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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 →

Officially Official: EPA rules greenhouse gases are harmful to human health Jeremy Korzeniewski

Finally. The United States Environmental Protection Agency has today ruled that six greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, are harmful to the health of humans and will therefore be listed ...

June 30th deadline set for decision on California greenhouse gas waiver Jeremy Korzeniewski

This week, Congress and President Obama have approved a bill that includes a June 30th deadline for the EPA to decide whether or not to allow California the right to enact its own greenhouse gas ...

Montana could follow California on greenhouse gas rules Sam Abuelsamid

Montana could soon become the latest state to adopt California emissions rules if a recently-introduced bill becomes law. California still hasn't received the go-ahead from the EPA to even regulate ...

Obama to revisit states' rights on carbon emissions Jeremy Korzeniewski

In an announcement that should come as little surprise to anyone paying close attention, Lisa Jackson, President-elect Obama's newly-nominated EPA administrator, has said that she will immediately ...

Bush Administration to leave emissions regulations to next President 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Way back in April of last year, or own Sam Abuelsamid suggested that the Bush Administration would surely leave any EPA regulations on greenhouse gas emissions to the next President, whomever that may be. It seems that he was right in that assessment, as the EPA is expected to announce later today ...

Ford is the first carmaker to join the Climate Registry 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

For several years, Ford has been working to reduce waste, energy use and emissions generated by its manufacturing facilities around the world. Its latest step has been to join to the Climate Registry, a non-profit group that is developing standards for reporting greenhouse gas emissions. The idea ...

Johns Manville: 44 percent of Americans think that cars emit the most greenhouse gases - wrong! 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Many people are blissfully unaware of what it takes to make their everyday lives possible. Whether it be in how or what we drive, where or how we live; many facets of modern life have an environmental impact that the masses just don't know about. That's why the results of a survey conducted by Johns ...

Sensing greenhouse gases in Norway - readings are now the highest ever 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

It seems that if you are interested in checking air quailty, the mountains in Norway make an excellent choice. Sensors there can detect the carbon readings from a single fox, according to this article. This sensitive detection also allows scientists to tell where certain pollutants are coming from, ...

Austrailian lawmakers argue global warming and sequestration 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

This story goes to show that the debate on global warming is still raging. Crucial to the debate in many people's minds is not whether the earth is warming, but whether or not man is causing it. That is the notion that four Australian governing party lawmakers are rejecting. Also up for debate is ...

Researchers search for a methane-reducing cow diet to fight global warming 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

According to Michael Abberton, a scientist at the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research in the U.K., "there are approaches within plant breeding that can lead to reduced emissions." How is that, you might be wondering? Are we talking about a new plant-based fuel source? Not exactly, at ...

Vegans driving Hummers: Greener than a meat eating Prius owner? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We don't have much history covering the debate between being a vegetarian versus eating meat, and for good reason: we are first and foremost an automotive blog. From time to time, we do branch off and cover other green issues, as we believe that our readership is broad and enjoys those occasional ...

TTAC on Global Warming and the media... The Truth About Press? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Ah yes, the media. The media loves their scandals, debates and tragedies. That would be because the public loves them too. Or, am I wrong? And Global Warming could fall under all three of those categories. It could be a scandal and a tragedy at the same time, in fact, depending on who is doing the ...

GM, Chrysler and The Auto Alliance create websites to sway consumers to contact Congress 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

www.drivecongress.com www.drivingamericasfuture.com www.grabdemocracybythehorns.com (password protected at this time) digg_url = 'http://digg.com/politics/Auto_Companies_Create_Fake_Grassroots_Campaigns_Against_Fuel_Standards'; What do all of the above internet sites all have in ...

Watch the cloud of black smog fill the ... balloon? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

This is a pretty compelling picture as far as I am concerned. According to this site, which is where I got the information I'm relaying to you from, says that this balloon, which is attached to the tailpipe of a car in China, is filled with the exhaust from one day's worth of driving. That does not ...

Fluorescents to replace incandescents Down Under 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Australian federal Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced plans for a national switch from incandescent bulbs to more efficient technology such as compact fluorescent bulbs in a bid to save enormous amounts of electricity. Inefficient standard light bulbs use approximately five times as ...

Is this the be-all, end-all proof of global warming and whether our cars cause it? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - a group of hundreds of scientists and representatives of 113 governments, formed by the United Nations in 1988, has released their first of four reports on global warming this year. The last set of reports was concluded in 2001. This group of ...

Recent indications of global warming are alarming scientists 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Ayles Ice Shelf, a 41-square mile floating sheet of ice, recently broke free from the coast of Ellesmere Island 500 miles south of the North Pole in Canada. Scientists cite climate change as a major reason for the breakage. According to Warwick Vincent of Laval University, who traveled to the ...

Liberal Barbara Boxer now chairwoman of Senate environmental committee 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Sen. Barbara Boxer of California will soon take over as chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Environmental Public Works Committee. Major policy shifts on global warming, air quality and toxic waste are expected as she is one of the most liberal members of the Senate. And she's replacing one of the most ...

Maybe conservative commentators just don't get it 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Joel Schwartz is a visiting fellow for the conservative think tank the American Enterprise Institute. In a recent column titled "Environmental Activists Just Don't Get It," he circles a fleet of Hummers around personal liberty, protecting our freedom of choice from efforts to legislate reductions ...

2 more bills in California target global warming 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Golden State is certainly living up to its reputation as the world's environmental watchdog this week. In addition to the state's attorney general suing automakers over greenhouse gases and the recently passed law capping all emissions that contribute to global warming, Governor Arnold ...

What's behind the greenhouse-gas suit before the Supreme Court? 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

This issue is extremely complex; however, a few recent articles are worth reading if interested. Massachusetts is leading a coalition of 12 states, a few cities (including San Francisco and Aspen) and environmental groups in a lawsuit against the EPA. While under President Clinton, the EPA said it ...


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