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About Transportation & Climate Change: Overview of Climate Change: Science - DOT Transp... - 0 views

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  • The United States emits about 25 percent of the total global greenhouse gases.
  • Global mean surface temperatures have increased 0.74°C over the past 100 years. Eleven of the last 12 years (1995-2006) are among the warmest years recorded since 1850. The snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere and floating ice in the Arctic Ocean have decreased. Globally, sea level has risen 4-10 inches over the past century.
  • Sea level is likely to rise two feet along most of the U.S. coast.
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U.S.: Green Groups Hail Plan to Slash Transport Emissions - 0 views

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  • The new single national standard will create a car and light truck fleet in the U.S. that is almost 40 percent cleaner and more fuel-efficient by 2016 than it is today,
  • "While the United States makes up less than 5 percent of the world's population, we create roughly a quarter of the world's demand for oil,"
  • By 2016, this would raise cars up to 39 miles per gallon and light trucks to 30 miles per gallon.
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  • The White House says that meeting the standards will cost automakers 600 dollars a vehicle in addition to the 700-dollar-a-car cost automakers face under standards in existing law.
  • I want to emphasise: If you buy a car, your investment in a more fuel-efficient vehicle as a result of this standard will pay off in just three years.
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