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...shockwaves through the business community. Do you feel you won businesses over? How? A lot of the business leaders were sitting there [with us] when we celebrated AB 32. And they were sitting there in front of the Capitol when we came up with the executive order with low carbon fuel standards, in January. The oil company executives were sitting there, the environmentalists were sitting there, car manufacturers were sitting there. The reason for this is, we don't go and say this is the kind of law we pass, like it or not. We go out for a year...
...suddenly acute case of environmental awareness, Cullen's essay only got my blood boiling. She says green consciousness "forces Americans to add environmentalism to their already endless checklist of things to fret about." She worries that the effects of her family's habits are the "Sasquatch of carbon footprints." It's so easy to make a difference every time we shop for cars, food or lightbulbs. I have a prescription for Cullen's eco-anxiety: Stop poking fun at people taking action, and just get with the program...
...think the government should push Big Business to be more environmentally friendly? -Emily James, SeattleYes. Without government leading the way, it is difficult for the whole country to cut back on our carbon footprint. The government needs to reduce taxes on people who are driving green cars or making their homes more energy efficient...
...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 cars by treating the greenhouse gas as a pollutant that could be regulated like any other. The California...
...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...