Issues
Posture, Clout of Slimmer GM, Automakers: Outlook on Capitol Hill Cloudy, but Change Likely
The Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media
By Julie Halpert
July 21, 2009
“The auto industry already had lost a lot of its clout before they drove themselves into bankruptcy,” Becker says. He sees automakers desperately lobbying now to get more money and more bailouts, and adds “It’s hard for the auto companies to wield the bludgeon against the environment with one hand while they’re shaking a tin cup in the other.”
Critics Blast ‘Cash for Clunkers’ $2 Billion Lifeline
Washington Independent
By Mike Lillis
July 31, 2009
EPA Tailpipe Reg.’s “German Provision” Angers Environmentalists, David Cole
The Truth About Cars (www.thetruthaboutcars.com)
By Robert Farago
July 28, 2009
Daniel Becker, director of the Washington-based Safe Climate Campaign, which advocates tougher regulation of automotive fuel economy and greenhouse-gas emissions, said BMW and Mercedes “should be required to meet the same standards as General Motors and Ford.”
GM Gets to Dump Its Polluted Sites
Detroit Free Press
August 7, 2009
GM Gets to Dump Its Polluted Sites
BY TIM HIGGINS
FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER
When General Motors Co. emerged from bankruptcy, it was freed of obligations for polluted properties at discarded plant sites that will require millions of dollars to clean up.
Distracted driving is dangerous driving
August 4, 2009
From the Official Blog of U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood
When I was home in Peoria a few weeks ago, Alyssa Burns, a 17-year-old high school student was killed when she drove off the road.
It turns out she was texting while driving.
We’ve all seen the footage of the bus driver who was talking and texting on two cell phones while driving.
He smashed into the back of a car, injured the driver, and ended up driving into a swimming pool.
Fuel Rules to Spare BMW, Daimler
The Wall Street Journal
By Stephen Power
July 28, 2009
Daniel Becker, director of the Washington-based Safe Climate Campaign, which advocates tougher regulation of automotive fuel economy and greenhouse-gas emissions, said BMW and Mercedes "should be required to meet the same standards as General Motors and Ford."