AFVi News Archive - January 2008

01/31/08: It’s Really Not That Easy Being Green, Ilana Debare, San Francisco Chronicle

01/31/08: CNG Fueled Car Has Many Advantages, Plenty of Negatives, Ann Belser, Pittsburgh Post Gazette

01/31/08: Candidates Tackle Big Three Emissions, Gordon Trowbridge, Detroit News

01/31/08: Farm Bill is First Priority for Schafer, Farm Futures

01/31/08: The Future of Our Cars, Tom Whipple, Falls Church News-Press

01/31/08: The WSJ Article on a CERA Oil Decline Story, Robert Hirsch, Energy Bulletin

01/30/08: Gas Prices Rise, Hybrids Win Big, Bill Visnic, Edmunds.com

01/30/08: Ultra Cheap Car:  A False Dawn?, Praful Bidwai, The International News

01/30/08: Oil Bringing Prosperity, Demand, Michael Bleschloss, Desert Sun

01/30/08: Boone Pickens Shares His Views, Jim Money, The Oklahoman

01/28/08: Hydrogen Powered Cars Work But Lack Easy Access To Fuel, Alan Choate, Las Vegas Review Journal

01/28/08: Orders For 1700 Buses Will Double GM-Allison Hybrid Fleet, Domain-b.com

01/28/08: China to Build 97 New Airports by 2020, AFP

01/28/08: Congress to EPA: We’ll Fight Back for Waiver, Editorial, Sacramento Bee

01/28/08: Cornucopians and Their Magical Thinking, Curt Kobb, Resource Insights

01/25/08: Westport Innovations Gets Pact From Kenworth for LNG Tech, Dow Jones Newswires

01/25/08: Wal-Mart Chief Pledges To Go Greener, Environmental Leader

01/25/08: Tata and Chrysler Sign Deal to Import Electric Ace, Dan Roth, AutoBlog

01/25/08: The Peak Oil Crisis: The Future of Cars, Tom Whipple, Falls Church News-Press

01/25/08: At Senate Hearing, EPA Chief Comes Under Fire, Zachary Choile, San Francisco Chronicle

01/24/08: Prius Designer Says Industry Must Lose Oil Addiction, John Lippert and Alan Ohlsman, Bloomsberg

01/24/08: States’ Emissions Debate Escalates, David Shepardson, Detroit News

01/24/08: Energized Debate Over Energy Act, Stanford Daily

01/23/08: Chrysler Executive Says Fuel Key To Success, John Crawley, Reuters

01/23/08: Freightliner Rolls Out Hybrid Beverage Truck, Fleet Owner

01/23/08: Hologram Prince Hails New Money for Alternative Energy, John Vidal, The Guardian

01/23/08: Columbia Journalism Review Launches 'The Observatory,' Curtis Brainard, Columbia Journalism Review

01/22/08: CNG For Entire National Capital Region, Indian Express

01/22/08: Creating a Car Culture in China, Maureen Fan, Washington Post

01/21/08: California Dreamin’, Glenn Milne, The Australian

01/21/08: A Better Place for Electric Cars, Steve Hamm, Business Week

01/21/08: Outside Auto Show, A Stalled State, Ken Bensinger, Los Angeles Times

01/19/08: Trouble for Plug-In and Hybrid Vehicles?, GM Inside News

01/18/08: Safeway’s Trucks to Use Biodiesel Fuel, Blanca Torres, Contra Costa Times

01/18/08: The Coal Question Revisited, Kurt Cobb, Scitizen

01/18/08: Overpopulation and Peak Oil-The Perfect Storm, Jim Lydecker, Napa Valley Register

01/18/08: Roll Up, Roll Up, Get Your Energy Here, Peter Schrank, The Economist

01/17/08: Ballyhoo in Bali, William J. Kelly, LA City Beat

01/17/08: Texas Ranks #1 For GHG Emissions, April Castro, Killeen Daily Herald

01/17/08: Clean Energy Initiates NG Fueling Services in Texas, California and New York, Centre Daily

01/17/08: PG&E Adds Five HD LNG Trucks to Its Fleet, Thomasnet

01/17/08: The Peak Oil Crisis:  We Are Starting To Dim, Fall Church News-Press

01/17/08: BP Says World Oil Demand to Peak, Alex Lawler, Reuters

01/16/08: Saudis Balk at Bush’s Oil Advice,  James Gerstenzang, Los Angeles Times

01/16/08: Iraq Fuel Crisis Freezes Life, Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail, InterPress Service

01/16/08: 92% of Fleet Executives Predict Prices Will Rise, PR Web

01/16/08: Air Pollution at Historic Highs in China’s Guangdong, Reuters

01/15/08: General Motors Embraces Electrics As Oil Slips Away, Joshua Dowling, The Age

01/15/08: Tiny Car, Tough Questions, Anne Applebaum, Washington Post

01/15/08: Gain Without Mentioning Pain, Warren Brown, Washington Post

01/15/08: How We Can Get Out of the Middle East and Put Billions Back Into America, Dr. Richard Craven, Daily News

01/15/08: Honda Stays Out of Plug-Ins, Opts In For Diesels, David Kiley, Business Week

01/14/08: Detroit Auto Show: The Green Guide, John O’Dell, Edmunds.com

01/14/08: Detroit Car and Truck of the Year Winners, The Daily Green

01/14/08: Toyota Takes Aim at GM’s Plug-in Goal, Christine Tierney, Detroit News

01/14/08: GM Shifts in Alternative Fuel Push, Los Angeles Times

01/11/08: State Tries To Lend Momentum to Stalling Hydrogen Highway, Kimberly Kindy, Contra Costa Times

01/11/08: Fuel Cells May Be Next Big Thing, Christine Tierney, Detroit News

01/11/08: Clean Energy BMW Sedan Will Get Local Test Drive, Teresa Rochester, Ventura County Star

01/11/08: A Billion New Tailpipes, Jason Overdorf and Fred Guterl, Newsweek

01/10/08: The Peak Oil Crisis:  Looking at 2008, Tom Whipple, Falls Church News-Press

01/10/08: Buyers Want Cleaner Cars, No Sacrifices, Eric Morath, Detroit News

01/10/08: KPMG:  Industry is Past Rockiest Part of Road, Karl Greenberg, Marketing Daily

01/10/08: Hydrogen Plans Hit The Brakes, Kimberly Kindy, Contra Costa Times

01/09/08: Beyond the Barrel, Marianne Lavelle, U.S. News and World Report

01/09/08: GM CEO:  US Needs Ten Times More Ethanol Stations, Michael Kanellos, c/net news.com

01/09/08: New Plan Launched to Help London’s Freight Industry, Transport for London

01/09/08: Climate Change Should Be In The Primaries, Brij Khindaria, The Moderate Voice

01/08/08: $100 Oil is Good For America, David Fleischaker, The Statesman

01/08/08: $10 Million:  The Race To Build The Super Green Car, Eric Hagerman, Wired

01/08/08: Automakers In Crucial Race to Build Earth Friendly Vehicles, Bill Vlasic, Detroit News

01/08/08: Research Supports Ethanol Made From Switch Grass, Bill Hord,  World Omaha-Herald

01/08/08: The Candidates’ Energy Plan:  A Green Car Primer, Terril Yue Jones, Edmunds.com

01/07/08: The 1290 £ Car Delights Indians But Horrifies The Greens, Amelia Gentleman, London Observer

01/07/08: Clean Diesels Set to Take on Hybrid Cars, Mutsuo Fukishima, Japan Times

01/07/08: Diesel Pollution is Seen as a Continuing Threat, Rick Orlov and Kerry Cavanaugh, LA Daily News

01/07/08: “Sue and Sue and Sue” for Emissions Standards, Editorial, Seattle Times

01/07/08: 50 People Who Could Save the Planet, The Guardian

01/04/08: GM Says 2010 No Sure Thing for Volt, Sharon Terlep, Detroit News

01/04/08: Tata Pulls Ford Units Into Its Orbit, Heather Timmons,  New York Times

01/04/08: Toyota Passes Ford As Number 2, Baltimore Sun

01/04/08: California’s Data Challenges EPA, Mark Clayton, Christian Science Monitor

01/03/08: The Peak Oil Crisis:  Diesel, Tom Whipple, Falls Church News-Press

01/03/08: Smith Launches World’s Largest Electric Truck in USA, Work Truck Magazine

01/03/08: California Sues Government For Rejecting Bid to Curb Emissions, Margot Roosevelt, Los Angeles Times

01/03/08: Study Predicts Harsh Effects of Climate Change on California, San Jose Mercury News

01/02/08: EPA Acts for Automakers, Editorial, The Ledger

01/02/08: Our Way of Life Is On the Line, Art Marroquin, The Daily Breeze

01/02/08: Global Warming Insurance Policy is Worth Premium, Gene Sperling, Bloomberg

01/02/08: Heady Year for Alternative Energy and Clean Tech, Dale Mason, Tech Journal South