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Dealers revving up for clunkers fight
The Center for Auto Safety is the nation’s premier independent, member driven, non-profit consumer advocacy organization dedicated to improving vehicle safety, quality, and fuel economy on behalf of all drivers, passengers, and pedestrians.
Aug. 3, 2009
By Jim Snyder
Meanwhile, some environmental groups are urging coastal-state senators to slow down the clunkers push in hopes of improving fuel-efficiency requirements when Congress returns this fall.
Dan Becker of the Safe Climate Campaign says dealers are basically saying to Congress: Trust us.
“Congress should try to figure out how the first $1 billion was spent before it throws another $2 billion into the pot,” Becker said. “Did most of the taxpayer subsidy go for efficient, clean vehicles that cut global warming pollution and our oil addiction, or did people trade in old clunkers for new gas-guzzlers?”