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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

Green Car Congress

2 ] Rasmussen’s “one agreement, two steps” plan was quickly endorsed by US President Obama, as well as Australia’s Prime Minister Rudd and Russia’s President Medvedev, all of whom were present at the APEC summit. It is estimated that Russia’s 2007 greenhouse gas emissions were a full 34% below 1990 levels.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. Do the simple math, Obama (ho,ho) and learn just how stupid thou really art.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

April 12, 2009 2:08 pm Link Obama’s “Social Democratic&# dream will be further unveiled after the failure of GM and Chrysler is certain and on the books. She is an avid runner and hiker, having grown up camping most summers in the Sierra Nevada. Portland is already an EV center and has been for 15 yrs. — jerryd 7.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The only question is a carbon TAX the kind of change Obama believes in. She is an avid runner and hiker, having grown up camping most summers in the Sierra Nevada. February 17, 2009 9:43 am Link No matter how you slice it we need a carbon TAX to accelerate all these important projects. — AH2 14.

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