Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and New York City Corporation Counsel Michael Cardozo today filed a lawsuit challenging the Bush Administration for failing to address the impacts of its new federal fuel economy standards for SUVs and light trucks on air quality, fuel conservation and global climate change. ‘At a time when consumers are struggling to pay surging gas prices and the challenge of global climate change has become even more clear, it is unconscionable that the Bush Administration is not requiring greater mileage efficiency for light trucks,’ said Attorney General Spitzer. ‘The failure of this Administration to lead on vital environmental issues like this will burden our nation for generations to come.’ ‘Given the number of light trucks that travel daily around New York City, the NHTSA should not have ignored, among other things, the significant environmental effects of the carbon dioxide emitted from such vehicles that contribute to climate change,’ said New York City Corporation Counsel Cardozo. ‘The City remains concerned about the adverse impacts from global warming that our residents, infrastructure, and resources have and will continue to experience in light of the City’s coastal, island geography and extremely dense urban population.’ Spitzer and Cardozo […]