The Earth Wins One.

The nationwide automobile mileage and emissions standards announced by President Obama on Tuesday represent a huge step forward in the effort to limit greenhouse gases and reduce America's dependence on foreign oil. They also represent a departure from the Bush administration's indifference on these issues and an important down payment on Mr. Obama's pledge to fashion an aggressive and imaginative energy policy. The standards, forged after weeks of negotiations orchestrated by Carol Browner, the White House coordinator on energy and environmental matters, may also mark the end of decades of wearying, unproductive legal and political combat between the automobile industry and environmentalists. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]