Government Raises CAFE Standards

Finally, news out of Wash DC that doesn't make you cringe.

(Daily Herald/AP)BALTIMORE - The Bush administration issued new rules today ratcheting up gas mileage requirements for pickup trucks, sport utility vehicles and vans, for the first time covering the largest SUVs on the road like the Hummer H2 and Chevrolet Suburban.

The new fuel economy rules, covering 2008 through 2011, would save 10.7 billion gallons of fuel over the lifetime of the vehicles sold during the period and go further than an administration proposal issued last summer, officials said.

This is definitely a step in the right direction.