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Landsat Proved the Power of Remote Sensing

Cars That Think

Two days after the launch, Goddard received its first MSS image, showing the Dallas–Fort Worth area. (In government did not yet know about the Soviet’s crop failure and the ripple effects it would have on the global market, and farmers were happy to sell. ERTS had a spatial resolution of 80 meters. billion in today’s dollars).

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Green Car Congress

The project will deploy refueling stations and alternative fuel vehicles in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. This initiative demonstrates and promote of the feasibility of alternative fuel sources, education and public outreach, and reduction of pollution/emissions. Total DOE award: $5,924,190.

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Summer Update

Plug In Partners

We would like to take this opportunity to report on our efforts to demonstrate to automakers that a market for plug-in hybrid vehicles exists in the United States today. Soft” fleet orders are a critical component of the Plug-In Partners goal of demonstrating to automakers that a market exists for flexible fuel plug-in hybrids.