well as other energy saving technologies,” Reuther said.

Reuther also warned that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which sets corporate average fuel economy requirements, could also be delayed from setting its standards by month’s end if the EPA can’t go forward.

NHTSA plans to set a fleetwide standard of 34.1 mpg by the 2016 model year — a move that boosts fuel efficiency by nearly 40 percent over 2007 levels.

U.S. vehicles account for 23 percent of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.

The proposed standards would reduce emissions by nearly 950 million metric tons and conserve 1.8 billion barrels of oil over the lifetime of model year 2012-2016 vehicles, the EPA said.

About Pynergy Petroleum Company

Pynergy Petroleum Company was founded in August 1999 when it acquired three Conoco Branded retail locations in the Denver, CO area.  Since then, Pynergy has been devoted to providing high quality fuels, lubricants, diesel exhaust fluid, equipment and service to the automotive, heavy duty and industrial markets.  Please visit us at www.pynergypetroleum.com

Alex Roy and J.F. Musial discuss the 2010 Geneva Auto Show and hybrid insanity that has taken the world by storm. How is Toyota being effected by this, being the first biggest name for hybrid cars for public consumption? Discussed: The Lotus 414E, Ferrari 599 Hybrid, Porsche 918, Audi A1 E-Tron and more. That’s all today in Road Testament, a weekly segment on Fast Lane Daily. Distributed by Tubemogul.

About Pynergy Petroleum Company

Pynergy Petroleum Company was founded in August 1999 when it acquired three Conoco Branded retail locations in the Denver, CO area.  Since then, Pynergy has been devoted to providing high quality fuels, lubricants, diesel exhaust fluid, equipment and service to the automotive, heavy duty and industrial markets.  Please visit us at www.pynergypetroleum.com

March 8, 2010, 3:28 pm

 New York Auto Show Preview: Acura TSX Sport Wagon

Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

The Acura TSX Sport Wagon will be based on the European Honda Accord Tourer. 

This one was displayed at the 2008 Geneva auto show.

Finally! Acura will introduce its handsome TSX Sport Wagon at the New York auto show at the end of March, the company announced Monday. The all-new wagon will go on sale in the fall as a 2011 model, Acura said, confirming its announcement last October.

The Sport Wagon is based on the European Honda Accord Tourer (not to be confused with the United States-spec Accord Crosstour). Acura is holding Sport Wagon details close to the vest, including engine options, though it’s a good bet that it will be available with the engines that are currently available in the TSX: a 2.4-liter 4-cylinder and a 3.5-liter V-6. In Europe, the wagon comes with diesel options, but Honda does not sell diesel engines in the United States.

While popular in Europe, wagons have been pretty much banished from America showrooms, where the crossover is the preferred species du jour. In fact, Ford recently unveiled its Focus wagon at the Geneva auto show, and even though Ford will begin selling its new Focus in the United States early next year, the wagon will be for Europeans only.

Press previews for the New York International Auto Show begin March 31. The show opens to the public on April 3. See autoshowny.com for more details.

Pynergy Petroleum Company is proud to announce the addition of Commercial Fuel Network (CFN) card acceptance at their Brighton, CO location.  This Conoco branded location is located at 12435 County Rd. 2 (Intersection of Hwy. 85 and E. 168th Ave.).

 This location is now accepting both FleetWide and Legacy branded CFN cards.  CFN cardholders have access to not only this site but to over 30,000 locations nationwide.

“We are very excited about adding CFN card acceptance at our Brighton, CO location”, said Brandon Prentice, Division Sales Manager at Pynergy Petroleum Company.  “CFN and Pynergy have been continually committed to providing the highest quality fuel related services, and we saw this as an important offering for regional fleet customers.  In addition to adding this location to our network, we are also partnering with CFN to offer the FleetWide and Legacy fuel card program to customers nationally.”

“Through partnering with CFN we can help customers to reduce their overall fuel costs in many ways.  Some examples are setting time of day or week fuel limits, blocking out certain types of fuel purchases and even per day transaction and gallon limits.  These critical fuel program options, and many more, will help fleet managers to all but eliminate theft and misuse of company fuel dollars,” said Brandon Prentice.

 If you are interested in finding out more information about the CFN card program, or the many other products and services that Pynergy Petroleum Company offers please contact them at 303-292-5005 or visit their website at http://www.pynergypetroleum.com.

About Pynergy Petroleum Company

Pynergy Petroleum Company was founded in August 1999 when it acquired three Conoco Branded retail locations in the Denver, CO area.  Since then, Pynergy has been devoted to providing high quality fuels, lubricants, diesel exhaust fluid, equipment and service to the automotive, heavy duty and industrial markets.  Please visit us at www.pynergypetroleum.com

About FleetCor

FleetCor (www.FleetCor.com), The Global Fleet Card Company, is the worldwide leader in managing and processing commercial fuel cards, which save businesses money on their fuel purchases while bringing incremental business to fuel merchants. FleetCor serves over 750,000 businesses with its fleet card programs in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. FleetCor’s card programs are marketed under a variety of brand names including: CCS, CFN, Fuelman, The Fuelcard Company, Keyfuels, Mannatec and PPR. FleetCor and its subsidiaries employ more than 1,100 associates located in 20 offices globally. FleetCor is privately owned by management, and a group of institutional private equity investors including Bain Capital, Summit Partners, Advent International, Advantage Capital, Nautic Partners, HarbourVest Partners, and Performance Equity Management.

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