41. Growing Evidence Links Rising Allergies, Asthma to Global Warming

In 2004, asthma affected more than 6 percent of the American population, up from a little over 3 percent in 1980, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

06/05/2007 | 405 Hits | Print | Email

42. Google.org unterstützt CalCars mit 200.000 USD

(Quelle: CalCars) Kalifornien - Die kalifornische Auto-Initiative CalCars.org erhält für Werbezwecke eine Subvention von 200.000 USD von Google.org, um über zwei Jahre die Öffentlichkeitsarbeit bezüglich Plug-in Hybridfahrzeugen zu unterstützen.

CalCars ist ein von Unternehmern, Ingenieuren, Umweltschützern und Verbrauchern gegründetes gemeinnütziges Start-up-Unternehmen. CalCars hat sich die Förderung und Werbung für Plug-in Hybridfahrzeuge mit 100 und mehr Meilen pro Gallone (2.35 Liter pro 100 km) zum Ziel gesetzt.

05/05/2007 | 2546 Hits | Print | Email

43. GM Hybrid SUVs to Use Big Engine for More Power

The hybrid SUVs will be 25 per cent more fuel-efficient than standard versions.

03/05/2007 | 460 Hits | Print | Email

44. GM Adds SUV Hybrid to Compete with Toyota

The hybrid SUVs will be 25 percent more fuel-efficient than standard versions that have a 5.3-liter engine and will use cylinder deactivation and two-mode electric drive.

02/05/2007 | 380 Hits | Print | Email

45. GM Quietly Shelves 'Hybrid' Pick-Ups

GM axes hybrid pickups until two-mode system debuts in 2008.

29/04/2007 | 326 Hits | Print | Email

46. GM Invites Next Gas-Guzzling Era

AJC's editorial board says GM's advocacy of ethanol is meant to divert attention from the company's reluctance to focus on fuel economy.

27/04/2007 | 384 Hits | Print | Email

47. GridNet NOW Alliance Announces Smart Grid Services for Cooperative and Municipal Utilities

The GridNet NOW services have been designed specifically to assist utilities in modernizing their electric distribution networks.

25/04/2007 | 431 Hits | Print | Email

48. GM's Lutz Calls for Alt Fuels 'Manhattan Project'

He proposed a massive effort, similar to the World War II project that developed the first atomic bomb, to develop technologies and an infrastructure to switch from petroleum fuels to biofuels such as ethanol and bio-diesel.

25/04/2007 | 378 Hits | Print | Email

49. GM's New Fuel Cell Car

The flexible electric car platform is innovative, but the fuel-cell version is freighted with hydrogen's flaws.

25/04/2007 | 353 Hits | Print | Email

50. GM Challenges Its Eco-Critics

Environmentalists make case to Bob Lutz; GM says plans not cut and dried as explained.

19/04/2007 | 331 Hits | Print | Email