GM Seeks to Deal With Global Warming

U.S. automakers and a top union official pledged Wednesday to work with Congress to find new ways of dealing with global warming but declared their industry could not bear the burden alone.

The leaders of General Motors, Ford, Toyota and Chrysler, along with the head of the United Auto Workers union, made a rare joint appearance before a House subcommittee. They stressed that proposed increases in gas mileage standards for new vehicles would be ... Full Story »

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by Paul Stambaugh - Mar. 15, 2007

This piece is short with some facts. It is somewhat well written, but comes off as a piece that want to stick to the facts of the conversations held between congress and the automakers. Two different answers to the same question: "Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Alan Mulally told the panel of the House Energy and Commerce Committee that the industry needed "government to be our partners, not our adversaries." Toyota Motor Corp.'s North American President Jim Press, whose company has pushed fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles, noted that Toyota "has long been mindful of and accepts the broad scientific consensus that climate change is occurring and will continue unless there are significant and coordinated global efforts to slow the growth of man-made greenhouse gas emissions."

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