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Article

31 Jul 2002

Author:
UN Wire

CLIMATE CHANGE: SUVs Causing Increased U.S. Emissions, NGO Says

Cars and light trucks produce one-fifth of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions, and overall emissions are rising rapidly in the United States after decades of declining steadily, Environmental Defense said this week in a new report...The group identified General Motors, Ford and DaimlerChrysler in particular as accounting for disproportionately high levels of emissions for their market shares.