From The Associated Press, 3/8/06:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060309/ap_on_go_ot/brf_alternative_fuel_vehicles
Judge Rules U.S. Gov't Violating Fuel Law
SAN FRANCISCO -
A federal judge ruled that the Bush administration is violating a 1992
law aimed at increasing the country's use of alternative fuel
vehicles.
The Department of Energy has ignored a requirement to set long-range
goals for converting a percentage of the nation's cars and light
trucks to natural gas, ethanol, hydrogen and other nonpetroleum fuels,
U.S District Judge William Alsup said in a ruling this week.
Anne Kolton, a spokeswoman for the Department of Energy, said
Wednesday the department had no comment since litigation is ongoing.
Two environmental groups sued the Bush administration last year for
failing to comply with the law.
The Energy Policy Act of 1992 was designed to reduce air pollution,
global warming and the country's dependence on foreign oil.
The law required the Energy Department to consider imposing
alternative fuel vehicle purchasing requirements on private and
municipal fleets.
Judge Alsup ordered the agency to revise the law's petroleum reduction
goal to an achievable number, then decide whether to impose purchasing
requirements on the fleets.
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Violating the law seems to be all that this Republican administration
is good at.
Harry
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