Thursday, April 1, 2010 9:17 AM
Need-To-Know Memo, April 1
By Christopher Snow Hopkins, NationalJournal.com
1) The Obama administration will issue new fuel-efficiency rules for automobiles today, and they may thwart the marketing claim that electric cars are "zero emission" (Wall Street Journal -- subscription).
2) Wednesday's announcement by President Obama that broad expanses of water in the outer continental shelf will be opened for oil exploration and drilling may be intended to win Republican votes on a comprehensive climate and energy bill (Bloomberg News).
3) The announcement also may put the administration at odds with the environmental community (New York Times).
4) The U.S. oil and natural gas industry welcomed the announcement, even though the proposed expansion is more limited than some in the industry would prefer (Wall Street Journal).
5) Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will travel to an offshore energy services company in Louisiana today to announce the next offshore lease sale.
6) Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. climate change secretariat, said Wednesday that a new legal agreement requiring nations around the globe to cut emissions is unlikely before the end of 2011 (AP).
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