AUTOMOBILE GROUP TAKES LOW PROFILE IN CLIMATE CHANGE DISCUSSIONS

The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, a coalition of U.S. and foreign automobile manufacturers, is declining to participate in various public discussions aimed at addressing climate change, begging off the recent Senate energy committee conference on global warming and seeking to block discussion of the issue during an EPA advisory committee's deliberation on how to factor climate change into air quality planning. Auto industry and other sources tracking the issue offer a range of explanations for the group's stance, including ongoing...