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As the somewhat hopeful Kyoto protocol goes into effect today, the auto industry is fighting progress by suing California to block a new law that would cut global arming pollution from cars by 30 percent by 2016. Car exhaust is the second largest source of heat-trapping gases that are changing the world's climate and harming our health.
California, the nation's biggest car market, has adopted the world's first regulations to cut global warming pollution from automobiles. But instead of relying on their engineers to deliver pollution-cutting technologies to consumers, the auto companies brought in their legal teams to pursue backward and unproductive litigation. Even Toyota, Honda and Ford, despite their recent gas-electric hybrids, have locked arms against the clean car law.
The automakers filed suit in December to block California's new emissions standards from taking effect. If the companies prevail, they could effectively hijack the future of clean cars for years to come.
== What to do ==
Send a message demanding that the auto industry withdraw from the lawsuit to block the California clean cars law.
== For background ==
Big Auto Fights California's Landmark Global Warming Law http://www.nrdc.org/globalWarming/fauto.asp
== Contact information ==
You can send a message to the CEOs of DaimlerChrysler, Ford, GM, Honda and Toyota directly from NRDC's Earth Action Center at http://www.nrdcaction.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=52451 Or use the contact information and sample letter below to send your own message.
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