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Fuel Me Once, Shame on You GM promotion will cap gas at $1.99 a gallon for SUV buyers		25 May 2006	Daily Grist
Fuel Me Once, Shame on You GM promotion will cap gas at $1.99 a gallon for SUV buyers In a promotion that begins today, General Motors promised to cap gasoline prices at $1.99 a gallon for a year for customers in California and Florida who purchase certain new full-size SUVs or midsize cars. That's right: if you buy a gas-guzzler from GM, they'll help pay for the gas. The refu ...
Topics: California, commercial and industry organizations, Florida, news, placemaking (all these topics)

Ford Too Shall TerraPass Ford teams up with TerraPass to help drivers offset emissions		26 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
Ford Too Shall TerraPass Ford teams up with TerraPass to help drivers offset emissions Like the man said, the times they are a-changin'. Slowly, but a-changin' nonetheless. Ford Motor Co., manufacturer of all things carbon-emitting, is partnering with TerraPass, a carbon-offset company. Tomorrow, Ford is expected to announce a new "Greener Miles" program, where ...
Topics: climate, commercial and industry organizations, news, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

Small Wonder Sales of some big SUVs drop by half		02 Dec 2005	Daily Grist
Small Wonder Sales of some big SUVs drop by half It's an early Christmahanukwanzakah present for the planet, and a chunk of coal in the stocking of Detroit's Big Three automakers: The American love affair with huge SUVs seems finally to be on the wane. Really this time! Sales of once-hot vehicles like the Ford Explorer and Chevrolet Suburban are about half what they were a year ago. Auto-industry wa ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, news, placemaking (all these topics)

Legends of the Sprawl Al Norman, anti-Wal-Mart activist, answers readers' questions		24 Jun 2005	InterActivist
Al Norman, Sprawl-Busters. What's the best advice for small-business owners struggling against big-box retailers? -- Eric Schwaab, Hyannis, Mass. First, be honest about what the likely impact of a Wal-Mart will be. Don't hold the false impression that you will feel no difference, or that customer loyalty will see you through. My suggestion is that small businesses join with citizens' groups to enga ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, placemaking, Wal-Mart (all these topics)

The Norman Conquest Al Norman, anti-Wal-Mart activist, answers Grist's questions		20 Jun 2005	InterActivist
Al Norman. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I'm founder of Sprawl-Busters. What does your organization do? We help community groups fight off big-box sprawl -- strategize their battles, understand key objectives, and develop a game plan. What, in a perfect world, would constitute "mission accomplished"? Getting people to stop shopping at these giant stores and invest the ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, placemaking, Wal-Mart (all these topics)

A More Perfect Union Sierra Club and Auto Workers Unite Against Bush Fuel-Economy Plan		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 ...
Topics: business, climate, commercial and industry organizations, energy, placemaking, politics, pollution and waste, Sierra Club (all these topics)

Jesus Christ's Supercar? Hybrid SUVs to Hit U.S. Market This Year		17 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Jesus Christ's Supercar? Hybrid SUVs to Hit U.S. Market This Year While a "green SUV" may sound like an oxymoron, Toyota and Ford plan to roll out new gas-electric hybrid SUVs later this year that warrant the label "greener" -- or, at least, less egregiously wasteful. Ford's hybrid Escape will hit U.S. showrooms this summer, while Toyota will start selling a hybrid versio ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, green living, placemaking (all these topics)

Nativity Scene Native Peoples Speak Up for Their Lands		12 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Nativity Scene Native Peoples Speak Up for Their Lands Indigenous peoples are rallying for their lands and their rights this week in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where a major U.N. convention on biodiversity is taking place. Representatives of native peoples are demanding the right to reject development proje ...
Topics: Africa, Asia, commercial and industry organizations, European Union, green living, Indonesia, Malaysia, placemaking, South America, United Nations (all these topics)

Oily Residue Judge Imposes $4.5 Billion in Damages in Exxon Valdez Case		29 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Oily Residue Judge Imposes $4.5 Billion in Damages in Exxon Valdez Case A federal judge in Alaska on Wednesday imposed $4.5 billion in punitive damages on ExxonMobil Corp. for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil tanker spill in Prince William Sound. The judgment marks t ...
Topics: Alaska, commercial and industry organizations, energy, environmental justice, marine life, placemaking, politics, pollution and waste, water bodies and marine life, water pollution, wildlife (all these topics)

Houston, We Have a Solution Supporters Claim $300 Billion Energy Plan Would Create 3.3 Million Jobs		15 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Houston, We Have a Solution Supporters Claim $300 Billion Energy Plan Would Create 3.3 Million Jobs A coalition called the Apollo Alliance released a report on Wednesday proposing and outlining a 10-year, $300 billion investment in alternative energy sources, which it claimed would create 3.3 million jobs and more than pay for it ...
Topics: business, commercial and industry organizations, elections, energy, nuclear power, placemaking, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

A Nice Piece of Tailpipe New Low-Polluting Cars to Hit U.S. Showrooms Next Month		16 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
A Nice Piece of Tailpipe New Low-Polluting Cars to Hit U.S. Showrooms Next Month There are low-emission vehicles (LEVs), ultra-low-emission vehicles (ULEVs), super-ultra-low-emission vehicles (SULEVs), and the holy grail of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs). As if the clean-car world weren't baffling enough, now there's a new acronym to add to this alphabet soup -- partial zero-em ...
Topics: business, commercial and industry organizations, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

Ford Gored		03 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Ford Gored The Sierra Club hopes to embarrass Ford Motor Co. with ads slated to run in the New York Times and BusinessWeek pointing out that the company's vehicles are less fuel-efficient now than when Ford got its start 100 years ago. The Model T got 25 miles to the gallon; Ford's fleet now averages 22.6 miles per gallon, and its popular Ford Ex ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, environmental non-government organizations, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

Throwing It in Reverse		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 ...
Topics: business, commercial and industry organizations, energy, placemaking, Sierra Club (all these topics)

Mr. Blackwell's Worst Polluting List		18 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
Mr. Blackwell's Worst Polluting List No surprise: Pickup trucks and oversized SUVs scored the lowest on the U.S. EPA's latest ranking of vehicles based on tailpipe emissions. The list graded vehicles on a scale of 0 to 10. Large SUVs like BMW's X5 and General Motors' Hummer H2 earned a 0 and a 2, respectively, while most small and medium SUVs earned ...
Topics: air pollution, business, commercial and industry organizations, placemaking, pollution and waste, US EPA (all these topics)

Smart Attack		10 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
Smart Attack Smart-growth policies, designed to put a damper on runaway development and preserve local character, have recently come under attack in a handful of U.S. communities. In Loudon County, Va., on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., nearly 200 lawsuits were filed last week against the county's growth-control policies. Also last week, the mayo ...
Topics: Colorado, commercial and industry organizations, environmental justice, placemaking, politics, Virginia (all these topics)

Big, Bright Green, Pleasure Machines	Suzy Becker	22 Jan 2003	Ha.

Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, placemaking (all these topics)

Mass. Devastation		21 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Mass. Devastation Laws designed to protect the environment are only useful if they're enforced -- and in the state of Massachusetts, they often are not. Indeed, the Bay State has one of the nation's worst enforcement records, according to a new federal website that allows the public to monitor enforcement of anti-pollution laws. Only 27 percent of Massachusett ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, Massachusetts, placemaking, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Great Build		16 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Great Build It's not clear if the problem is one of economics or one of spin, but either way, environmentally conscious building design is a concept that hasn't quite caught on. The technology and expertise to build "green" structures have been around for decades; now, a movement is underway to sell developers on the economic benefits of green building. In an ...
Topics: business, commercial and industry organizations, green living, New York, placemaking (all these topics)

Highway Robber		15 Jan 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: commercial and industry organizations, Mexico, placemaking (all these topics)

Oil and Water Don't Mix		14 Jan 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, European Union, marine life, oceans, placemaking, pollution and waste, Spain, toxics (all these topics)

Silverado -- Why Don't We Come to Our Senses		06 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Silverado -- Why Don't We Come to Our Senses General Motors, the largest automaker in the world, announced today that it will sell a variety of gas-electric vehicles over the next four years, a move that could help push hybrids into the mainstream. The company will sell hybrid versions of cars, pickup trucks, and SUVs, thereby creating some competition for Honda and Toyota, currently the ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

Dodge Bawl		05 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
Dodge Bawl Looking to minimize your impact on the environment? Don't buy a car -- and especially don't buy anything made by DaimlerChrysler. The U.S.-based automaker ranked dead last on a survey, released yesterday by the Union of Concerned Scientists, of pollution levels in vehicle fleets. The survey looked at the environmental implications of the six largest car manu ...
Topics: air pollution, commercial and industry organizations, placemaking, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Cell-ebrate		03 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
Cell-ebrate In what could be the first significant step toward mass-marketing fuel-cell vehicles, Toyota and Honda put the world's first such cars on the road yesterday. The cars are being leased to the Japanese government and several public organizations in the U.S. -- at the whopping price of between $6,500 and $9,800 per month, meaning the dream of widesprea ...
Topics: climate, commercial and industry organizations, energy, Japan, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

Air Enforce Won		14 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
Air Enforce Won After years of court battles, the U.S. EPA agreed yesterday to begin enforcing a stricter standard for ozone pollution that was developed by the Clinton administration in 1997. Industry groups such as the American Truckers Associations and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce appealed all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court to try to block the standard, bu ...
Topics: air pollution, commercial and industry organizations, health, placemaking, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Detroit Rock City		14 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
Detroit Rock City Detroit automakers sure aren't complaining about the Republican takeover of the U.S. Senate. They anticipate having a close ally in the incoming chair of the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee, James Inhofe (R-Okla.), who is known for his criticism of clean air regulations and the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. He once referred ...
Topics: climate, commercial and industry organizations, energy, James Inhofe, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

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