Posted on 29 November 2007 | 0 Comments
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By JOHN M. BRODER
Published: November 28, 2007
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 — Congressional negotiators are nearing agreement on a measure to set significantly higher fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks, according to aides and lobbyists following the talks.
A deal could come as early as Wednesday to require all passenger vehicles sold in the United States to reach a combined fleetwide average of 35 miles a gallon by 2020. If enacted into law, the measure would be the first major increase in vehicle fuel economy standards in two decades.
The legislation would allow the automakers to calculate mileage based on the size and weight of vehicles, as long as their entire line of products meets the 35-mile-a-gallon standard, satisfying a central demand by Senate sponsors of the bill.
Such a deal would also provide incentives for the three big American manufacturers to continue building small cars in this country, preserving an estimated 17,000 jobs. The United Automobile Workers union and members of Congress from automaking states insisted on that provision as a condition of supporting the broader compromise.
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Posted on 15 November 2007 | 0 Comments
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By Tom Shea
Update time.
Visiting subjects of past columns.
His legacy: Lifetime of ideas for a better world (Sept. 25, 2004)
Carm Scuderi died five years ago. He was 77.
His idea lives.
The son of Sicilian immigrants, he believed that you could accomplish anything you put your mind to, and instilled the same attitude in his eight children when they grew up on Springfield's Prospect Street.
Carm was a Navy man in World War II. He had two hobbies - his family and work. Even when the family went to the beach, he'd bring a pad and pencil. He was a workaholic, but never missed an event his children were involved in. And, every night, he insisted on washing the dishes. It was his way of thanking his wife, Alvera, for another delicious meal.
After graduating in 1952 from the University of Massachusetts, Carm spent nearly 50 years inventing, developing, testing, producing and commercializing technology while working for and consulting with the Navy, Air Force, Hamilton Standard, Raytheon.
At 73, Carm decided to reinvent the internal combustion engine.
"The internal combustion engine is only 33 percent efficient," Sal Scuderi, Carm's second son, told me four years ago. "My father thought he could do better."
Working with old textbooks from UMass undergraduate days, an out-of-date computer, paper, pencil and calculator, Carm came up with a two-paired cylinder connected to a gas transfer chamber.
Last month, The New York Times featured the Scuderi split-cycle engine.
It reported that the Scuderi Group of West Springfield is preparing diesel and gasoline prototypes for release by 2009.
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Posted on 9 November 2007 | 0 Comments
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California on Thursday said it was suing the United States government to secure approval for the state's tough new proposals aimed at slashing vehicle greenhouse gas emissions.
At a news conference in the state capital Sacramento, Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Edmund Brown said the lawsuit had been filed over the failure of the US Environmental Protection Agency to greenlight California's standards.
California passed legislation in 2002 requiring automakers to reduce vehicle emissions 30 percent by 2016. As many as 16 other US states have reportedly indicated they will adopt California's emissions levels.
However, for the law to take effect, California requires approval with a waiver from the EPA, which has so far not been forthcoming, despite a request having been filed in December 2005.
"Despite the mounting dangers of global warming, the EPA has delayed and ignored California's right to impose stricter environmental standards," Brown told reporters on Thursday.
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