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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Green Car Congress

AC Transit, California (Hayward, headquarters in Oakland): $6,400,000. Lane Transit District, Oregon: $3,000,000. Renewable Wind Energy: MBTA will design and construct wind energy generation turbines in eastern Massachusetts (from among Kingston, Newburyport, Bridgewater).

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Near the end of our conversation, I ask Wang about the company name. His people at MidAmerican have studied clean technologies like batteries and wind power for years because of the threat of climate change. The day after Fortunes visit to BYD, Oregon Gov. " When he got back to the U.S., You want to meet him."

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