Posted on June 19th, 2009 • by David Zatz
The Union for Concerned Scientists (UCS) recently attacked lobbying by the “conventional biofuels industry,” which is pushing for more Federal support of ethanol. The EPA is set to implement the Federal Renewable Fuel Standard, with the first national global warming pollution criteria for renewable fuels. According to the UCS, previous analyses were not comprehensive enough [...]
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Posted on January 10th, 2009 • by Bill Cawthon
The U.S. Army has begun ordering the first of 4,000 electric vehicles for on-base transportation use. The first six will come from Chrysler’s Global Electric Motorcars (GEM) division. All the vehicles will carry the Army logo, “Army Green, Army Strong.” The Army wants to reduce its fuel consumption by 2 percent in the next six [...]
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