Article: United States--new fuel economy standards for sport utility vehicles (SUVs), mini-vans and pickup trucks unveiled last week by the Bush administration propose modest improvements to the mileage of these popular vehicles over a four-year period but were panned by critics for doing little to curb consumption.(COUNTRIES)

Article: U.S. Studies SUV Mileage Standards; Administration May ...
The Washington Post;  November 21, 2002 ;     610 words ... ... Department agency with authority to establish fuel economy standards, based its plan on data submitted ... independence -- yet this proposed increase in fuel economy for SUVs doesn't even come close to ... Congress established the corporate average fuel economy targets for cars and ...

Article: Ament to propose `modest' increase in total tax ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 30, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Milwaukee County Executive F. Thomas Ament will propose one of the lowest property tax increases in his tenure today, in a 2000 budget that would put 50 defibrillators in county buildings and save the Bradford Beach footbridge. Ament calls the 2.8% property tax increase in his budget modest, saying

Article: 3-CENT BOOST IN GAS TAX ON TABLE HOUSE DEMOCRATS PROPOSE ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  March 26, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Byline: PHUONG CAT LE P-I reporter OLYMPIA -- House Democrats yesterday proposed a 3-cent-per- gallon gasoline-tax increase as part of an overall 10-year, $2.6 billion plan to fix the state's roads, highways and ferries. "It's a modest proposal," said House Transportation Chairman Ed Murray,

Article: Fuel economy ratings to get more accurate
Winnipeg Free Press;  March 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... any conversation about vehicles and sooner or later the topic of fuel economy comes up. Some drivers claim excellent fuel economy, while others cry about the poor fuel economy they are getting. These can even be on the same model of vehicle ...

Article: Fuel Economy Reform Act Introduced in House by Rep. ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Massachusetts, has introduced the Fuel Economy Reform Act (H.R. 1506), legislation that would "increase fuel economy standards for automobiles." The ... text of the legislation follows:Fuel Economy Reform Act H.R. 1506To increase ...

Article: Fuel-Economy Reduction from Cleaner-Burning Gas ...
Business Wire;  October 10, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... motor vehicles have not experienced fuel-economy reductions from the use of cleaner ... conducted a four-month scientific fuel-economy test," Air Resources Board Chairman ... there would be a very small decrease in fuel economy and today's results prove that it ...

Article: Fuel Economy Reform Act Introduced in Senate by ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Illinois, has introduced the Fuel Economy Reform Act (S. 3694), legislation that would "increase fuel economy standards for automobiles." The ... text of the legislation follows:Fuel Economy Reform ActS. 3694To increase fuel ...