New fuel efficiency rules sought WASHINGTON (AP) - For the first time in five years, some senators are actively challenging a House-backed freeze on raising fuel efficiency standards for cars and light trucks, in particular sports utility vehicles. Thirty-one senators wrote President Clinton earlier this year seeking his help in improving fuel economy standards, saying new standards could dramatically cut air pollution and save American consumers millions of dollars at the gas pump. Three senators, Slade Gorton, R-Wash., Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Richard Bryan, D-Nev., may offer a non-binding resolution that would put the Senate on record as supporting a new government look at the standards. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561071577-8dd>
