General Motors’ Massive “COP” Out
On Tuesday, while governments struggled mightily to deal with the climate emergency at the UN Climate Meeting and U.S. stakeholders tried to make lemonade out of the U.S. pullout of the Paris Accord by proclaiming that U.S. Governors, Mayors, and major corporations are “Still In,” back in Detroit, General Motors rolled out their largest SUV ever — adding 7 full inches to the Tahoe truck.
Why This Matters: Transportation accounts for 23% of carbon emissions globally according to the IPCC. As long as gas is cheap, car companies will keep making gas guzzlers and the public will keep buying them.
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