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to: Rich Gauszka
from: Antti Kurenniemi
date: 2006-09-21 08:52:38
subject: Re: Calif. sues carmakers over global warming

From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

I wonder if the lawyers who drafted this hoopla up are driving bicycles...


Antti Kurenniemi
("Hurry up with those copies, I don't want to get stuck in the rush
hour traffic on my way to the golf course!")

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
news:4511aa06{at}w3.nls.net...
> Why doesn't California sue their drivers? Should the other states then sue
> California for allowing the greenhouse emissions for so long?
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060920/bs_nm/environment_autos_dc_13
> SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - 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.
>
> The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Northern California was the
> first of its kind to seek to hold manufacturers liable for the damages
> caused by their vehicles' emissions, state Attorney General Bill Lockyer
> said.
>

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