Chrysler says improved engines will help boost mpg (AP)

Wikimedia CommonsPresident Donald Trump went to Detroit on Wednesday to announce that a review of fuel-economy and greenhouse-gas emission standards would be re-opened.

Cars averaging 23.8 mpg don't usually get much coverage on GreenCarReports — they simply aren't that green. In this instance though, that gas mileage figure doesn't refer to a particular car — it refers to every car sold in 2012.

Following a request by auto industry lobbyists for new EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to rescind the agency’s longterm fuel-economy and emissions standards, President Trump is expected to announce that his administration will indeed undo the guidance locked in during the last days of the Obama White House.

Matthew DeBord/Business InsiderDonald Trump has reportedly nominated Scott Pruitt, the Attorney General of Oklahoma, to be the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency.

NEW DELHI: Indian refineries are on track to meet the strict timeline for supplying superior quality and less polluting petrol and diesel confirming to Euro-VI norms by April 2020, IOC Director (Refineries) Sanjiv Singh said. India follows fuel and emission norms in line with the European standards, known as Euro norms. It specifies fuel standards to meet emission norms corresponding to Euro norms. So, Bharat Stage IV corresponds to Euro-VI and BS-VI to Euro-VI. The country will be switching over to 100 per cent BS-IV or Euro-VI emission norms by April, 2017.

North America’s shale fields are the most visible symbol of the energy revolution, but they tell less than half the story. An even bigger transformation is taking place in the engines and fuel tanks of cars and trucks across the United States. High oil prices, recession and tougher fuel economy standards have combined to cut 5.5 million barrels per day from projected U.S. oil consumption in 2020, according to an analysis of forecasts published in recent years by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

  As an old runner I used to dream of 26.2 miles, but had to settle for 13.1 (now down to 6.2 in my dotage).