Sierra Club's Dan Becker taps his own big energy supply

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Dan Becker of the Sierra Club has been beating the fuel economy drum for nearly 20 years and to some in the industry he is about as irritating as the Energizer Bunny. Said one industry lobbyist in Washington: "It looks like he works all day to come up with something quotable" for the media.

The persistence of Becker and others like him may soon be rewarded if all the congressional talk about getting tough on energy consumption really leads to the first significant change in fuel economy law in 32 years.

Name: Dan Becker

Title: Global warming program director, Sierra Club

Age: 51

Personal: Married; two teenage daughters

Lives: Chevy Chase, Md.

Works: Washington

Education: Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y.; law degree, Northeastern University, Boston

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