Boehner is apparently on an incentive scheme from Canadian Oil sands companies -- 'cause he doesn't give a dam about Americans or their Health

U.S. House Speaker John Boehner will make a new attempt to force approval of the stalled Keystone XL oil pipeline as part of legislation for another 90-day extension of federal road, bridge and transit construction funding, Republican aides said on Friday.

By seeking a second short-term funding extension, the plan aims to put the Canada-to-Texas pipeline and expanded drilling rights back at the top of the House agenda without the struggles that the House has endured in trying to pass a longer-term, more expensive transport bill.

$4 billion — in tax subsidies, tax giveaways, to the oil companies

give a little pork barreling to solar, wind and other renewables .... you can have your fat and eat it too ...  => US Congress

54.5 MPG the new USA standard to be issued by the EPA in July....maybe

Greed is the only obstacle to achieving a MPG standard of 54.5.  It’s not your greed or my greed but oil company greed, oil company lobbyists’ greed and their puppet politicians who stand in the way of the right decision.

The EPA has the support of 66.66% of Americans, 19 Auto Manufacturers representing 90% of cars sold in the USA and the United Auto Workers!!!

Not issuing the 545.5 MPG standard will continue and deepen America’s dependence on Foreign Oil, Foreign Refineries.  Continue to finance Dictators, Terrorists, and Human Rights Violations.

The technology exists today to set us on the right path.  A path that will save:

• -          4 Bln barrels of oil

• -          Make $400 bln available to be reinvested into our economy in productive ways

• -          Put $4k in each car buyers pocket

• -          Reduce the many health risks caused by mobile source pollution, e.g.,  Lung Damage, Asthma, Premature Births & Deaths, Heart Disease, Eye/Skin Irritation, Cancer and lost work days which measured 2.8 mln per annum in California alone

I, we, call on the EPA to issue strong final standards in July and ensure any flexibilities in the standards do not dilute our oil savings or pollution reductions.  When testing vehicles to comply with these standards, the agency’s current test procedure over-estimates efficiency by 25%.  It is critical that the agency develops new accurate test procedures.