Issues
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.”
How Green Can The New GM Really Be?
June 1, 2009
Critics say ‘cash for clunkers’ bill is a lemon
June 13, 2009
"This was a face-off between the auto industry shaking its tin cup in new and different ways and environmentalists saying: If you’re going to give a new bailout, there has to be more efficient vehicles," said Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign.
Consumer Advice from Prof. Norman I. Silber, Hofstra University School of Law
"Given the terms of the Court’s approval, consumers would be well advised to get rid of any Chrysler purchased before the deal because if this ruling holds nobody solvent will bear responsibility for design defects. When it becomes apparent that dumping these cars is the prudent thing to do, anyone who can afford to, will be apt to, do this; and this will leave mainly poor and ignorant persons holding pre-deal Chryslers. This is the most likely outcome, unless a special insurance market develops to protect, for a price, pre-deal Chryslers–which I doubt.
Woman dies when car crashes into DPS cruiser
Jun. 3, 2009
by Maria Polletta – Jun. 3, 2009
The Arizona Republic
A DUI suspect sitting in the back of a Department of Public Safety patrol car was killed when another car slammed into the vehicle, leaving the patrol car in flames on a Tucson highway early Wednesday morning.
U.S. Pushed Fiat Deal on Chrysler
Internal Emails Reveal Resentment; Court Upholds Pact
By NEIL KING JR. and JEFFREY MCCRACKEN
June 6, 2009
Wall Street Journal
Hardest hit victims of the auto bankruptcy -Those injured in accidents may not get their day in court
June 4, 2009
by Herb Weisbaum
MSNBC.com
We’ve all heard about the financial hardships caused by the bankruptcies of Chrysler and General Motors. Employees, dealers and stockholders have all been hurt. But there are other victims who are not as visible: the customers who were injured in defective vehicles made by these companies. This is their story.
Obama’s GM Plan Looks Like a Raw Deal
WALL STREET JOURNAL
MAY 29, 2009
Obama’s GM Plan Looks Like a Raw Deal
Congress, not a secret task force, should decide the company’s fate.
By RALPH NADER and ROBERT WEISSMAN
What public purposes animate the government’s planned rescue of General Motors Corp?