The us president, George W Bush, signed a new energy law on December 19. It intends to reduce reliance on oil imports and sets higher fuel efficiency standards for the first time since 1975.
The law, the Energy Independence and Security Act, also requires a huge increase in the production of ethanol as a substitute for petrol
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/us-signs-new-energy-law
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ethanol
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy-policy
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fossil-fuels
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oil
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/imports
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/legislation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
