Our World

California Sues

I have just read this article that is almost exactly related to our in class discussions. It is about California and how this state is dealing with the problem of global warming. Just a month ago, California adopted the nations first global warming law on cutting down on greenhouse gas emissions. To follow that up, today California sued six of the largest automobile companies (Toyota, Ford, Honda, Nissan, Gerneral Motors, and Chrysler), charging them for the millions of dollars of damage done from the emissions of their vehicles. This damage includes reduced snow pack, beach erosion, ozone pollution, and the impact on endangered animals and fish. This lawsuit is the first of its kind of trying to hold manufacturers accountable for the damages they have caused to the environment.

Along with this, California has also targeted the auto industry by requiring them to force reduced tailpipe emissions from cars and trucks. I think this is a great leap for our nation and our globe. It is about time that someone takes action on this extremely important subject. We will just have to see if these laws actually go through to help reduce the amount of pollution in the air.

For more info. see this site.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060920/bs_nm/environment_autos_dc

posted by Anonymous @ 9/20/2006 08:49:00 PM