Issues
Question(s) of the day: Cash for clunkers
June 19, 2009
Congress only provided $1 billion for the program, but everyone figures that’s just a down payment. "The industry is going to come racing back for more money," says Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign.
Honda shows off its ‘green halo’
June 8, 2009
"In contrast to General Motors saying the world will end if you pass this, Honda was saying we can live with it," said Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign, an environmental lobby in Washington. "It was fairly earth-shattering — or earth-mending."
Phillips v. General Motors Corporation
289 F3d 1117 Phillips v. General Motors Corporation Los Angeles Times
289 F.3d 1117
Alvin K. PHILLIPS, as Personal Representative of the Estates of Timothy Byrd, Darrell L. Byrd, and Angela Byrd, deceased, and as Guardian of Samuel Byrd, minor child, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant,
with LOS ANGELES TIMES, Intervenor-Appellee.
The INFLUENCE GAME: US Auto Lobby’s Clout Flagging
June 17, 2009
Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign, a foundation-backed environmental group, summed it up this way:
”It’s a little hard to wield a bludgeon against the environment when you’re shaking a tin cup with your other hand.”
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Cash to Trade Clunkers for Clunkers?
June 17, 2009
“Basically, you can trade in a clunker and get a voucher for a new clunker,” said Daniel Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign, which advocates for better fuel efficiency. “The auto guys are out there shaking their tin cup, and there are lawmakers who are happy to fill it up.”