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Notes
1. http://michiganintheworld.history.lsa.umich.edu/environmentalism/files/original/cb38dd18af4cafead3c25ec83ba0833d.pdf
2. http://michiganintheworld.history.lsa.umich.edu/environmentalism/files/original/37b5c3beca68da2906d5c62d8080533f.pdf
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=JIwkwl5VwawC&pg=PA122&lpg=PA122&dq=Iacocca,+L.A.+1970.+A+statement+on+pending+changes+to+the+Clean+Air+Act.+Dearborn,+MI:+Ford+Motor+Company,+September+9&source=bl&ots=MsQKuMUoq8&sig=ACfU3U3Iv7KUU-qwOXkmdwKyLFluNpYLAg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwis1YSI_rLtAhXPtp4KHaqSBlEQ6AEwBnoECAIQAg#v=onepage&q&f=false
4. The GCC disbanded in 2002. Ford and GM both exited the coalition, in 1999 and 2000, respectively.
5. http://www.climatefiles.com/denial-groups/global-climate-coalition-collection/1997-anti-kyoto-ads/
6. https://nationalcenter.org/ncppr/2002/02/12/senators-propose-dangerous-increase-in-fuel-efficiency-standards-and-regulatory-phase-out-of-suvs-minivans-and-light-trucks-by-gretchen-randall/
7. 2009 Commitment Letters for MY 2012-2016 Light-Duty National Program; 2011 Commitment Letters for 2017-2025 Light-Duty National Program. See also Freeman, Joday, The Obama Administration’s National Auto Policy: Lessons from the “Car Deal,” 35 Harv. Envtl L. Rev. (2011).
8. After the election of Biden as president, GM dropped out of the lawsuit.
9. https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/news/framework-agreements-clean-cars
Selected Sources
Abramsky, Sasha, “California is Fighting Trump for Clean Air,” The Nation (March 16, 2020), https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/california-trump-clean-air/.
Cooke, David, Union of Concerned Scientists, Time for a U-Turn: Automakers’ History of Intransigence and Opportunity for Change (2017), https://ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/attach/2017/12/cv-fuel-efficiency-intransigience-full_0.pdf.
Drugman, Diana “Detroit Knew: GM and Ford Were Aware of Climate Risks Decades Ago Too, Investigation Reveals,” Desmog (Oct. 28, 2020), https://www.desmogblog.com/2020/10/28/detroit-knew-gm-ford-climate-science-denial.
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Gardiner, Beth “Dirty Lies: How the Car Industry Hid the Truth About Diesel Emissions,” The Guardian (March 22, 2019), https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/22/dirty-lies-how-the-car-industry-hid-the-truth-about-diesel-emissions.
Joselow, Maxine, “GM, Ford Knew About Climate Change 50 Years Ago,” E&E News Climatewire (Oct. 26, 2020). https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063717035.
Meyer, Robinson, “‘We Knew They Had Cooked the Books’: The Trump Administration’s Attempt to Kill One of America’s Strongest Climate Policies Has Been a Complete Debacle,” The Atlantic (Feb. 12, 2020), https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/02/an-inside-account-of-trumps-fuel-economy-debacle/606346/.
