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Center for Biological Diversity Bluewater Network Court Rejects Bush Administration Attempt to DelayAlternative Fuels Vehicles Purchase Plan for Federal and Private Fleets Action Urgently Needed to Reduce Dependence on Oil, Lessen Global Warming and Cut Air Pollution Contacts:Peter Galvin, Center for Biological Diversity, (520) 907-1533 Jeff Miller, Center for Biological Diversity (510) 499-9185 Danielle Fugere, Bluewater Network, a Div.

of Friends of the Earth, (415) 544-0790 x15 Jay Tutchton, Esq., University of Denver, College of Law, (303) 871-6034 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 31, 2006 San Francisco, Calif.

– Following an earlier March 6th ruling finding the U.S.

Department of Energy (“DOE”) in violation of its obligations under the Energy Policy Act of 1992, District Court Judge William Alsup yesterday rejected further government delay and ordered the DOE to come into compliance with the Act within 2 years.

The Energy Policy Act (“Act”), passed in the wake of the first Gulf War, is designed to reduce dependence on foreign oil, lessen global warming and cut air pollution by mandating the purchase of alternative fuels vehicles (“AFV”s).

In the ruling earlier this month, the Court rejected a DOE finding that federal agencies cannot take action to reduce ...

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