Aiming for a “clean-energy economy,” President Barack Obama has proposed a slew of new rules in emissions and fuel efficiency standards.

According the to the New York Times, “The effect will be a single new national standard that will create a car and light truck fleet in the United States that is almost 40 percent cleaner and more fuel-efficient by 2016 than it is today, with an average of 35.5 miles per gallon.”

With a goal of removing “177 million cars from the roads over the next 6 1/2 years,” the President spoke about the need the responsibility of the auto industry; included in the new rules and regulations in the provision that all new vehicles must average 35.5 miles per gallon.

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