AFVi News Archive - February 2008

02/29/08: Fuel Cell Experiment Misses the Bus, Bill Visnic, Edmunds Auto Observer

02/29/08: Catenaries and Pantographs, Tom Whipple, Falls Church News-Press

02/29/08: Criticism of Biofuels Has No Basis in Fact, Robert Zubrin, Post Bulletin

02/29/08: EPA Library Closures Hampering Agency Work, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility

02/28/08: EPA Chief Battered Over Greenhouse Gas Decision, Dan Shipley, The Daily Green

02/28/08: Court Rejects California Limits on Ship Emissions, Marla Cone, Los Angeles Times

02/28/08: LA Backs Cargo Fee As Part of Port Clean Air Effort, David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times

02/28/08: Natural Gas Trucks are the Best Option for the Port of Long Beach, Business Wire

02/28/08: Eaton Receives Largest Order Ever of Hybrid Systems, James Menzies, Truck News

02/27/08: EPA Staff Sought Influence of Former Chief on California Warming Law, Los Angeles Times

02/27/08: Diesel Forum Questions Port of Long Beach Decision, Earth Times

02/27/08: Flooded Village Files Climate Change Suit, Felicity Barringer, New York Times

02/27/08: Top 8 US Made Electric Vehicles, George Delozier, InventorSpot

02/27/08: Toyota to Present Two New Additions to Its Auto Lineup in Geneva, Nigerian Bulletin

02/26/08: VeraSun and Kroger Expand Availability to Texas, PR NewsWire

02/26/08: Plug-In Cars Could Actually Increase Air Pollution, James Healey, USA Today

02/26/08: It’s Time For a Body Count, Simon Lewis, The Guardian

02/26/08: Red Tape Parade:  Oakland Port To Eye Emissions Plan, Charlie Morasch, Land Line Magazine

02/25/08: Energy Policy:  We Won’t Get There by Tinkering, Amy Myers Jaffe, Houston Chronicle

02/25/08: Governors Discuss a Clean Energy Future, The Times and Democrat

02/25/08: Even Superheroes Can’t Solve Environmental Problems, Jennifer Gansen, Appleton Post Crescent

02/25/08: Ports Clean Up Plan Threatened, Editorial, Los Angeles Times

02/22/08: Lutz Defends Salty Talk on Ecology, Justin Hyde, Detroit Free Press

02/22/08: General Motors to Foot the Bill for LA Ethanol Users, Reliable Planet

02/22/08: Climate Scientist James Hansen Honored for Speaking Truth to Power, Environmental News Service

02/22/08: Plug-Ins Can Get 100 Miles Per Gallon, Jim Sparks, Winston Salem Journal

02/22/08: Pickens Expects Oil, Natural Gas Prices to Fall, Andrew Fisher, CNBC

02/21/08: Honda Civic GX Natural Gas Car Tops Greenies List, Joe Benton, Consumer Affairs

02/21/08: Port of Long Beach Approves Diesel Replacement Program, Business Wire

02/21/08: Tesla to Big Three:  Let’s Be Friends, Jennifer Kho, Greentech Media

02/21/08: Forward With Biofuels, Editorial, Nature

02/21/08: Clear The Air, Editorial, The Telegraph

02/20/08: Peak Oil Review February 18, Tom Whipple,  Energy Bulletin

02/20/08: EPA Chief Makes Political Target, Stephen Power, Wall Street Journal

02/19/08: City Traffic Fumes Can Cause Heart Attacks, Mark Henderson, The Times

02/19/08: U.S. Should Speed Up Energy Efficiency Plans-IEA, Planet Ark

02/19/08: The Senate’s Changing Climate, Editorial, San Francisco Chronicle

02/19/08: World Made By Hand, Grove Atlantic, James Howard Kunstler

02/15/08: Senator Feinstein Asks Energy Secretary Bodman About Oil Transparency, Channeling Hubbert

02/15/08: DoD Energy Strategy:  More Fight Less Fuel, Sohbet Karbuz, Energy Bulletin

02/15/08: PECO Fleet Goes Green, Brian McCullough, Daily Local

02/15/08: Dixie Chopper Receives Award From Clean Cities Alliance, Inside Indiana Business

02/14/08: What to Look For When Your Candidates Go Green, Thomas Princen, USA Today

02/14/08: Prince of Wales Likens Climate Change Battle to War, David Gow, The Guardian

02/14/08: Jay Leno on Driving Green, Andrea Kelly, Arizona Daily Star

02/14/08: The Latest Solution to the Hydrogen Problem:  Biodiesel? Sebastian Blanco, AutoBlog Green

02/14/08: Electric Car Uses Sun to Show Watts Driving the Future, Orietta Guerrera, The Age

02/14/08: The Peak Oil Crisis:  The Future of Our Cars, Tom Whipple, Falls Church News-Press

02/13/08: Westport counts on LNG fuel for trucks, Wendy Stuek, The Globe

02/13/08: Tate Planning a Plug-in Car Hub: Research Center to Work on Battery, John Murawski, RedOrbit News

02/13/08: Five-seat concept car runs on air, Roger Harrabin, The BBC

02/13/08: FY 2009 Budget Request Means Big Cuts for Efficiency, Renewables, Seattle PI

02/13/08: Money Is the Real Green Power: The hoax of eco-friendly nuclear energy, Karl Grossman, Seattle PI

02/12/08: Ritter’s Climate Plan Dubbed “Junk Science,” John Ingold, Denver Post

02/12/08: Energy Morons, Alan Caruba, Canada Free Press

02/12/08: Keep Separate Science & Politics, Editorial, The Olympian

02/12/08: Climate Scientist They Could Not Silence, Times Online

02/11/08: Sweden Serves as Ethanol Model, David Shepardson, Detroit News

02/11/08: European Diesel Arrives in America, Jorn Madslien, BBC

02/11/08: Oil Firms Near $92, Randy Fabi, Washington Post

02/11/08: EPA is 0-3 With a Loss In The Blogosphere, Harry Fuller, ZDNet

02/08/08: Studies Deem Biofuels a Greenhouse Threat, Elisabeth Rosenthal, New York Times

02/08/08: Biofuels Can Have Real Ecological Benefits, Stephen Whittaker, Telegraph

02/08/08: Gas Up That Vehicle, David Suzuki, The Peterborough Examiner

02/08/08: The Future of Our Cars, Tom Whipple, Falls Church News-Press

02/07/08: Container Ports Ease Away From Polluting Diesel Fuel, Environmental News Service

02/07/08: GM Addresses Energy Activists, David Shepardson, Detroit News

02/07/08: PG&E Signs Agreement to Purchase Plug-in Hybrid SUVs, CNN Money

02/06/08: Biodiesel Industry Expo Wraps Up In Orlando, Jerry Jackson, Orlando Sentinel

02/06/08: Over $30 Million in Transit Money Announced, Empire State News

02/06/08: Boone’s Farm:  Pickens Project to Tap the Wind, Editorial, The Oklahoman

02/06/08: Westport Makes Environmental Inroads With WalMart, Today’s Trucking Online

02/05/08: 4000 Scientists Meet in Orlando to Find Biodiesel Solutions, Jerry Jackson, Orlando Sentinel

02/05/08: Oil, Susan Feldman, FastCompany.com

02/05/08: Barreling Into Recession, Michael Klare, Tomdispatch.com

02/05/08: The End of Cheap Oil:  Are You Ready?, Charles Taylor, DC Velocity

02/05/08: Running on Empty, Charles Russo, San Francisco Bay Guardian

02/04/08: London Launches Low Emission Zone, Jeremy Lovell, Reuters

02/04/08: Hybrid Vehicle Tax Credits, Patti Spencer, LancasterOnline.com

02/04/08: Late and Lame on Warming, Editorial, New York Times

02/04/08: The California Waiver, Editorial, Washington Post

02/04/08: How Oily Is Your Candidate? Catherine Brahic, New Scientist

02/01/08: Pricey Gas Drives U.S. Shoppers to Fuel Efficiency, Planet Ark

02/01/08: The Dangers of Oil Dependence, Alistair Bland, Santa Barbara Independent

02/01/08: Big Oil vs. Bad Oil, Editorial, London Times

02/01/08: Beijing Scientists Tout Plan to Shield Olympics From Rain, Barbara Demick, Seattle Times