California sues carmakers over global warming
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California sued six of the   world's largest automakers over global warming on Wednesday,   charging that greenhouse gases from their vehicles have caused   billions of dollars in damages.
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Confronted with congressional concerns about global warming, the leaders of the U.S. auto industry are highlighting their work to develop alternative vehicles and asserting that the burdens of climate change cannot fall to one industry alone.
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California catapulted to the   forefront of U.S. efforts to fight global warming on Wednesday   with an accord that will give the state the toughest laws in   the nation on cutting greenhouse gas emissions and possibly   spur a reluctant Washington to take similar action.
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FRESNO, Calif. -- Automobile manufacturers sued Tuesday to block California regulators from adopting the world&#39;s toughest vehicle-emissions standards, arguing in a lawsuit that the standards are the federal government&#39;s responsibility.
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DETROIT, Dec. 7- Toyota, General Motors and seven other automakers filed suit on Tuesday to block California&#39;s new greenhouse gas regulation, which was approved by the state in its final form in September.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.  - The Calpers board, the  biggest U.S. pension fund, said on Monday it wants major car  makers to meet with it and defend their lawsuit against  California's new rules for reducing exhaust emissions.
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Carmakers that fail to meet carbon dioxide emission caps by 2012 will face fines, the European Commission says.
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Under pressure to reduce greenhouse gases, top Canadian officials are pushing for the government to follow California&#39;s sweeping plan to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from cars and trucks.
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California's attorney general on Wednesday sued the six largest U.S. and Japanese automakers, including GM, Ford and Toyota, for damages related to greenhouse gas emissions.
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By The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 16--If California hopes to clean up its air and remain a leader in the fight against global warming. It will need to develop new fuels and vehicles to complement the laws it has enacted.
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The state of California sues six car companies for costs associated with their vehicles' greenhouse gas emissions.
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California sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday for denying its first-in-the-nation greenhouse gas limits on cars, trucks and SUVs.
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Nine automakers, led by Toyota and General Motors, have sued to block California&#39;s new greenhouse gas regulation, which would require a 30 percent cut in emissions from cars and trucks sold in the state by 2016.
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Green lobbyists and several U.S.  cities hope a lawsuit against U.S. development agencies will  force the government to act on global warming, even though  President Bush has long insisted there's no scientific proof  linking human activity to warming.
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California air-quality regulators on Friday adopted the nation&#39;s first-ever rules to reduce car emissions linked to global warming, an action likely to prompt tough pollution standards in other states and a legal challenge by the
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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to sue the federal government over its decision not to allow a California plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, he announced Thursday.
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California on Wednesday sued six   of the world's largest automakers, including General Motors   Corp. GM.N and Toyota Motor Corp. 7203.T, over global   warming, charging that greenhouse gases from their vehicles   have caused billions of dollars in damages.