Truck, SUV mileage standards thrown out by U.S. appeals court

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/11/16/MNHMTD7IA.DTL

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a federal transportation agency on Thursday to rewrite its fuel economy standards for many SUVs, minivans and light trucks, arguing that the new rules are inadequate in part because they fail to properly assess the risk of global warming. . . .

Thursday's "court decision is a rebuke to the Bush administration and its refusal to make meaningful steps to reduce global warming pollution from our automobiles," said Pat Gallagher, director of environmental law at the Sierra Club.

Think the President "gets it?" Nope. Later in the article, there was this:

On Thursday, White House officials already were eyeing a possible appeal. . . .

Less than a year to election day folks!