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Greenpeace Los Angeles Kicking Ass on Chemical Risks

Creative Greenius

While every elected official I know in the Los Angeles area has been silent and invisible on the issue of chemical plant security over the past year, our true heroes at Greenpeace Los Angeles have been kicking ass and taking names when it comes to keeping this issue on the front burner, informing the public and calling for the necessary action. Chemical plants using poison gases and other lethal toxic compounds surround our highest population areas here in So.

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Scientists Map Origin of Large, Underwater Hydrocarbon Plume in Gulf

Green Car Congress

Scientists funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have detected a plume of hydrocarbons-not pure oil, but with oil compounds-at least 22 miles long and more than 3,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, a residue of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The 1.2-mile-wide, 650-foot-high plume of trapped hydrocarbons was detected during a ten-day subsurface sampling effort from 19-28 June 2010 near the wellhead.

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Corvette Could Go Hybrid, Says GM Head Engineer; World To End?

Green Car Reports

Last week, Karl-Friedrich Stracke, GM's vice president of global vehicle engineering, set to rest rumors of a mid-engine next-generation Chevrolet Corvette. That got a lot of attention among Corvette fans. But a footnote to the story was that Stracke said not only that a hybrid Corvette was possible, but that such a powertrain would be "an.

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So What Exactly DO You Have to Service On a 2011 Nissan Leaf?

All Cars Electric

Despite initial purchase prices higher than those for gasoline cars of equivalent performance (before incentives, anyway), electric cars undisputably cost less to run. Not only does the grid electricity to drive a mile cost just half to one-fifth the cost of the gasoline to go the same distance, but electric cars have far fewer maintenance items.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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Greenius on Patch.com: Lessons Learned on Carbon Neutral City Committee

Creative Greenius

After eight months of working directly with Mayor Michael DiVirgilio to introduce and launch the Carbon Neutral City initiative , I stepped aside two weeks ago to focus more on the surrounding South Bay communities and to play a different role in Hermosa. It’s been a rewarding and exhilarating 34 weeks since I first sat down with DiVirgilio, Dency Nelson and Robert Fortunato at the Planet Earth Café to propose that Hermosa Beach become the first municipality in Southern California to go ca

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Researchers Identify Four Genes That Improve Ethanol Tolerance in Yeast; Potential Components of a Genetic Toolbox

Green Car Congress

Researchers from S. Korea and the US have developed a strain of yeast with increased alcohol tolerance that could lead to more efficient and economical production of alcohol-based biofuels. Yeast produces alcohol through microbial fermentation; however, at a certain concentration, the biofuels that are being created become toxic to the yeast used in making them, said Yong-Su Jin, an assistant professor of microbial genomics in the U of I Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and a facul

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Student-Built DeLaSalle Electric Car Aiming For World Record Efficiency

All Cars Electric

A group of high school students from the DeLaSalle School in Kansas City, Mo., have set out to build an electric car aimed at setting a new world record for efficiency. Working closely with engineers from Bridgestone Americas' Technical Center in Akron, Ohio, the students have just concluded tests on their electric car at the tire company's Texas.

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Greenius on The Green Show at Environmental Charter High School

Creative Greenius

In June I was interviewed by Rodrigo Padilla of The Green Show produced by Lawndale’s Environmental Charter High School and talked about my volunteer work with the South Bay Environmental Services Center and my other environmental activism. Tags: environment South Bay Environmental Services Center Joe Galliani GRID Alternatives Environmental Charter High School Lamp Exchange South Bay Cities Council of Government.

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Kia Motors to Unveil New EV Concept at Paris Show

Green Car Congress

Kia Motors has released a few images of the POP, an all-new electric concept vehicle that the company will reveal at the upcoming Paris Motor Show. POP is a 3-meter, three-seater targeted at the city car segment. . The Kia POP. Click to enlarge. . Detail of front. Click to enlarge. Tags: Brief.

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AutoNation Promises 2011 Volt, Leaf To Sell For Sticker Price

Green Car Reports

Just as dealers have to discount unpopular cars, they often add "surcharges" to models where demand outstrips supply. It's auto dealership yin and yang, or something. Now mega-dealer chain AutoNation has drawn a line in the sand, flatly stating that its dealers will sell their limited allocation of 2011 Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric cars.

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Faurecia and Accenture partner on products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles

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2011 HumanCar Imagine PS On Sale Next Year Priced From $15,000

All Cars Electric

This odd-looking vehicle is the 2011 HumanCar Imagine PS, a car best described as an electric vehicle that can also be self-propelled, a kind of human-electric hybrid so to speak. Not only that but it's also a mobile power generator with a 110 Volt AC out. HumanCar was started by Charles Greenwood, who came up with the original idea back in 1968.

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Survey says: Americans don’t understand energy use

Green Cars News

Americans have a “very poor understanding of energy use and savings” – that’s the damning verdict of a new survey by researchers from Columbia University, Carnegie Mellon University and Ohio State University. They found that many of the participants in the survey believed they can save energy with small behavioural changes that actually achieve very [.].

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Range Fuels Produces Cellulosic Methanol from Biomass at Soperton Plant

Green Car Congress

Range Fuels, Inc. has produced cellulosic methanol from the initial phase of its first commercial cellulosic biofuels plant near Soperton, Georgia using non-food biomass. The cellulosic methanol produced from Phase 1 will be used to produce biodiesel. Range Fuels plans to begin production of cellulosic ethanol from the plant in the third quarter this year.

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Fuel Economy In the Sky: Whose Jets Get the Most Mileage?

Green Car Reports

It's Friday, so we're straying slightly afield from covering cars. In this case, we're turning our green lens toward jetliners to look at fuel economy in the sky. Anyone who travels on a jet more than once has likely more than doubled their non-flying carbon footprint, and there are unlikely to be electric jets in our lifetimes. So fuel efficiency.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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First Look: Kia Electric Pop Concept For Paris Motor Show

All Cars Electric

The dog days of summer may still be with us, but automakers across the globe are gearing up for the big Paris Motor Show, which kicks off just six weeks hence. This morning, Kia released teaser images of an electric concept car they will unveil in Paris. It's the Kia Electric Pop, an all-electric urban three-seater about 10 feet long, slightly.

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Lightning strikes at VIR to win the TTXGP North America 2010 electric motorcycle racingchampionship

National Green Transportation

In an exciting finish to the TTXGP North America season, Michael Barnes wraps up the TTXGP North America championship. The race got off to a clean start and for the first few laps, unlike previous races, most of the pack was close together.

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Boston-Power’s Swing Battery Selected for NASA’s Humanoid Robot Project

Green Car Congress

NASA has selected selected Boston-Power’s Swing battery system ( earlier post ) as a part of Project M—a proposed project to land an operational humanoid robot on the moon in 1,000 days. The project derives its name from the Roman numeral for 1,000: M. Boston-Power’s battery technology platform is based on a flat, oval-shaped prismatic cell design with external dimensions equivalent to two conventional 18650 lithium-ion cells.

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Whisky-Based Biofuel Developed In Scotland

Green Car Reports

There seems to be no end to the number of organic materials that can be converted into usable biofuel to power a car. We've seen fuel derived from garbage before, a race car that ran on chocolate, and even a Volkswagen Beetle running on fuel generated from human waste, and now we have news of a biofuel developed from whisky by-products. Developed.

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Report: Production Porsche 918 Spyder Will Be More Powerful Than Concept

All Cars Electric

Who ever said green cars can't be fun? You only have to look at the Tesla Roadster and upcoming hybrid and electric sports cars from Audi, Mercedes-Benz and BMW to see that there is a future for sports car fans beyond the internal combustion engine. Porsche, too, is getting on the green car bandwagon, revealing earlier this year its stunning 918.

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Think enters French electric car market

Green Cars News

Electric car maker Think is set to enter the French market after appointing a new distribution partner. The manufacturer of the Think city car has contracted the Mobivia Groupe and its newly established sustainable mobility division, O2City to handle the retail and distribution of its electric cars in the country. O2City will also offer [.]. Tags: Electric cars TH!

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New Piston Ring for Gasoline Direct-Injection Engines Reduces Friction By Up to 15% and Oil Consumption By Up to 50%

Green Car Congress

The LKZ oil control ring, unlike conventional or standard oil rings, combines a stepped surface and taper on its contacting edge, or “land,” and reduces oil consumption by up to 50% and friction by up to 15%. Click to enlarge. Federal-Mogul Corporation has introduced a two-piece oil ring design for gasoline direct-injection engines, previously developed for diesel applications.

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Bicycles, Not Sports Cars: The New, Greener Mid-Life Crisis?

Green Car Reports

Could the high-end bicycle replace the sports-car as a green symbol of the mid-life crisis? It's possible. Ask any demographer about what's going on with 20- and 30-somethings, and they'll tell you there's a major shift underway. The younger set isn't viewing cars quite as much as an extension of their image as those in the past, and they're.

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Chinese Automaker Dongfeng Backing EV Rush With $440 Million Pledge

All Cars Electric

Following the lead of its government, which recently pledged a whopping $15 billion towards helping accelerate the electrification of the automobile, Chinese automaker Dongfeng has announced that it plans to do its part by adding a further $440 million to that tally over the next five years. Most of the money is to be divided into programs to help.

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Dragon invests in electric re-launch of Peel cars

Green Cars News

A new green revival of a 60’s icon is the latest focus of investment from TV’s Dragons’ Den. According to The Sun today, dragon James Caan agreed to invest in a re-launched version of the Peel P50 car and bubble roof Trident. Gary Hillman pitched the idea after spotting one of the only 20 remaining [.]. Tags: Electric cars Dragons' Den electric James Caan P50 Peel smallest Trident.

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Researchers Suggest That Although CCS and Other Technologies Could Reduce Oil Sands GHG Emissions to Near Zero, That Strategy May Not Make Sense

Green Car Congress

Examples of emerging oil sands related technologies and trade-offs. Credit: ACS, Bergerson and Keith. Click to enlarge. Although it is technically possible to make deep reductions in oil sands well-to-tank greenhouse gas emissions through the use of technologies such as carbon capture and storage (CCS) and the co-firing of biomass with fossil fuels for process heat or hydrogen, it is unclear if such a strategy makes sense, Joule Bergerson and David Keith at the University of Calgary suggest in a

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Hybrid Supercar Being Developed By Spain's Izaro

Green Car Reports

Small companies developing hybrid and electric sports cars with Ferrari-rivaling performance may seem fairly common these days, and the latest entrant into this growing market segment--Izaro GTE--seems determined to follow in the footsteps of other fledgling green sports car start-ups. Izaro is based in Spain and its proposed GTE is a new sports.

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Charging the 2011 Chevrolet Volt: What You Need To Know

All Cars Electric

We've covered the 2011 Chevy Volt a lot here at AllCarsElectric.com, and for good reason. It'll be one of the first affordable and usable EVs to hit the market. Of course, it isn't just a simple electric vehicle. The Volt uses a small gasoline engine as a range extender to allow the Volt to travel far further than its full-electric competition.

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Audi transports cars by green-powered train

Green Cars News

Audi has found another way to reduce the emissions associated with the manufacture of its cars; using a train powered by green electricity to transport its new vehicles from the production line to the docks, ready for shipping. Its 36-strong model line-up produced at headquarters in Inglostadt, Germany can now be transported to the North [.]. Tags: Audi Emden germany green electricity Inglostadt North Sea train.

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GSA To Make 5,600 Hybrids Available To Federal Agencies, Including 100 Plug-In Hybrids; Cost Still An Issue

Green Car Congress

by Jack Rosebro. The US government’s General Services Administration (GSA) this summer took delivery of the first of more than 5,600 hybrid vehicles ordered earlier this year, and will make the vehicles—almost all of which are Ford Fusion hybrids—available to various federal agencies under GSA lease agreements as they are delivered. GSA previously purchased 1,600 hybrid vehicles using revenue from the sale of older vehicles that agencies exchanged last year when they received funds for new vehic

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2012 Infiniti M35h, Its First Hybrid, Previews at Pebble Beach

Green Car Reports

Almost a year ago, Infiniti confirmed a hybrid version of its new M sedan, to be launched at the end of 2010. Now, the company has unveiled that car, in the tony surroundings of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, the premier U.S. showcase for classic cars. Infiniti has adopted the Lexus convention of denoting its hybrid models with a quiet.

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Up From the Ashes: CA Refits 10-Year-Old EV Charging Stations

All Cars Electric

Everything old is new again. At least that's the hope of the California Energy Commission (CEC), who have just announced that they will be overhauling many of California's old charging stations. California has long been the at the centre of EV development and thanks to several EV programmes in the past from the likes of Toyota with their RAV-4 EV.

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Spin-off firm aims to slash EV battery cost by 85%

Green Cars News

A new technology start-up believes it holds the secret to reducing the cost of electric car batteries by as much as 85 per cent. The new firm called 24M Technologies, is a spin-off from battery-developer, A123 Systems. Led by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor Yet-Miang Chiang, the new firm is set to develop new [.]. Tags: Electric cars 24M Technologies A123 Systems batteries.

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NSF Awards $500K Grant to NC State Researchers to Convert Lignin into Chemical Feedstocks

Green Car Congress

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $500,000 grant to researchers at NC State University aimed at finding an energy efficient and environmentally friendly method for breaking down lignin into feedstock for the petrochemical industry. NC State scientists Dr. Dimitris Argyropoulos, Finland Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, and Dr. Elon Ison, assistant professor of chemistry and a green chemistry specialist, received the grant via the Industrial Research Institute (IRI) for thei

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Range Fuels Opens Plant to Commercialize Methanol

Green Car Reports

Range Fuels, one of the more successful biofuel startups backed by Khosla Ventures, announced today that it has opened up its first commercial plant to make cellulosic methanol out of non-food feedstocks. Located in Georgia, the facility is expected to pump out 20 million gallons of ethanol and biodiesel every year. The company's plan is to use.