Fuel Economy
‘Rest in Pieces, Hummer:’ Chinese regulators block Tengzhong’s dream of buying iconic GM brand.
TODAYonline
Feb. 26, 2010
"Closing Hummer simultaneously improves the health of GM, China and the planet," said Mr Daniel Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign at the Centre for Auto Safety, an advocacy group in Washington. "Hummer should rest in pieces."
GM ends talks to sell Hummer brand to Chinese buyer
USAToday
Feb. 25, 2010
By Chris Woodyard
"Closing Hummer simultaneously improves the health of GM, China and the planet," wrote Dan Becker, director of the Center for Auto Safety’s Safe Climate Campaign in an e-mail.
(This story also appeared at HispanicBusiness.com.)
GM to Wind Down Hummer as Tengzhong Sale Accord Fails
Feb. 25, 2010
By Katie Merx
GM’s sale of Hummer falls through
Feb. 25, 2010
By Jerry Hirsch
"Closing Hummer simultaneously improves the health of GM, China and the planet. Hummer should rest in pieces," said Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign, a Washington advocacy group that wants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. …
G.M. to Close Hummer After Sale Collapses
By Nick Bunkley
Feb. 24, 2010
Snow buries global warming bill–and my balcony
Feb. 10, 2010
By Johanna Neuman
Snow Adds To Drift In Politics
Wall Street Journal
Feb. 11, 2010
By Elizabeth Williamson and Neil King Jr.
…"People have finally found a use for their Hummers," shot back Dan Becker, who directs the Safe Climate Campaign and has inveighed against SUVs. "Now if some entrepreneur would just ship all this snow to Vancouver, Greenland and the arctic, where it is so clearly needed."…
Media Mayhem: On his one year anniversary, Obama’s green report card
Jan. 18, 2010
By Ken Edelstein
Daniel Becker, director, Safe Climate Campaign:
EPA’s New Smog Standards for States Are Likely to Lead to Cleaner Cars, Too
BNET.com
Jan. 8, 2010
“We appreciate how much cleaner cars have become, but that speaks more to how polluting cars used to be,” says Dan Becker, climate campaigner for the Center for Auto Safety. “Cars are still a major source of smog, even after cleaning up a lot, because they were very filthy. The air is still unhealthy for millions of people, and the technology is available inexpensively for cars to clean up further.”
Binding Pact, Congress Remain Major Climate Hurdles for Obama
PBS NewsHour
Dec. 18, 2009