YES WE CAN

Today, Barack Obama announced a new set of regulations for heavy vehicles. After months of waiting for some form of legislation on the new green policy, we finally have something tangible in place. The federal government had to make the legislation because Congress wasn't getting it done. Obama remarked that this is part of his "bite size" approach to going green. The new rules will require a 20% reduction of emissions for heavy vehicles made in the next 6 years.

This is a huge victory for our country as a whole. After talking about going green for years now, we finally have made it a point to follow through with it. I think this will definitely make Obama's approval rating go up and make people realize that he's doing a fine job in the Whitehouse.

This bill will also help our nation's economy says the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson, "Over all, this program will save $41 billion and much of it will stay home in the U.S. economy rather than paying for imported oil.” This is a win for everyone.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/business/26trucks.html?ref=business