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Headline	Author	Published	Section
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)

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)

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)

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)

Sulfuring Succotash		31 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
Sulfuring Succotash Refiners should have no problem producing nearly sulfur-free diesel by 2006, according to a report released yesterday by an advisory panel to the U.S. EPA. The panel was convened last year by EPA Administrator Christie Whitman to assess possible technological barriers to complying with a clean diesel rule issued in the final weeks of the Clinton admi ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, health, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

Yukon Take Your SUV and Shove It		29 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
Yukon Take Your SUV and Shove It Despite increasing awareness of alternative-fuel technologies and growing concern over U.S. dependence on foreign oil, the fuel economy of American cars is only getting worse. Statistics released today by the U.S. EPA show that the average fuel economy of the new fleet of cars for 2003 is 6 percent lower than it was 15 years ago. ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, placemaking, renewable energy, United States (all these topics)

City of Angels		08 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
City of Angels The famously smog-choked city of Los Angeles will be home to the first zero-emission fuel-cell cars in the U.S., according to an announcement made yesterday by Mayor James Hahn (D). By the end of 2002, Honda Motor Company will lease five FCX hydrogen-powered cars to L.A., which will loan them to city employees for commuting. The car seats four people, has a ra ...
Topics: California, commercial and industry organizations, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

Feeling Gassy		20 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
Feeling Gassy Negotiators for the U.S. House and Senate have reached an agreement on new fuel-economy rules that would expand rather than decrease the country's oil consumption. Under the agreement, automakers would continue to receive credits through the model year 2008 for manufacturing vehicles that can run on both ethanol and gasolin ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, green living, placemaking, politics, renewable energy, United States (all these topics)

Celling Like Hotcakes		21 Sep 2001	Daily Grist
Celling Like Hotcakes Canadian company Ballard Power Systems announced yesterday that it had signed a three-year, $22 million deal to provide Ford with fuel cells for a line of vehicles the automaker hopes to launch by 2004. Ballard is providing fuel-cell technology to DaimlerChrysler, Honda, Nissan, and Volkswagen, among others. General Motors expects to have a fuel cell-powe ...
Topics: business, commercial and industry organizations, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

Dodge Bawl		28 Aug 2001	Daily Grist
Dodge Bawl Earlier this year, U.S. environmental groups and automakers met with congressional members to back a tax credit for fuel-efficient hybrid cars. Now enviros are saying the auto industry has violated the spirit of the agreement by pushing for tax credits for hybrid SUVs with low mileage ratings. Under a House bill, for example, a hybr ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, environmental non-government organizations, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

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