Clean Vehicles Coming to a Showroom Near You!
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Thanks to a strong outpouring of public support, cars sold in Pennsylvania will be cleaner, beginning with model year 2008. The Sierra Club, working with other environmental and public health groups, blocked legislation in the Lame Duck session of the 2006 PA General Assembly that would have overturned the Rendell Administration's Clean Vehicles Program. That means that this coming fall, drivers in Pennsylvania will be able to purchase cars that meet the stricter California vehicle emissions requirements. Not only will these vehicles put out less smog-causing pollution, which will improve air quality, but they will be more fuel-efficient. And more fuel-efficient means they will both save money at the pump, and they will also emit less carbon dioxide, which will help in the battle against global warming. Congratulations to everyone who wrote letters to legislators, attended public hearings, signed petitions,etc. Now, if we could just get some action on fuel-efficient vehicles out of Washington... Sierra Club® and "Explore,
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