Feds Settle Lawsuit Over Alternative Fuels

[Eugene]

Feds Settle Lawsuit Over Alternative Fuels

By TERENCE CHEA, Associated Press Writer

Wednesday, November 30, 2005

(11-30) 20:06 PST San Francisco (AP) --

Four federal agencies settled a lawsuit with environmental groups
Wednesday and agreed to buy thousands of vehicles that run on natural
gas, electricity, ethanol, propane and other alternative fuels.

Under the settlement, the Commerce Department, Labor Department,
Transportation Department and Veterans Administration admitted that
they violated the federal Energy Policy Act and agreed to buy enough
alternative fuel vehicles to meet the law's requirements.

Signed by President Bush's father in 1992, the Energy Policy Act
requires that 75 percent of the new cars and light trucks bought by
federal agencies run on alternative fuels. The law was intended to
reduce dependence on foreign vehicles, reduce air pollution, spur
technological innovation and stimulate the market for such vehicles.

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In April, the Tucson, Ariz.-based Center for Biological Diversity and
the San Francisco-based Bluewater Network sued 14 federal agencies for
failing to buy enough alternative vehicles to comply with the 1992
energy law.

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Full article: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/11/30/national/w200624S64.DTL

[MalachiConstant]

1. thank you HW?

[phantom power]

2. Those rabid environmental hegemons...

how dare they demand that the government actually do what it says it's going to do? Next thing you know, they'll start demanding actual Clear Skies(tm).