Liberty
California Bill Would Limit Cars’ Speed
David Zimmermann writes for National Review Online about the latest bad idea emerging from the left coast. A California Democrat introduced a bill this week that would require automakers in…
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
American agency of the Executive Branch of the Department of Transportation
Liberty
Biden Climate Official Wants to Force You to Live Simpler Life
Meghan Blonder writes for the Washington Free Beacon about disturbing statements from a Biden administration official. The climate official who spearheaded a Biden administration rule boosting electric vehicles at the expense…
Transportation
Abolishing Buttigieg’s Department: Who Would Notice?
Editors at the Washington Examiner offer an idea for cutting government waste. It involves the current job held by former Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg. Here’s a question for you:…
Energy
Trump’s fuel-economy changes will have insignificant climate impact
Marlo Lewis of the Competitive Enterprise Institute takes aim at recent criticism of the Trump administration’s proposed changes in federal auto fuel-efficiency standards. In a recent article in Energy and…
Energy
Weakening Obama emissions rules
Josh Siegel of the Washington Examiner describes Trump administration efforts to roll back Obama-era emissions restrictions. The Trump administration moved Thursday to replace strict Obama-era fuel efficiency standards for vehicles…
Transportation
The future of self-driving cars
Melissa Quinn of the Washington Examiner details the latest developments in the push for self-driving vehicles. For auto manufacturers, technology experts, and lawmakers, 2018 is shaping up to be the…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Trump, Detroit, and anti-auto rules from the EPA
John Siciliano of the Washington Examiner previews President Trump’s next high-profile trip to the American heartland. President Trump will visit Detroit Wednesday to halt Environmental Protection Agency regulations that would…
Liberty
Unintended consequences of new mileage standards
View in your browser. Weekly John Locke Foundation research division newsletter focusing on environmental issues. The newsletter highlights relevant analysis done by the JLF and other think tanks as well…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
EPA ignores Congress and the Constitution. What else is new?
EPA’s power grab. The Obama administration’s fuel economy standards will require an average of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. CEI’s Marlow Lewis notes that this is not just about…
Energy
Stossel repeats Roy Cordato’s point on new federal auto fuel-efficiency standards
Roy Cordato already has warned us of the president’s efforts to “trade blood for oil” by imposing new fuel-efficiency standards on car manufacturers. John Stossel picks up the same theme…
Liberty
Obama Administration Trades Blood for Oil
While the country was focused on the debt extension deal being hashed out between Congress and the White House, President Obama reached an agreement with the auto industry to raise…
Liberty
Obama Administration Trades Blood for Oil
View in Your Browser Weekly John Locke Foundation research division newsletter focusing on environment issues This newsletter highlights relevant analysis done by the JLF and other think tanks…