Japan has declared the huge Hummer H3 automobile environment- friendly. Buyers of the 4700- pound behemoth will now receive a 250,000 yen ($2,780) subsidy. How did Japan’s Trade Ministry make Hummers “green?” Not by technological wizardry. Japan simply lowered environmental standards to avoid a trade war with the U.S.A.
More by Hiroko Tabuchi of the New York Times here.
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