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 Stories About: cars AND climate AND climate change mitigation AND litigation AND politics
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IPCC Working Group III goes after transportation pollution
If you won't go after them, we will |
Joseph Romm |
17 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| The IPCC reports are some of the most highly anticipated of 2007. An obvious sign? Within two weeks of one report's release, papers are already covering a leak from the next. IPCC Working Group III's focus is on mitigation, meaning a fair number of policy implications can be derived from its conclusions. So here's a hint for America's auto industry: the report calls for urgent action on road pollution. In the United States, there are 483 passenger cars per 1,00 ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, cars, climate, climate change mitigation, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions, IPCC, litigation, politics, United Nations (all these topics) |
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Saying 'no' to secrecy
Judge refuses request for a closed courtroom in global warming case |
Justin Pidot |
27 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| You may have heard about efforts by the motor vehicle industry to invalidate state laws restricting greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks. California crafted a rule, other states adopted it, and the industry filed suit. It's a legal argument that stretches back to 2005. And with three active cases -- in California, Rhode Island, and Vermont -- it's not going away soon. In a dramatic new twist, the industry asked the court in the Vermont case to hold most o ... |
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| Topics: cars, climate, climate change mitigation, litigation, politics (all these topics) |
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