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

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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. Earlier post.).

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GM's New Plan: Fewer Jobs, More Chevy Volt - Environmental Capital - WSJ

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More BigCharts Virtual Stock Exchange FiLife.com WSJ Asia WSJ Europe WSJ Portuguese WSJ Spanish WSJ Chinese SEARCH Welcome, Logout My Account My Journal Help Message Center ( new) U.S. News Heard on the Street Obamas First 100 Days Weekend Europe WSJ. Tags: evdriven. All Rights Reserved.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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Dr. Heywood opened the session by identifying the three most important goals over the next couple of decades: Improve our mainstream technologies because “ improving our mainstream technologies is what is going to make a difference over the next couple of decades ” said Heywood. Setting the stage for existing technology. Washington, D.C.:

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

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News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Andy Grove on battery power To wean itself from imported oil, the U.S. Why hes banking on an obscure Chinese electric car company and a CEO who - no joke - drinks his own battery fluid.

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It’s Time To Go To The Mattresses

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Dr. Hansen wrote both a personal letter to President elect Barack Obama as well as a pdf white paper that you can download and read for yourself and don’t let anyone tell you you can’t. I’m already busy meeting with our counterparts in China. Why are we going to the matts in China too? But I digress.

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

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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. is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000.

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Buffett's Chinese electric car company

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BYD’s conventional gas-powered cars are selling well these days in China, and his electric plug-in electric model looks like it will come to market with a longer range and a lower sticker price than the new Toyota Prius much-hyped Chevy Volt. Sokol did most of the due diligence on BYD for Berkshire, and he now sits on the BYD board.

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