Our James Gerstenzang writes in The New York Times Opinion section -- along with Safe Climate Campaign Director Dan Becker -- that President Obama must stick to his guns and order automakers to cut tailpipe emissions by 6 percent:
Automakers are pushing for the weakest standard and want the president to riddle it with loopholes. Americans want much better. A survey conducted in May for the Consumer Federation of America, for instance, found that 65 percent of Americans, including 62 percent of Republicans, supported a tough mileage standard — 60 m.p.g., which would come from installing technology that cuts carbon dioxide emissions 6 percent each year.
It is the biggest single step the president can take against global warming — and its benefits go beyond that. They would curb our appetite for oil, create jobs and start to check the flow of billions of dollars to OPEC and others.
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