At least three Burger Kings in Memphis have recently displayed "GLOBAL WARMING IS BALONEY" on their letter boards, according to the Memphis Flyer and a reader.
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President Obama has ordered the EPA to allow states set their own fuel-efficiency standards (fourteen states had begun the process when President Bush put a stop to it a couple of years ago.) He's also asked the DOT to "develop higher fuel-efficiency standards automakers would have to follow." [USA Today]
Don't worry, there's not one in the pipeline just yet, but Flexo at Consumerism Commentary asks whether now—with fuel prices relatively low again, at least compared to the recent past—is a good time to consider one.
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Congress will require American automakers to achieve fleet-wide fuel efficiency of 35 miles per gallon by 2020. The deal struck late last night by Congressional negotiators and hailed as "an historic advancement," would put America on the slow track towards meeting the same efficiency standards that Europe, China, and most of the developed world already enjoy.
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Latest by trollkiller: @goller321: Damn dude, at least read. First you amended the argument by claming "anything specific" not the "anything" in your more »
At the Gas and Oil Exposition in Calgary this week, Exxon Mobil executive Florian Osenberg told a rapt audience that the ongoing climate change crisis is no big deal because the dead people can provide "more feedstock."
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Schwarzenegger's state have decided to quickly follow their recent pledge to reduce emissions by 25% by 2020 with a huge lawsuit against the nation's biggest automakers.
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Taking the burden of the entire planet's global warming problems onto its ample Austrian-American shoulders, the state of California filed a lawsuit today against the six major automobile manufacturers, suing them for their contributions to global warming.
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Know this An Inconvenient Truth parody? If you've been on YouTube any time in the last 48 hours, very probably. Perhaps you were even one of the knee-jerk reactionaries who left a comment either praising ("Finally sockin' it to those hippy pansies in the taint!") or condemning it ("Wow, was that ever unfunny. Unlike that giant flap of skin on the neck of the guy who runs Exxon.")
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President Obama has ordered the EPA to allow states set their own fuel-efficiency standards (fourteen states had begun the process when President Bush put a stop to it a couple of years ago.) He's also asked the DOT to "develop higher fuel-efficiency standards automakers would have to follow." [USA Today]
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