Goals Educate the public that SUVs and minivans are heavier polluters than cars.
Get the EPA to close smog-forming pollution loopholes for SUVs and minivans in federal tailpipe emission standards. A Blueprint for Cleaner, More Efficient Light Trucks, outlines how SUVs can be designed to lessen their environmental effects. This report shows that automakers can design SUVs that meet stricter air pollution and fuel economy standards without sacrificing performance or substantially raising cost. Since automakers are dragging their feet, federal policies must encourage them to build better SUVs and light trucks. But automakers won't produce better light trucks unless environmental standards require them to do so.