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Thursday, October 11, 2007

ALERT: Has Toyota No Shame?

From Natural Resources Defense Council:

The same car company that put the world's best-selling hybrid on the road is now asking Congress to drive America's energy future into a brick wall. Toyota has sold more than one million Prius hybrids to environmentally conscious consumers who want to do the right thing for our planet. But, incredibly, the company is now forsaking us by opposing the first improvement in U.S. fuel economy standards in nearly 20 years!

Congress is negotiating an energy bill right now that could save America 1.2 million barrels of oil each day by 2020, more than we import from Saudi Arabia. But the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers -- the powerful lobbying group that includes Toyota -- is claiming that a 35 m.p.g. average for cars and trucks is "unattainable."

Tell Toyota to get back in gear by supporting a measure that guarantees a fuel economy standard of 35 miles per gallon by 2020 for cars and light trucks.