Article: SIERRA CLUB HEAD URGES TIGHTER EMISSIONS CONTROLS CLUB OFFICIAL IN DENVER BACKS CURBS ON PICKUPS, SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES.(Local)

Byline: Berny Morson Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer

Tighter emission standards for sport utility vehicles and pickups could help reduce gases that some scientists believe will bring global warming, the president of the Sierra Club said Friday.

``The guys who carry barbed wire need pickup trucks - no doubt about it,'' said Carl Pope. ``Average suburban families don't need a pickup truck for their 16-year-old kid to drive around.''

Sport utility vehicles, pickups and minivans are held to the pollution standards of trucks, rather than the stricter standards of passenger cars.

A new car may emit only 20 grams per mile of carbon monoxide, ...

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