Brady Pushes Clean Cars

AMONG a packed house was Congressman Bob Brady, center, who is joined by Robert Dellavella, Matthew Myers, John Sabatina, Jr., John Sabatina, Sr., Emilio Vazquez and Bill Dolbow. Photo: McGlasson Lens Photography

PennEnvironment, a nonprofit, received a big boost from Congressman Bob Brady (D-Phila.) as it seeks to gain support for the new clean-car standards proposed by the Obama administration.

According to its analysis, the standards will save the average Pennsylvania family $200 at the gas pump in 2030, according to an analysis outlined by PennEnvironment. The analysis comes as the Environmental Protection Agency is in the midst of a public-comment period on the new proposed clean-car standards.

The analysis also found the new proposed standards for cars and light trucks in model years 2017-2025 would in 2030 save Pennsylvanians $991 million annually at the pump, cut oil use in the state by 701 million gallons, and reduce global warming pollution by 8.29 million metric tons.

“Clean cars are a win-win for Pennsylvania’s economy and our environment,” said Macy Zander of PennEnvironment. “By moving ahead with the strongest-possible clean-car standards, the Obama administration is poised to help move our country away from oil, save Pennsylvanians money at the gas pump, and cut dangerous carbon pollution.”

Brady said, “I strongly support the President’s leadership in working with labor, business and environmental activists to move toward an end to our dangerous oil dependence. The time to act is now. This is the single largest step our country has ever taken to deal with global warming, while reducing our addiction to oil and saving money at the gas pump.”

Norman Zarwin, chairman and a founder of U-GO Stations, Inc and chairman of Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer Toddy law firm, opened one of the first public electric-vehicle charging stations on the East Coast.

He discussed his incentives for his entrepreneurship with charging stations and the role electric vehicles play in cutting our dependence on oil. “The development of electric vehicles replacing oil-driven vehicles is part of the alternate-energy revolution,” commented Baum.