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 Stories About: business AND placemaking AND Sierra Club
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One Tree Shill
Sierra Club touts new Ford hybrid SUV |
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13 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| One Tree Shill Sierra Club touts new Ford hybrid SUV The Sierra Club has long criticized Ford Motor Co. for its environmental offenses, primarily the industry-worst average fuel economy of its fleet. So members may be surprised when Ford's hybrid Mercury Mariner SUV is prominently featured in an upcoming club newsletter and on SierraClub.org. When the green group first offered to promote a Ford ... |
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| Topics: business, news, placemaking, renewable energy, Sierra Club (all these topics) |
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A More Perfect Union
Sierra Club and Auto Workers Unite Against Bush Fuel-Economy Plan |
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20 Feb 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| A More Perfect Union Sierra Club and Auto Workers Unite Against Bush Fuel-Economy Plan Bush's new fuel-economy plan is even ticking off the United Auto Workers union. The UAW has often been at odds with enviros over auto efficiency standards, but now it's teaming up with the Sierra Club to fight the administration's proposal. In a ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, commercial and industry organizations, energy, placemaking, politics, pollution and waste, Sierra Club (all these topics) |
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Throwing It in Reverse
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18 Apr 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Throwing It in Reverse Ford Motor Company backpedaled yesterday on its promise to increase the fuel economy of sport utility vehicles 25 percent by 2020. It now says it will continue to try to improve gas mileage but will not set a fixed deadline for reaching the 25-percent goal. The company chalked up the change in plan to technological difficulties and the lack of federa ... |
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| Topics: business, commercial and industry organizations, energy, placemaking, Sierra Club (all these topics) |
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Dumb and Hummer
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07 Apr 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Dumb and Hummer While sales of many big SUVs are dipping, Hummers are rumbling out of showrooms at a rate of 3,000 per month, topping the list of best-selling large luxury SUVs in the U.S., despite a starting price of $50,000. Some buyers say they feel patriotic in a massive Hummer H2, the civilian sibling of the military Humvees now doing active duty in Iraq, and Hummer dealers report that sales have risen with the war. ... |
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| Topics: business, placemaking, Sierra Club (all these topics) |
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