Every State Needs To Get In On This Lawsuit

[orleans]

i would like my state to sue the bush admin too!!!!! (who do i see about this?)

"The suit, joined by nine other states, argues that the federal government didn't fully consider potential damage to the environment when it announced new fuel efficiency standards for sports utility vehicles and light trucks. Under the administration's new standards, issued in March, those vehicles must have a fleet-wide average of 24 mpg by the year 2011. "

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"Other parties joining in the suit include the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont, as well as the District of Columbia and New York City. "

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/02/BUGD6IJ8HB5.DTL


"Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said the federal government's analysis was "fundamentally flawed" and the new regulations failed "to consider the dangerous impact of gasoline consumption on climate change," allowing larger vehicles to be built with greater weight and less fuel economy."

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"Similar lawsuits were filed last month by the Tucson, Ariz.-based Center for Biological Diversity and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Several environmental groups, including the Sierra Club, are expected to sue the government over the regulation later this month, said Dan Becker, director of the Sierra Club's global warming program."

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060502/NEWS99/605020456