GM reported the delivery of 326 Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicles in the US in December, while Nissan reported 19 battery-electric LEAFs. Each manufacturer...
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Montana, Washington governors discuss coal exports
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer is in Seattle to meet with Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire and push for a proposal major coal shipping terminal on the lower Columbia River.
Boxer: EPA climate delay bill could pass, but would be rejected by Obama
One of the Senate’s most liberal lawmakers signaled Wednesday that there may be enough support there to pass legislation delaying the Environmental Protection Agency’s...
First Solar moves closer to delayed 2 GW China project
First Solar’s big plan to eventually build 2 gigawatts of power plants in China’s Inner Mongolia has moved ahead. The company signed a memorandum of understanding with...
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Study: No-till farming reduces greenhouse gas
Cropland that's left unplowed between harvests releases significantly smaller amounts of a potent greenhouse gas than conventionally plowed fields, according to a new...
DARPA awards Maxwell Technologies $1.7M contract for ultracapacitor energy storage R&D
Maxwell Technologies has won a $1.7 million contract from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop an ultracapacity energy-storage device for powering...
Indonesia divided over moratorium on forest clearing
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's government is still trying to thrash out the details of a two-year moratorium on forest clearing under a $1 billion climate deal with...
Honda flies a fuel-efficient jet prototype
Honda has moved closer to bringing its first jet to market—one that uses 20 percent less fuel than similar-sized planes while also flying faster. A prototype of...
Biofuel startup Qteros to bring ethanol-making bug to India
Qteros, which has a method for creating ethanol from naturally occurring microbes, has signed a partnership to bring its technology to market in India.The Marlborough,...
Trends suggest industrialized world may be hitting peak travel
Transit, primarily in the form of automobile use, continues to be one of the biggest factors in the world's energy use. Although many vehicles have become...
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GM said to plan doubling 2012 production capacity of Chevrolet Volt
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GM turning BP oil spill booms into Volt parts
General Motors is collecting about 100 miles of plastic booms once used to contain the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and will use recycled plastic from those booms...
GM’s Volt to reach first customers right after Thanksgiving
The first dozen customers of GM's electric car the Volt, are expecting their cars shortly after Thanksgiving. The green car that GM hopes will help revive its brand...
Chevrolet statement looks to clear the air on how Volt works
After yesterday's media inferno surrounding whether or not the 2011 Chevrolet Volt is a true electric vehicle, General Motors is out to set the re
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