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Apparently, It's the Government's Fault Detroit Is Bankrupt

Andrew Winston | Posted 11.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Gm, Japanese Auto Sales, Rick Wagoner, Ford, US Auto Sales Rate, Jim Collins, Toyota, Honda, Wall Street Journal, CAFE Standards, Chrysler, Nissan, Auto Sales, Good to Great, Detroit Bailout, Suburu, Barack Obama, Business News
Andrew Winston

We're seeing an amazing act of willful ignorance here. The predicament that Detroit has found itself in is an American business tragedy. Let's not make it worse by lying to ourselves.

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EPA's 2009 Top Ten; Dodge's Hemi Hybrids Tout mpg; New Corvette "on Indefinite Hold"

Steve Parker | Posted 10.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Gas-Electric Hybrid Technology, 24 Hours of LeMans, Hemi Hybrids, 12 Hours of Sebring, Epa, Dodge Viper, Cars, Nurburgring, Gas/Electric Hybrid, CAFE Standards, Supercharger, Dodge Durango Hybrid, Ford Escape Hybrid, General Motors, Toyota Yaris, Toyota Prius, Hybrid SUVs, Nissan Altima Hybrid, Chrysler Aspen Hybrid, Chevrolet, Honda Civic Hybrid, Toyota Camry Hybrid, Gm, Detroit Three, Lamborghini Estoque Hyrbid, Mazda Tribute Hybrid, Green Car of the Year, Smart ForTwo, Chrysler Suv, Bmw, Jetta SportWagen Diesel, Chevrolet Corvette, Mercury Mariner Hybrid, Volkswagen Jetta Diesel, Kumon, Murcielago, Green News
Steve Parker

How serious are the problems facing the Detroit Three? This serious: General Motors' Chevrolet Division has put the next-generation Corvette, the C7, on indefinite hold.

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Friday Talking Points [51] -- Some Positivity

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

While we're all waiting for someone to leak the Palin Troopergate Report (which is reminiscent of waiting for "Fitzmas" during the whole Scooter Libby...

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Missed Opportunities: What Congress Did and Didn't Do for America's Energy Future

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Tar Sands, Gas Prices, Renewable Energy Tax Credit, Biofuels, Energy Bill, Oil Shale, CAFE Standards, Global Warming, Clean Tech Sector, Politics News
Frances Beinecke

These are times when the economy is sinking, global warming is looming, and our oil addiction is undermining national security. We need our leaders to propel America into a safer, cleaner, more sustainable energy future.

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Suddenly Obama's Auto-Policies Matter: Michigan Is The New Florida

Diane Tucker | Posted 09.22.2008 | Home

Read More: Polls, 2008 Elections, Unemployment Rate, High Oil Prices, Fuel Efficiency, United Auto Workers, Obama Working Class Voters, 2008 Recession, Detroit News, CAFE Standards, Working Class, Offthebus, Unemployment, Obama Swing States, Oil Drilling, Bailout, Hybrid Cars, Recession Fears, Plug-in Hybrids, HuffPost OffTheBus, Swing Voters, Michigan, Fuel Economy Standards, Obama Working Class Whites, Job Losses, Fuel Economy, John McCain, Michigan Delegates, Auto Extremist, Detroit Free Press, Manufacturing, Voting Record, 2008 Election, Recession, Barack Obama, American Manufacturing, Pollsters, Barack Obama 2008, Swing States, Mccain Swing States, John McCain 2008, Cnn, 2008 Presidential Race, Oil, Fox News, Peter De Lorenzo, Auto Industry, Economy, Home News
Diane Tucker

Any sort of cash incentive to get manufacturers to build more efficient vehicles -- and to get people to buy more of them -- is an admirable thing. But let's not forget that if people just make smarter choices, this nation's energy usage will go down dramatically.

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There is a "Villain" In Our Dependence on Foreign Oil and His Name is Ronald Reagan

Paul Abrams | Posted 09.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Ronald Reagan, Republican Convention, Oil, Jimmy Carter, George W Bush, CAFE Standards, Moral Equivalent of War, Politics News
Paul Abrams

Had Reagan left CAFE standards in place, and the U.S. had continued to conserve oil at the same rate as it had from 1979-85, we would be importing not a single drop of oil from the Persian Gulf.

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The Detroit Three --- Making Any Relevant Cars or Trucks?

Steve Parker | Posted 07.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Saturn, Corporate Average Fuel Economy, Malibu, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Honda, CAFE Standards, Dodge Ram, Plymouth, General Motors, Dodge Challenger, Ev1, Mercury Mariner, Crossfire, Bob Nardelli, Jeep Wrangler, Plug-in Hybrids, President Bush, Detroit, Energy, Dodge Sprinter, Dodge, Gasoline, Gm, Alan Mulally, Ford, Detroit Three, Burbank, Chevrolet, Honda Hybrid, Hybrid Hemi, Cerberus, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Corvette, Chrysler, Chevrolet Volt, Bmw, Bill Ford, Ford Escape, Hemi, Viper, Nhtsa, Volt, Jeep, Business News
Steve Parker

That the Detroit Three have to build cars and trucks which make sense now and in the future, and which Americans want to buy.

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My "McLaughlin Awards" For 2007 [Part 2]

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

OK, here we go with Part 2 of my annual McLaughlin Awards. Last week's column covered the first half of these awards. Unfortunately (as of this writi...

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Energy Bill: Crumbs or Loaves?

Judy Dugan | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics

Read More: Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Bill, Miles Per Gallon, Energy Policy, Fuel Efficiency, CAFE Standards, Fuel Economy Standards, Politics News
Judy Dugan

Oil companies don't have to pay a penny or change any of their ways, but at least we consumers will do our part, being required to switch to low-energy lightbulbs by 2012.

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House Passes Sweeping Energy Bill

NY Times | John Broder | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Barbara Boxer, House Democrats Energy, House Democrats, Nancy Pelosi, Energy Bill, Climate Change, Energy Policy, Energy Democrats, CAFE Standards, Global Warming, Politics News

Legislation that will slowly but fundamentally change the cars Americans drive, the fuel they burn, the way they light their homes and the price they ...

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Energy Bill in the Senate Right Now [Updated]

John Kerry | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics

Read More: UN Bali Climate Change Conference, CAFE Standards, Global Warming, Politics News
John Kerry

Republicans have a choice: they can join with us in trying to face the challenges of the 21st century, or they can go the way of the Whigs.

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NYT's Tom Friedman is Wrong on Global 'Weirding'

Joseph Romm | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics

Read More: GM the Volt, Carbon Emissions, Global Weirding, Lomborg, Luntz, CAFE Standards, Google Energy, Bush, Dan Reicher, Cheaper Than Coal, Rocky Mountain Institute, Climate Change, Hunter Lovins, Newt Gingrich, MIT Energy Club, Global Warming, RE, Fuel Economy Standards, Tom Friedman, Politics News
Joseph Romm

The people we are waiting for are the politican leaders. Everyone else needed to solve the global warming problem has been around for a while.

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A Contract with the Planet

Scott Burns | Posted 11.28.2007 | Politics

Read More: Auto Industry, Leadership, Hillary Clinton, Climate Change, Glaciers, Newt Gingrich, Mother Nature, CAFE Standards, Global Warming, Politics News
Scott Burns

On the issue of climate change, leadership means looking at what needs to be done and demanding it, not looking at what feeble gesture our ransomed Congress might be capable of and settling for it.

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