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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 →

Let's Make a Deal: Automakers reportedly reach agreement with lawmakers on carbon cap legislation Jeremy Korzeniewski

Now that the U.S. has officially concluded that greenhouse gasses are harmful to human health, it's time to do something about them. One major hurdle standing in the way of the U.S. implementing ...

Watch the cloud of black smog fill the ... balloon? Jeremy Korzeniewski

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 ...

European automakers have a long road ahead to meet 2008 CO2 emissions targets Sebastian Blanco

If you've got a favorite European automaker, you can now find out how dirty their cars are. R.L. Polk conducted a study on automakers average CO2 emissions for 2005 vehicles relative to other brands ...

Deep background on vehicle CO2 emissions battle Mike Magda

If you're at a loss to understand the complexities of the carbon dioxide battle waging in the courts between automakers and some states, check out an in-depth 2-part story written by Tim Johnson of ...

California Attorney General drops greenhouse gas suit against carmakers 5 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 ...

Let's Make a Deal: Automakers reportedly reach agreement with lawmakers on carbon cap legislation 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Now that the U.S. has officially concluded that greenhouse gasses are harmful to human health, it's time to do something about them. One major hurdle standing in the way of the U.S. implementing carbon cap and trade legislation appears to have been cleared as both the domestic automakers and ...

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 ...

European automakers have a long road ahead to meet 2008 CO2 emissions targets 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

If you've got a favorite European automaker, you can now find out how dirty their cars are. R.L. Polk conducted a study on automakers average CO2 emissions for 2005 vehicles relative to other brands and to their own 1997 cars. The study found that Fiat was emitting the least (139 grams of CO2 per ...

Deep background on vehicle CO2 emissions battle 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

If you're at a loss to understand the complexities of the carbon dioxide battle waging in the courts between automakers and some states, check out an in-depth 2-part story written by Tim Johnson of the Burlington Free Press (Article 1, Article 2). Vermont is one of the states involved in the legal ...


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