Calif. sues carmakers over global warming
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California on Wednesday sued six of the world's largest automakers, including General Motors Corp.  and Toyota Motor Corp. , over global warming, charging that greenhouse gases from their vehicles have caused billions of dollars in damages.
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The Bush administration's rejection of state efforts to tighten rules on greenhouse gas emissions touched off a flurry of counterattacks Thursday. Democrats in Congress launched an investigation. Governors led by California's Arnold Schwarzenegger said they would sue, and environmental groups demanded to see the government's rationale for its decision.
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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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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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California on Wednesday sued six   of the world's largest automakers, including General Motors   Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp., over global warming, charging   that greenhouse gases from their vehicles have caused billions   of dollars in damages.
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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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WASHINGTON _ In an escalation of a war of words, automakers on Tuesday accused California regulators of misleading federal officials and the public about the costs and benefits of California's proposed 30 percent cut in global warming emissions from cars and trucks.  The U.S.
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California beats back an automaker challenge to a law that requires new cars sold in the state to emit 30 percent less greenhouse gas by 2020.
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California sued Mirant Corp., a bankrupt US power producer, accusing it of rigging electricity markets during the 2000-2001 energy crisis that led to rolling blackouts and a tenfold increase in consumer energy prices.
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California sued the Bush administration on Tuesday over its plans to expand significantly the amount of logging allowed in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
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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.
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Automakers on Wednesday attacked a California plan to regulate automotive emissions of global warming gases. The state&#39;s proposal &quot;clearly goes far beyond what is reasonable
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A federal judge in Sacramento upheld a California law regulating greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks, another in a string of legal defeats for the auto industry this year.
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California sued the E.P.A. on Wednesday, challenging its recent decision to block California rules curbing greenhouse-gas emissions from new cars and trucks.
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California air-quality regulators have adopted the nation&#39;s first-ever rules to reduce car emissions linked to global warming, an action likely to prompt tough
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FRESNO, Calif. -- Automobile manufacturers sued on Tuesday to block the world&#39;s toughest vehicle emissions standards, adopted by California regulators in September to cut greenhouse gases.
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The six largest automakers asked a federal judge to toss out a lawsuit by California that accuses them of harming human health and the environment by producing vehicles that contribute to global warming.