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California Attorney General drops greenhouse gas suit against carmakers

When I started posting here way back in 2006, one of the very first stories I wrote was about the state of California filing a lawsuit against six of the largest automakers over the damage caused by greenhouse gas emissions. The original premise was that the emissions from cars were a public nuisance that cost the state billions of dollars to deal with. Of course, the real root cause of the suit had to do with the state's struggles to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases. At the time, the state had not yet received a response from the EPA to ... Read more →

Judge dumps automaker suit against state fuel economy rules Sam Abuelsamid

Federal Judge William Sessions has ruled that automakers who were suing California and fourteen other states have not proved their case to prevent the states from regulating greenhouse gases. In the ...

California AG not giving up on automaker greenhouse gas lawsuit Sam Abuelsamid

California Attorney General Jerry Brown has decided to pursue a lawsuit started last fall by his predecessor Bill Lockyer. The lawsuit accuses automakers of creating a public nuisance by emitting ...

Automakers respond to California greenhouse gases lawsuit Sam Abuelsamid

Back in September California Attorney General Bill Lockyer opened the latest front in the effort to reduce greenhouse gases. He filed a lawsuit against the major automakers for causing a public ...

California Attorney General drops greenhouse gas suit against carmakers 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

When I started posting here way back in 2006, one of the very first stories I wrote was about the state of California filing a lawsuit against six of the largest automakers over the damage caused by greenhouse gas emissions. The original premise was that the emissions from cars were a public ...

Judge dumps automaker suit against state fuel economy rules 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Federal Judge William Sessions has ruled that automakers who were suing California and fourteen other states have not proved their case to prevent the states from regulating greenhouse gases. In the absence of the federal government doing anything about greenhouse gas emissions, fifteen states have ...

California AG not giving up on automaker greenhouse gas lawsuit 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

California Attorney General Jerry Brown has decided to pursue a lawsuit started last fall by his predecessor Bill Lockyer. The lawsuit accuses automakers of creating a public nuisance by emitting excessive amounts of greenhouse gases. Brown wants to force carmakers to change their business practices ...

Automakers respond to California greenhouse gases lawsuit 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Back in September California Attorney General Bill Lockyer opened the latest front in the effort to reduce greenhouse gases. He filed a lawsuit against the major automakers for causing a public nuisance. The legal grounds for the lawsuit are definitely questionable, although the approach is ...


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