Cleaner air later.

• Author: Easterbrook, Gregg
• Position: TILTING at windmills - Fuel-efficiency standards - Brief article

The White House has unveiled commendable fuel-efficiency standards for automakers--but the rules will not become strict until after Barack Obama leaves office. Whether they ever actually take effect, only time will tell. For now, the government-favored GM continues to build such monstrosities as a fifteen.mpg Camaro and a fourteen-mpg Escalade, both of which emit...