Thursday, February 08, 2007

The EU surrenders to automakers in the fight against globalwarming

The fight to impose a limit on carbon dioxide emissions from new cars was lost on Wednesday when the European Commission gave in to the European automakers' lobbying. This is a loss for all of us, all though not a great surprise. Money talks, we all know that. However, in this case it's a tragedy for the environment. The fight to stop globalwarming has suffered a set-back. Hopefully it's just temporary.

Read the article in The New York Times

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