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India’s Push for Cheap Cars Doesn’t Help Climate

June 30, 2007 – 12:56 pm

Climate Crisis Coalition
India’s Push for Cheap Cars Doesn’t Help Climate.
By Alistair Scutton, Reuters, June 27, 2007.
“It may be an Indian consumer’s dream — cheap cars for $2,500-$3,000 within reach of millions of a swelling middle class. But it could also prove to be a traffic and environmental disaster. Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA announced […]

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Air Pollution Getting Worse

June 26, 2007 – 12:58 pm

It is estimated that air pollution alone causes several hundred thousand deaths each year around the world. I have seen in my lifetime the pollution intensify in the San Joaquin Valley of California. There are special reports now on the news warning the children to play inside. At schools they take special indoor recess’ to […]

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