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Published: November 9, 2009
Clunker: Saving the earth didn’t quite happen
The Oklahoman Editorial
The government’s Cash for Clunkers program was designed to boost auto sales and help save the environment, by replacing aging gas guzzlers with new, more fuel-efficient vehicles. So much for best-laid plans.

We already knew that, as expected, sales of new cars plummeted after Cash for Clunkers expired. Now an Associated Press analysis of trade-ins shows that saving the planet wasn’t exactly a priority f...

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