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Don’t Hummer Me In: Some think what’s good for General Motors’ Hummer is good for the U.S.A. Do you? by erica — last modified Sep 30, 2009 12:17 PM — filed under: Hummer, fuel economy, social science, An Inconvenient Truth, Toyota Prius, automakers, global warming, automobile, climate change, politics, General Motors, Al Gore — Relevance: 1%
The Beach Boys Redux: Muscle Cars and National Security: The Wall Street Journal wants to “drill, baby, drill.” But when it comes to fuel economy, it’s “<a class="external-link" ... by erica — last modified May 28, 2009 04:24 PM — filed under: fuel economy, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, transportation, automobile, Wall Street Journal, oil drilling, oil, Daniel Henninger, cars, policy, politics, fossil fuels — Relevance: 1%
Cash for Clunkers, Here and There: The U.S. Congress is not the only (or first) group considering cash-for-clunkers programs. Similar incentives are underway on the other side of the big pond. by erica — last modified Apr 24, 2009 03:48 PM — filed under: fuel economy, transportation, cars, economics, automakers, Dianne Feinstein, automobile, carbon dioxide emissions, Cash for Clunkers, economy — Relevance: 1%
Cap and Trade Part 3 – You Ask, “What?” I Say, “How Wide?”: Which greenhouse gas emissions do you find when you look under a cap and trader? by erica — last modified Jul 10, 2009 10:15 AM — filed under: cap and trade, oil, transportation, automobile, economics, global warming, climate change, acid rain program, carbon dioxide emissions, agriculture, economy — Relevance: 1%
Statistically Speaking: Detroit Does It Better in Europe: So the Big Three automakers are in trouble and want some of our money to stay afloat. Before handing over any cash, we might want to look at how Detroit does ... by erica — last modified Mar 16, 2009 12:30 PM — filed under: fuel economy, transportation, Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE), air pollution, Statistically Speaking, automobile, statistically speaking, alternative fuel, diesel, Detroit, particulate matter, gasoline, carbon dioxide emissions, ultra low sulfur diesel, nitrogen oxides — Relevance: 1%
Is Bubble Bursting for Climate in Near Term?: Could there already be an about-face? The president-elect's energy & environment picks held real promise for climate action. Now there's talk of the virtues of ... by erica — last modified Mar 16, 2009 12:15 PM — filed under: greenhouse gases, Henry Waxman, air pollution, automobile, automakers, Supreme Court, global warming, Nancy Pelosi, House of Representatives, Barack Obama, New York Times, climate change — Relevance: 1%
China's New Car: Plug In, Turn On, Drive Out: Back in the ‘50s, a strange little car from Germany suddenly appeared -- the Beetle. No way, we thought, could Germany compete with Detroit. We were wrong. Now ... by erica — last modified Mar 16, 2009 12:27 PM — filed under: fuel economy, transportation, business, automobile, automakers, electric cars, plug-in hybrids, cars — Relevance: 1%
Cash for Clunkers Bill Could Be a Clunker: Rahm Emanuel said: “You never want to waste a serious crisis.” In other words, use the momentum of addressing one crisis to advance other important policy ... by erica — last modified Apr 23, 2009 04:38 PM — filed under: fuel economy, U.S. Congress, greenhouse gas emissions, Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE), automobile, Dianne Feinstein, cars, transportation, Betty Sutton, Cash for Clunkers — Relevance: 1%
Biofuels Can Be Electrifying: It was a bad week for ethanol. First EPA proposed disqualifying corn ethanol as a renewable fuel (see yesterday's Grok <a class="external-link" ... by erica — last modified Aug 27, 2009 10:14 AM — filed under: science, fossil fuels, transportation, automobile, corn ethanol, gasoline, electric cars, cellulosic ethanol, cars, carbon dioxide emissions, renewables, biofuels, research — Relevance: 1%
GM Declares Bankruptcy: The end of an era, to be sure. But how did this happen? The result of meddling by “<a class="external-link" ... by erica — last modified Jun 01, 2009 03:27 PM — filed under: transportation, business, air pollution, automobile, automakers, health, Wall Street Journal, carbon dioxide emissions, General Motors — Relevance: 1%
Obama Steers American Cars Into the 21st Century: When it comes to fuel economy standards, it’s a rare sight to see the automobile industry and the environmental community together on the same platform. But ... by erica — last modified May 19, 2009 04:40 PM — filed under: fuel economy, greenhouse gas emissions, Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE), Statistically Speaking, automobile, automakers, cars, transportation, carbon dioxide emissions — Relevance: 1%
Urban Air Pollution: Stay on the Windy Side of the Street: Thinking of an urban stroll to clear the head, move those bones, and take in a breath of fresh air? Be careful that noxious car exhaust doesn’t put a dent in ... by erica — last modified Oct 14, 2009 03:28 PM — filed under: science, air quality, air pollution, cars, research, particulate matter, traffic, automobile, Environmental Protection Agency, transportation, pollution — Relevance: 1%
Lovins Sees Bright, Efficient Future: <a class="external-link" href="http://nicholas.duke.edu/deanseries">Lecturing</a> at Duke University last week, physicist Amory Lovins predicted the end of our ... by erica — last modified Nov 09, 2009 12:25 PM — filed under: Amory Lovins, electricity, climate change, energy, automakers, automobile, global warming, electric cars, integrated design, electric vehicle, energy efficiency, cars, Duke Environment and Society Lecture — Relevance: 1%

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