Here is a beacon of good news to temporarily brighten your dark and stormy social media feeds. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit struck down an attempt by the Trump Administration to indefinitely delay a rule that was set to increase the fines automakers must pay for failing to meet fuel economy targets. Though Elaine Chao and the Department of Transportation have already begun a rulemaking to rollback the fine increase that was finalized during the last days of the Obama Administration, at least they now cannot indefinitely delay the effectiveness of the rule while they go through the rigmarole of rolling it back.

Court Says Agency Can’t Indefinitely Delay Implementation of Obama-era Rules
July 9, 2018 11:44 AM EDT

UCS Joins Lawsuit to Stop Pruitt from Rolling Back Clean Car Standards
May 16, 2018 8:59 AM EDT
UCS joined a coalition of non-profit organizations in filing a lawsuit to challenge EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s attempt to roll back a regulation designed to improve vehicle gas mileage, save you money, and tackle transportation-related emissions, the biggest source of climate change pollution in the U.S. Read more >
Toyota Cries Over Climate Change While Their Trade Groups Cry Over Climate Policy
February 21, 2018 1:15 PM EDT
Don’t be fooled by this ad Toyota is running during the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Read more >

Hurricane Season’s Impact at the Pump and Why Fuel Efficiency Matters
September 7, 2017 3:20 PM EDT
Gas prices are spiking. This week EIA reported an increase in the average price of gasoline of 28 cents per gallon – with some states seeing more than 40 cent increases. That’s the largest nationwide weekly gas price increase since hurricane Katrina in 2005.
What’s 28 cents worth you ask? More than a $100 million a day it turns out.
That’s bad, but it could be worse. Without vehicle fuel efficiency and emission standards that are currently in place, American drivers would be paying an average of $50 million more per day on fuel costs.

3 Reasons Why You Should Care About Vehicle Efficiency and Emissions Standards
September 5, 2017 10:14 AM EDT
Merely typing “vehicle efficiency and emissions standards,” feels like I’m prompting you to click off in search of the latest cat meme or 8,000th story on President Trump. But the next battle in the war for better vehicles looms, and you can help defend against automaker efforts to rollback a program they agreed to not so long ago.