I guess in the fight between detroit and the enviromnent, environment4 wins the first round.

Oh, and there's this tidbit.


GM Ohio, Michigan Shift Cuts to Eliminate 2,000 Jobs (Update1)


By Jeff Green

Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Corp. said it will eliminate shifts in the second quarter at plants in Ohio and Michigan, eliminating about 2,000 jobs, and cut production at 13 other plants in the U.S. and Canada as U.S. sales drop further.

The Detroit automaker, which already closed most of its 22 plants in North America this month because of slow sales, is taking the additional steps into next quarter after GM cut its estimate for U.S. sales this year to 10.5 million, GM spokesman Chris Lee said. The automaker doesn’t have an estimate yet of total vehicle production cut.

GM is cutting production, eliminating brands and negotiating costs with its unions and debt holders as it tries to prove it can become profitable to keep $13.4 billion in government loans pledged by the U.S. Treasury.

GM will begin alternating between morning and afternoon shifts at a Lansing, Michigan, plant that makes Buick Enclave and GMC Acadia sport-utility models from Feb. 2 until it eliminates the afternoon shift March 30, eliminating about 1,200 jobs, Lee said.

The automaker will also alternate schedules at the Lordstown, Ohio, plant that makes the Chevrolet Cobalt starting Feb. 9 and end the second shift on April 6, he said.