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Driving Up the Heat: SUVs and Global Warming Take Action! The biggest single step to curb global warming Beginning in 1995, friends of the auto industry in Congress attacked CAFE standards with an anti-environmental "rider" in the Department of Transportation's funding bill. The rider forbids the administration from setting new CAFE standards. While technology exists to safely improve fuel economy and protect our environment, the CAFE-freeze rider allows the auto industry to remain stuck in reverse. It is time for action. Please urge your public officials to support cleaning up our cars and light trucks. Ask them to help take the first step of closing the loophole that allows SUVs and other light trucks to guzzle more gas than cars. Tell them our children have a right to a safe and healthy environment. It's time to take the biggest single step to curb global warming. See the Sierra Club Take Action page. For more information please contact: Sierra Club 408 C Street, N.E. Washington, DC 20002 (202)547-1141 85 Second St., 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 (415)977-5500 The SUV Threat | Pollution | Energy Security | Safety Take Action | SUV Report Home Up to Top