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Greenpeace - Making Waves: Tis the season . for corporate bailouts

Posted on October 09, 2008

Never mind failing banks, apparently the European car industry is also getting in on the act. It wants a mere E40 billion of tax payers money to finally build greener cars now it seams they might finally be forced to lower the amount of CO2.Having fought tooth and nail against regulation, using no doubt some very expensive lobbying, they now have the cheek to say we all need to pay them to be greener.I suspect it's just another last-ditch ploy by again exaggerating the costs and then demanding someone else pays. As usual George Monbiot has an alternative suggestion....

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