Via Washington Examiner:

President Obama will again bypass Congress and take executive actions to promote his agenda on Tuesday – this time by ordering the federal government to develop the next round of greenhouse gas standards for medium- and heavy-weight trucks by March 2016.

Back in Washington from a three-day trip to California, Obama will announce the new executive orders, which the White House said are aimed at curbing climate change, at a Safeway distribution center in Upper Marlboro, Md.

In his remarks, Obama plans to call on Congress to take steps to expand fuel choices for American drivers - efforts he will say help “bolster American energy security, cut carbon pollution, save money and support U.S. manufacturing innovation,” the White House said. [...]

The EPA and the Transportation Department’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will have until March 2016 to develop the new fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas standards.

Trucks and heavy-duty vehicles represent a major opportunity to cut transportation and carbon pollution, the White House said. In 2010, heavy-duty vehicles represented just 4 percent of registered vehicles on the road in the United States, but they account for approximately 25 percent of on-road fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector today.

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