Attorney General Brown gets snubbed by auto industry

“State Attorney General Jerry Brown’s invitation to major automakers to try to resolve a pair of dueling lawsuits over vehicle emissions and global warming got a cold shoulder from the companies. Their response, in a letter to Brown: We’d be happy to talk about dismissing the state’s damage suit against us, but don’t bother bringing up our suit to overturn California’s global-warming law… Brown was undaunted. ‘I’m very pleased that they are willing to engage in conversation,’ he said today. ‘I’d be prepared to talk with the lawyers about their lawsuits along with ours. I still intend to meet with the CEOs. I don’t think they will wish to refrain from having an honest dialogue, because the issue is too important.’ “