Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson, right, accompanied by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, speaks to reporters in the White House briefing room in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, about a plan by the Obama Administration to require better gas mileage for new cars and trucks and tougher rules on vehicle greenhouse gas emissions. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson, right, accompanied by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, speaks to reporters in the White House briefing room in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, about a plan by the Obama Administration to require better gas mileage for new cars and trucks and tougher rules on vehicle greenhouse gas emissions.

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  1. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 15: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson (R) and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood hold a press briefing to announce new fuel economy standards at the White House September 15, 2009 in Washington, DC. According to the Department of Transportation, the program would require the overall light-duty vehicle fleet to reach 35.5 miles per gallon in model year 2016.
  2. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 15: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson (R) and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood hold a press briefing to announce new fuel economy standards at the White House September 15, 2009 in Washington, DC. According to the Department of Transportation, the program would require the overall light-duty vehicle fleet to reach 35.5 miles per gallon in model year 2016.
  3. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 15: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson (R) and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood hold a press briefing to announce new fuel economy standards at the White House September 15, 2009 in Washington, DC. According to the Department of Transportation, the program would require the overall light-duty vehicle fleet to reach 35.5 miles per gallon in model year 2016.
  4. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 15: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson (L) and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood hold a press briefing to announce new fuel economy standards in the near-empty Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House September 15, 2009 in Washington, DC. According to the Department of Transportation, the program would require the overall light-duty vehicle fleet to reach 35.5 miles per gallon in model year 2016.
  5. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson, right, accompanied by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, speaks to reporters in the White House briefing room in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, about a plan by the Obama Administration to require better gas mileage for new cars and trucks and tougher rules on vehicle greenhouse gas emissions.
  6. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson, right, accompanied by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, gestures while speaking to reporters in the White House briefing room in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, about a plan by the Obama Administration to require better gas mileage for new cars and trucks and tougher rules on vehicle greenhouse gas emissions.
  7. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson speaks during a news conference following her keynote speech at the second Governors' Global Climate Summit in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009.
  8. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson speaks during the second Governors' Global Climate Summit in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. The event is hosted by California's Arnold Schwarzenegger and chief executives of other states.
  9. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson speaks during the second Governors' Global Climate Summit in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. California's Arnold Schwarzenegger and chief executives of other states hosted the event.
  10. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson speaks during the second Governors' Global Climate Summit in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. California's Arnold Schwarzenegger and chief executives of other states hosted the event.
  11. Dozens of demonstrators protest outside a meeting of the Environmental Protection Agency against featured speaker California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Wednesday Sept. 30, 2009 in Los Angeles. The group was protesting proposed budget cuts by the governor.
  12. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 15: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson (R) and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood hold a press briefing to announce new fuel economy standards at the White House September 15, 2009 in Washington, DC. According to the Department of Transportation, the program would require the overall light-duty vehicle fleet to reach 35.5 miles per gallon in model year 2016.
  13. President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks during a meeting with members of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Seated at the table are Secretary of Sate Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, behind Obama, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, second from right, and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.
  14. President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with members of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. At left is Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, right.
  15. Defense Secretary Roberty Gates, third from left, watches as President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with members of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Also seated at the table are Secretary of Sate Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, second from right, and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, right.
  16. In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, Visiting U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, right, shakes hands with Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin during their meeting on the sidelines of the conference on road safety in Moscow. A first meeting of the world's transport ministers on road safety is to begin Thursday in Moscow. A group of road safety advocates urging world leaders to treat road accidents as though they were a killer disease.

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