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Environmentalists fight for green domain

Green Cars News

According to the BBC , rival consortiums are preparing bids to control the.eco domain. “We’re two different applicants with two different business ideas,&# Minor Childers, co-founder of Dot Eco, told BBC News. Environmental groups are preparing to try to take control of a new net domain designed for green groups.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Last year Oregon had also aggressively negotiated with the Chinese carmaker, BYD , to manufacture its line of plug-in hybrids in the state for sale in the U.S.) She is an avid runner and hiker, having grown up camping most summers in the Sierra Nevada. So why has Oregon become a hotbed of activity for electric vehicles all of a sudden?

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

She is an avid runner and hiker, having grown up camping most summers in the Sierra Nevada. She spent the previous year as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, and before that she was the Southwest correspondent for The Economist based in Austin, Tex.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

“If any energy company ignores the long-term impact on future fossil-fuel-backed energy sales, they will be in for a shock.&# She is an avid runner and hiker, having grown up camping most summers in the Sierra Nevada.

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