The Environmental Protection Agency and the Chrysler Group announced on Wednesday that they would work together to develop a light-duty hydraulic hybrid vehicle. Current...
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EU to delay ban on imported CO2 credits by four months to May 2013
The European Union decided to ban the import of carbon credits linked to certain industrial gases as of May 2013, delaying by four months the starting date for the curbs...
EPA approves 15% ethanol for cars and light-duty trucks manufactured between 2001 and 2006
WASHINGTON – Nearly two thirds of drivers could have more corn-based ethanol in their fuel tanks under an Environmental Protection Agency decision Friday.The agency said...
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Bloom Energy announces new fuel cell financing options as industry expands
Bloom Energy on Thursday announced a new financing program that cuts out the upfront cost of purchasing, installing and maintaining one of the company’s fuel cells and...
Feds promise $571 million in biofuel loan guarantees
Biofuel production nationwide has been woefully behind schedule as would-be producers struggle to just get their first commercial plants rolling. The U.S. government wants...
Environmental groups call on Obama to defend climate rules in State of the Union
Ahead of President Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday, various interest groups are putting pressure on the president to save a few words for their policy...
Manchin seeks backing for curbing EPA’s mountaintop coal-mining permit powers
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is urging his Senate colleagues to back his forthcoming legislation to curtail the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to nix mountaintop...
EU carbon market to reopen step by step after theft
BRUSSELS/PRAGUE (Reuters) - The European Union will re-open its emissions trading scheme step by step as security improves, after a possibly concerted theft by hackers of...
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According to Automotive News, Hyundai and Kia have set aside a combined total of $412 million ($225 million for Hyundai and $187 million for Kia) as compensation, which...
Ford dealt class-action lawsuit over C-Max, Fusion hybrid mileage claims
The lawsuit, which was filed earlier this month in US District Court in the Eastern District of California, claims that the marketing campaign Ford is using to promote the...
EPA rates Tesla Model S 60-kWh version: 208 mile range, 95 MPGe efficiency
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DETROIT (AP) -- Hyundai and Kia overstated the gas mileage on most of their models from the past three years in an embarrassing blunder that could bring sanctions from...
EPA launches new 'Years to Payback' feature for alt-fuel vehicles
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced final approval of HFO-1234yf, a new, "greener" air conditioning refrigerant for vehicles. Originally posted at...
15 trade groups seek to bar EPA funding for E15
Fifteen trade organizations signed a letter to the leadership of the US House of Representatives supporting a measure by Rep. John Sullivan (R-Okla.) that would bar the...
EPA approves 15% ethanol for cars and light-duty trucks manufactured between 2001 and 2006
WASHINGTON – Nearly two thirds of drivers could have more corn-based ethanol in their fuel tanks under an Environmental Protection Agency decision Friday.The agency said...
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EPA confirms tiny cellulosic biofuels mandate for 2011
In Washington, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized the 2011 percentage standards for the four fuels categories under the agency's Renewable Fuel...
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