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Schwarzenegger's Green Cred Fading with CARB Caos

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It is not the first time the governor has made bold promises on the environment while his administration dragged its feet behind the scenes. He has accepted $1 million in campaign cash from the oil industry, and he had threatened to veto the global warming bill unless it was made more business-friendly.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Cischke, Ford senior vice president for sustainability, environment and safety engineering. "By I believe strongly that this country has to get off oil," he says, sitting beside a massive V-16 engine on display in his office. San Jose Mercury News ). By partnering with these two industries. Bloomberg News ). GM Press Release ).

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Ford Making Aggressive Push With EcoBoost and Technologies Such as Ti-VCT for Improved Fuel Economy; Roadmap for Future Generations of EcoBoost Highlights Role as Company Strategy as Well as Product

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Several years back, Ford engaged in a modelling strategy to determine what it’s fleet fuel economy should be over time given a proportional contribution to achieving an atmospheric CO 2 concentration of 450 ppm, said Sue Cischke, Ford group vice president, Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering. Mich, July 2009).