Short Day. Big Difference. The ActionBlog.com

Get this, 1/3 of all US global warming pollution comes from vehicles (that’s a lot). And under the Clean Air Act, states have the ability to go beyond federal vehicle pollution standards and adopt stronger standards of their own. So far 11 states have adopted the cleaner car standards first instituted by California, and a growing number of states are considering them as well (woo-hoo!).

So how are the car companies responding? By suing those states! Because democracy is over rated and “the people” shouldn’t actually be able to make decisions that effect car manufacturers (how dare we!). Leading this democracy-dampening suefest is the Auto Alliance, the legal and lobbying arm for most of the major automakers.

Please contact the new president of the Auto Alliance, Dave McCurdy, and tell him that we want global warming solutions, not more spin and lawsuits from carmakers.