Comments on: News Break: Obama Clears Path to Allow California Emissions Waiver and Set Standards for Improved Fuel Efficiency

By: ty

ty — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:15:07 +0000

It’s a strange world when a Democratic president does in six days what Republican governor could not convince a Republican president to do in four years of letter-writing, lawsuits and international embarrassment.
http://www.caivp.org/article/issues/2009/1/26/state-emissions-standards-finally-approved

By: Chocolato

Chocolato — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:11:47 +0000

Erin – on the contrary. These plans have been though about for years, quite literally.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:37:02 +0000

Erin,
He is moving quickly, but I don’t really think it is either impulsive or poorly planned. In the case of the emissions waiver from the EPA, he is giving several months for Jackson’s EPA to reconsider Johnson’s denial of the waiver, and there has already been extensive research done on the issue. The same goes for the memorandum to LaHood. He is simply directing the Dept. of Transportation to begin acting on a law passed back in 2007.
While we don’t want to stumble foolishly into policy that will do more harm than good, but so much time has been wasted, I am glad to see Obama moving expeditiously.

By: Richard Botham

Richard Botham — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:21:03 +0000

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By: Michael.4667

Michael.4667 — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:47:04 +0000

Personally i think he is improving the world in his first week then i have tried for a few years. I suppose that with a little oppurtinty you can do a lot but i really do hope that Global Warming will soon be a problem that can be taken care of with the help of different energy resources. If any man or women was up for the job i’m glad it is Barrack Obama!

By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:58:16 +0000

Don't you think he is acting too quickly? I feel like many of these decisions he is making are very impulsive and not very well planned. I know he has a lot of ideas up his sleeve (environmental, wireless internet, etc) but they need to be planned out, for the good of the country.

By: Tetsuo

Tetsuo — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:57:03 +0000

Patrick – actually cheaper gas prices now WOULD hurt. We need a 50 cent per gallon tax on gas with money going to infrastructure (especially rail and NON-car solutions). Cheap gas is one of the reasons we’re in this problem to begin with!

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:55:04 +0000

I am committed to pray for our new President. He seems to be spear-heading many issues at once. Some of his solutions I disagree with, but I greatly appreciate his willingness to try to make a difference.
I am excited to see better gas mileage, better cards… And then again, cheaper gas prices “NOW” wouldn’t hurt.