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Wagoner Out as GM CEO; Obama to Provide Details on New Auto Aid on Monday

Green Car Congress

The Detroit Free Press reports that the Obama Administration has asked GM CEO Rick Wagoner to resign, which Wagoner agreed to do today. President Obama will unveil his new rescue plan for GM and Chrysler in a White House ceremony on Monday. Not since President Franklin Roosevelt considered taking control of Ford Motor Co.

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Tesla replays DOE loan nine years early

Green Car Congress

This program was signed into law by President Bush in 2008 and then awarded under the Obama administration in the years that followed. I would like to thank the Department of Energy and the members of Congress and their staffs that worked hard to create the ATVM program, and particularly the American taxpayer from whom these funds originate.

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Obama outlines plans for greener US

Green Cars News

President Barack Obama called on Congress to eliminate the billions in taxpayer dollars currently give to oil companies and support record investment into renewable energy and electric cars as part of his State of the Union address yesterday.

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Plug-in Hybrid Bills in Congress Scare Auto Makers

Plugs and Cars

The Detroit News Autos Insider column today is reporting on Congressional efforts to promote plug-in hybrids and the backlash from the automakers. Legislation proposed in the Senate by Senators Obama, Hatch and Cantwell to offer tax credits to convert hybrids to plug-ins now has its counterpart in Congressman Ed Markey's House bill.

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Get Your Monkeywrenches Ready! Politicians Beg For Climate Change Wake Up Call

Creative Greenius

on Wednesday, July 8, 2009 to unfurl a banner that challenges President Obama to show leadership on global warming. Obama is at the G8 meeting in Italy to discuss the global warming crisis with other world leaders. A federal prosecutor says a dozen people were taken into custody on Wednesday after the incident. House last month.

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Bring Back the EV1 Press Conference

Revenge of the Electric Car

He sent the story to KFWB News 980 and to President-elect Barack Obama. As you know, today I strongly urge Congress to withhold any bailout funds from the auto industry, unless and until the industry agrees to mass-produce fuel efficiency automobiles; electric cars. This dependency must end now! Lets keep the pressure on!&#.

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Worldwide Campaign for Neurorights Notches Its First Win

Cars That Think

constitutional amendment that was passed by the National Congress of Chile and signed by the president, the people of Chile are the first in the world to be granted a new kind of human rights—“neurorights”—which advocates say are made necessary by rapid advances in neurotechnology. Chile’s congress is currently considering.

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