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Corn ethanol worse for the environment than petrol

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The results of the study will come as a massive blow to the Obama administration which has been push[.]. Using corn residues to produce ethanol and other types of biofuel can generate more greenhouse gases than even fossil fuel sources, according to a new study from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Biofuels'

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Clunkers programme receives funding boost

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The vastly popular cash for clunkers programme in the USA received a boost last Friday when President Obama signed into law HR 3435, which provides $2billion in emergency supplemental appropriations for the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Programme.

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Will green cars put industry on road to profit?

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Here in the UK we’re so downtrodden by extortionate petrol prices that the prospect of driving fuel efficient green cars carries obvious appeal. However, without a sensible Federal policy in place that affects the price of petrol in the long term, few customers may pay attention. Will green cars ever be popular there?

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California Air Resources Board wants fuel cell funding

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The Obama Administration’s 2010 Department of Energy budget put forward a cut in the federal hydrogen fuel cell research and deployment by more than two thirds ($130million). However, California Air Resources Board Chairman Mary Nichols wants that funding back. million miles in real world testing.

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Does the future of electric cars hinge on costs?

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According to Ron Cogan, founder and editor of the Green Car Journal , the Obama administration is betting heavily on technology and that electric cars are not an exclusive answer to future transportation challenges and consumers will not be willing to buy them at all costs.

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A closer look at the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit. The Green Piece

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With Barack Obama’s energy bill stalling in the Senate, US negotiators don’t really know what they can offer and Obama is playing his cards close to his chest, with a 14-20 per cent cut from 2005 carbon emission levels by 2020 seeming to be its best offer. The US and China are widely accepted as the two key players in negotiations.

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Has the cash for clunkers scheme failed? The Green Piece

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Clearly the goal of the cash for clunkers scheme was to revitalise US auto sales – but the underlying target, according to the Obama administration, was also to encourage US drivers towards more fuel efficient vehicles that would ultimately reduce the country’s dependence on foreign oil. So is this scheme green at all?