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LA Auto Show 2007 |
On November 14, as the Los Angeles Auto
Show kicked off to great eco fanfare,
the auto industry rolled out a series of
concept cars in an effort to deflect
building criticism from environmental
advocates.
Meanwhile, automakers continue to block
tougher emissions standards in the
courts, where they are locked in a
longstanding legal fight to block laws
passed by California and 11 other states
that would regulate global warming
pollution from tailpipe emissions.
Environmental and human rights
advocates held a series of creative
actions outside the Los Angeles
Convention Center, calling attention to
the wide gap between the auto industry’s
words and actions. Members of the
Freedom From Oil Campaign called on
automakers to mass produce
pollution-free, petroleum-free vehicles
and will prove the viability of such
technologies by performing a one-day,
rapid conversion of a traditional
gasoline-electric hybrid to a 100 mpg
plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV).
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items are from between 28 Jul 2007 & 30 Jul 2007.