Fuel Economy

It’s the end of the road for Hummer

By David Usborne

Feb. 26, 2010

…Environmentalists took a different view. "Closing Hummer simultaneously improves the health of GM, China and the planet," said Daniel Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign at the Centre for Auto Safety in Washington. "Hummer should rest in pieces."

Ode to the fallen Hummer

Salon.com

By Andrew Leonard

Feb. 25, 2010

…The L.A. Times quotes Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign, as saying that "Closing Hummer simultaneously improves the health of GM, China and the planet. Hummer should rest in pieces. " …

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‘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."

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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.

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(This story also appeared at HispanicBusiness.com.)

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

latimes.com

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: