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Clean Car Campaign Increasing the fuel efficiency of automobiles is the biggest single step the United States can take to reduce consumption of fossil fuels and the threat of global warming. Over 40 percent of the oil we use in this country goes into our cars and trucks. Getting more miles out of a gallon of gas means lessening our dangerous reliance on oil, lowering levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution, reducing pressure to drill in sensitive environments, enhancing national security, and saving consumers money at the gas pumps. Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards -- Fast Facts The Biggest Single Step we can take to curb global warming and ensure a safe energy future for America. SUVs and Global Warming Driving Up the Heat: SUVs and Global Warming -- a Sierra Club Report Name that Gas Guzzler contest winners (February 2000) Sierra Club Awards Ford Motor Company the "Exxon Valdez Environmental Achievement Award" (February 25, 1999) Hybrids: Clean Cars for the Future More Hybrids on the Road (December 21, 2001) Photo licensed to Sierra Club; used with permission. Up to Top