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Environmental

Sep. 22, 2006

State Sues Automakers Over Warming

SACRAMENTO - State Attorney General Bill Lockyer sued six U.S. and Japanese automakers Wednesday, alleging their vehicles have created a public nuisance by emitting harmful greenhouse gases that cause global warming.

By Linda Rapattoni
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SACRAMENTO - State Attorney General Bill Lockyer sued six U.S. and Japanese automakers Wednesday, alleging their vehicles have created a public nuisance by emitting harmful greenhouse gases that cause global warming.
      The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in Oakland is believed to be the first of its kind in the world to tr...

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