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Saving Lives and The Environment With Ford Escape Hybrid Vehicles Patrolling LA Beaches

For the past year the Los Angeles County Lifeguard Service, a division of the fire department, has used a fleet of 2009 Ford Escape Hybrids to help save lives while reducing fuel consumption and protecting the environment

11 Jun 2009

Ford Motor Company and Hydro-Québec Team Up on Plug In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Research

Ford Motor Company and Hydro-Québec announced today that Hydro-Québec has joined a North America wide demonstration and research program on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs)

11 Jun 2009

Hybrid Bus Hits The Streets of Baltimore

DesignLine USA, LLC, a leader in the design and manufacture of innovative hybrid and electric vehicles for the public transport market, announced that the first of 21 buses ordered by the City of Baltimore was unveiled today at a ceremony to mark a new era in the city’s public transit history

11 Jun 2009

Economy and Environment to Benefit from 'Cash for Clunkers' Bill

Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor this afternoon in support of H.R. 2751, the so-called "cash for clunkers" bill, which will allow consumers to trade in their old, gas-guzzling vehicles and receive vouchers worth up to $4,500 to help pay for new, more fuel efficient cars and trucks

9 Jun 2009

Performance and Fuel Efficiency to Come From New Michelin Tire

Consumers can now enjoy all the benefits of an all-season, fuel-efficient tire without compromising performance benefits. The Michelin Energy Saver A/S tire, on-sale this week, is designed for exceptional levels of fuel-efficiency, while delivering an environmentally-friendly performance package that is unprecedented in the industry

9 Jun 2009

National Building Museum Honors the Energy Efficient Products and Commitment to Environmental Improvements by UTC

United Technologies Corp received a 2009 National Building Museum Honor Award for the company's energy efficient building products and for creating sweeping energy and environmental improvements in its manufacturing operations

9 Jun 2009

True Full Lifecycle Environmental Costs of Transport Examined in New Research

Trains, planes, buses and automobiles do not only effect the environment via their exhaust pipes. There is a full life-cycle of processes associated with getting from a to b that we rarely acknowledge

9 Jun 2009

Plug In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Tests Completed

Green Star Products announced that it has successfully completed its full series of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) testing protocols

9 Jun 2009

Motion Power Devices Capture Energy From Movign Trucks and Buses to Generate Clean Energy

New Energy Technologies, a next-generation alternative and renewable energy developer, today announced that the Company is immediately expanding its product range of MotionPower technologies for harvesting the kinetic energy of moving vehicles to generate clean electricity

9 Jun 2009

Environmental Credentials of Expanded Polystyrene Packaging

The Alliance of Foam Packaging Recyclers (AFPR) has just released “Thinking Clean, Acting Green”, a new environmental toolkit focusing on expanded polystyrene (EPS) transport packaging

8 Jun 2009