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You own an airline. Isn't it hypocritical to be preaching about global warming? -Mandy Johnson, Des Moines, IowaI could sell the airline and those planes would carry on damaging the environment, or I could pledge 100% of the profits-which I have done-to developing clean fuels. Next year...
Environmentalists harbor no illusions about the Bush Administration. From a 2001 decision to weaken regulations on arsenic in drinking water to its antagonistic performance at last week's U.N. climate change talks in Bali, the White House has consistently opposed green goals. But Wednesday's move by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) denying California and 16 other states the right to set their own standards for carbon dioxide emissions from automobiles was an unpleasant surprise, even by Bush standards. The announcement, made by EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson, temporarily torpedoes state efforts led by California to drastically reduce CO2 emissions from...
Indeed, the pressure group Transport and Environment (T&E) says emissions from German carmakers were, on average, 173g/km in 2006, compared to an average of 144g/km for French and Italian cars.
Europe likes to think of itself as the custodian of the world's environment, and its policies to cut back strongly on its own harmful emissions have set a powerful example in the fight against climate change.
"Passenger cars account for about 12% of overall E.U. carbon dioxide emissions and emissions from transport are continually increasing," said E.U. Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas. "The aim of the legislation is to reduce CO2 emissions from cars in order to help fight climate change."