Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has fined two shipping companies for failing to switch from bunker fuel to cleaner, low-sulfur fuel when sailing within 24 miles of the California coast, as required by a state law adopted in 2008.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2010

Johnny O’Connell races for Corvette Racing, a team that was the first to announce in 2008 that it would compete using cellulosic E85. This season, he drives for G-Oil’s Green Earth Team Gunnar in the new LMP Challenge class. His ORECA FLM09 competes using Green Earth Technologies’ G-Oil, a biodegradable fuel made from beef tallow.

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Green Long Beach Alternative Fuels Oil 218

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2010

The OGV Fuel Regulation was adopted by the ARB in 2008 and implementation began on 1 July 2009. It requires OGVs to use less polluting marine distillate fuels instead of heavy fuel oil within a designated area along the California coastline. Changes in ship routes has disrupted some activity in the Pt. Mugu Sea Range. Source: US Navy.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2009

Jeon Oh, SK Energy’s Leader, Corporate R&D Center/HEV Battery Project, provided an update on the company’s Li-ion automotive battery activities at the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference 2009 this week in Long Beach. The PHEV20 pack uses 96 cells and is 65 liters (0.065 cubic meters or 2.3 cubic feet) in volume.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

That’s why for the past week I’ve been working at my new job in Manhattan Beach where I’ve transitioned from the volunteer advocacy efforts I’ve been contributing since 2008 to a professional role in sustainability partnerships for CBS EcoMedia. Courtesy of CBS EcoMedia).

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 17, 2009

It’s going to change the world of our Los Angeles and Long Beach ports. That’s EE Solar’s RAV4 and it has gone over 116,000 miles oil free. You can read all about it in my Greenius guide to plug-ins and my coverage of Plug-In 2008. You say you’re looking for something a little larger?

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 13, 2009

At the 2008 Plug-In Conference in San Jose, Coulomb had the charging game all to themselves, but they were one of half a dozen charging players at this year’s show. Check the oil? there is no oil. The eBox above from AC Propulsion is sending power to and from the grid right there on the Long Beach Convention Center floor.

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