RESEARCHERS SHOW WHICH AUTO MANUFACTURERS ARE DIRTIEST
November 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE MOST detailed study into the environmental, energy and social costs generated by auto manufacturers when making cars has dubbed General Motors the world's most profligate and Toyota cleanest and greenest. The study coordinated by Queen's University, Belfast, concluded GM wasted Euro 9.8 billion's worth of environmental and social costs compared to a notional industry average in 2007 (the most recent available data); while Toyota saved Euro 5.2 billion's worth of impact compared to an industry mean. Queens' Prof Frank Figge (NOTE: SPELLING IS ...
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