Green groups push CO2 resolutions at GM, Ford
Date: 13-Dec-02
Country: USA
Similar resolutions were filed annually in the late 1990s but did not garner nearly enough support to pass. The coalitions stopped filing them after GM and Ford pulled out of a lobbying group that fought the Kyoto agreement aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions, the main "greenhouse gas" believed to trigger global warming.
The coalition said it filed the resolutions again because GM and Ford fought higher federal fuel economy standards and a new California law that mandates better fuel economy in passenger vehicles.
GM and Ford have both made pledges to improve the fuel economy of their sport utility vehicles, but have also seen their average fuel economy fall over the past several years as sales of larger pickups and SUVs increased.
