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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jack Doyle |
| ISBN: | 1568581475 9781568581477 |
| OCLC Number: | 43060538 |
| Description: | xiii, 560 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Polishing the Oval: William Clay Ford, Jr. and the environment -- Bad Air: Los Angeles discovers something new -- Smog Conspiracy: The Justice Department's 1969 case found more than cooperation -- Eternal Combusion: The ICE survives, but Congress gets tough -- Attack and Delay: Going after the Clean Air Act of 1970 -- Energy, Cars and Jobs: Detroit plays the energy/jobs card -- The 1977 Amendments: Watergate babies learn about the auto biz and John Dingell -- Enforcement Wars: Defeat devices and other resistance -- Help from Their Friends: Loan guarantees, regulatory relief, and antitrust protection -- Missed Opportunities: Autos boom in mid-1980s, but investments stink -- Bad Air, 1987: Still smoggy, seventeen years later -- Fuels on the Fire: George Bush and Co. push a new approach -- Gas Guzzling: Saddam Hussein, global warming, and the fight for fuel economy -- Not Exactly Electrifying: Slow progress on electric vehicles -- EV Conspiracy?: Environmentalists charge collusion -- The Honda Effect: The car company that could -- Ozone Alert: EPA and Carol Browner push the limit on smog -- Political Cover: The White House/Big Three alliance and global warming -- The High Ride: SUVs, trucks and profits -- Slow Dance to Supercar: Fuel cells in sight, but the ICE hangs on -- The Last Auto Fights?: Tier 2, CAFE, and the auto lobby -- Miles to Go: Detroit will still need to be pushed hard -- A Time Line of Technology, Commerce, and Politics: The Automobile--From ICE to Fuel Cell -- Big Three Recalls for Emission System Failures: 1973-1998. |
| Responsibility: | Jack Doyle. |
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