How Green is the Cash for Clunkers?

The environmental gains achieved by getting clunkers off the road are small. There is a lot of hype surrounding the ‘cash for clunkers', which is a nice gimmick but only with transitory effects. Besides, just how...

German Car Sales Plummet

Germany's auto market is declining at an unprecedented pace, with car sales in 2009 expected to drop to those of 1990. Meanwhile, the nation's car manufacturers decry the punitive scale in the current EU carbon...