Mary E. Peters
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General Motors Death Watch 179: May Day!
From The Truth About Cars | June 3, 2008 -
DOT Tells Airlines To Report Tarmac Delays Fully
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SecTrans Joins Gas Tax Bashing
From The Truth About Cars | May 6, 2008
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US Secretary of Transportation Jacks GM’s “Fastlane” Blog
From The Truth About Cars | April 30, 2008Blogging is a crazy game.The sheer size of the internet means you can always get more traffic, and the best way to do so is to spark a little... more
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CAFE Craziness
From Automobile Blog | April 24, 2008Mary Peters, the secretary of the Department of Transportation, chose Earth Day to announce the new proposed Corporate Average Fuel Economy... more
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Industry Doesn’t Heart New CAFE Standards
From The Truth About Cars | April 23, 2008Transportation Secretary Mary Peters unveiled 2015 CAFE standards yesterday in a shameless media event an Earth Day celebration. The new standards... more
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New CAFE Rules Would Require 31.6 MPG by 2015
From Green Car Advisor | April 22, 2008The nation's automobile manufacturers would have to raise fleet-wide fuel economy standards by 25 percent to 31.6 miles per gallon by... more
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Midterm CAFE Targets to be Announced for Earth Day
From Winding Road | April 22, 2008Happy Earth Day! Let’s use less oil! Department of Transportation Secretary Mary Peters is expected to make an announcement today on “protecting... more
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Business, in brief
April 15, 2008
From Los Angeles TimesU.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters is examining why thousands of American Airlines passengers were stranded last week as the department... more
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U.S. Transportation Secretary wants to drop gas taxes in favor of...
From AutoblogGreen | April 7, 2008Filed under: Legislation and Policy, USAIf the goal is to incentivize people to use less petroleum does it really make sense to reduce the... more
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U.S. Sec. of Trans: Ditch Gas Tax for Road Pricing
From The Truth About Cars | April 6, 2008The Seattle Times reports that the U.S. Secretary of Transportation wants to lower federal gas taxes. The bad news: Mary Peter wants to replace... more
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Reckless Driver Lane Coming Soon [Offbeat News]
From Jalopnik | March 13, 2008The Onion has scooped the latest details coming out of Washington regarding reckless drivers. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters has... more
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James P. Hoffa: Mary Peters: Lawbreaker
From The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com | February 6, 2008I'm not suggesting Mary Peters be sent to prison for two years for what appears to be a clear violation of the Antideficiency Act. I am suggesting... more
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Bush limits air traffic in N.Y.
| December 21, 2007 From Los Angeles TimesWASHINGTON -- After an awful year of nationwide flight delays, the Bush administration on Wednesday made an early New Year's resolution: fix... more
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Bush vows to minimize problems with air travel
| September 28, 2007 From Los Angeles TimesPresident Bush, who since 2001 has had no familiarity with lost luggage or flight delays, expressed sympathy Thursday for those who do, and... more
