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Why are American automakers special?
The Big Three attempt to persuade other states of the danger of fuel efficiency standards |
David Roberts |
29 Jan 2008 |
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| Automakers are ramping up their PR effort to persuade states not to adopt California's auto emission standards, which they fear will survive the Bush administration's latest monkey wrench. But their arguments are as silly as ever: Dave McCurdy, chief executive of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers ... said the California-inspired initiative would result in a "patchwork quilt of inconsistent and competing fuel economy programs" that would lead t ... |
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| Topics: California, state politics, business, Big Auto, cars, politics, air pollution, greenhouse-gas emissions, climate (all these topics) |
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