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GM Vehicles Emit Most Carbon Dioxide.
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Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) (viaKnight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
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July 31, 2002
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2002 Detroit Free Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: Alejandro Bodipo-Memba
Jul. 31--A study issued Tuesday by a Washington, D.C., environmental group says new vehicles built by General Motors Corp. produce more carbon dioxide than any other cars and trucks sold in the United States.
The report, Automakers' Corporate Carbon Burdens, measures the total amount of carbon dioxide emitted by a group of vehicles each year and represents their lifetime average global-warming impact.
Determining a carmaker's so-called carbon burden requires measuring the per-vehicle average carbon dioxide emissions rate of a fleet and looking at the number of vehicles sold.
The other carmakers that top the list are Ford Motor ...
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