| Auto Dealers Aim to Educate Customers | 21 April 08 |
 An Internet campaign launched by the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association aims to change the industry's image yet maintains opposition to stronger emissions standards.The public education website, AutoEmissions101.ca opposes adoption of California automobile pollution standards by governments in North American. The standards would require a 30 percent reduction in emissions in new cars by 2016. The website argues new cars represent only one percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada and the culprits of smog and emissions are in fact older cars on the road. The site states the auto industry has signed a voluntary agreement to reduce emissions by 5.3 megatonnes by 2010, but environmental groups are not satisfied. "The federal government has said it won't do anything more than the U.S. federal government. However, Quebec, Manitoba and B.C. are pursuing California standards and this website is aimed at attacking them," said John Bennett, executive director of climateforchange.ca. "Not one air pollution, fuel economy or safety improvement has come about without regulation - and opposition from the car companies." "Fuel efficiency has lagged compared to 1970s innovations while cars which consume more and more materials are merchandized. Manitoba's new Bill 15 starts by barring old cars from entering our province. We hope our province moves to adopt tail pipe emissions standards rapidly," said Gaile Whelan Enns of Manitoba Wildlands. Visit Canadian Automobile Dealers Association - Auto Emissions 101 website View April 14, 2008 Vancouver Sun article View April 14, 2008 CanWest News article View April 14, 2008 Canadian Driver article View April 11, 2008 Climate Action Network Canada release Sources: CADA Auto Emissions 101, Canada.com, Canadian Driver, Climate Action Network |
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