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Senate Panel Rejects Better Mileage for Gas Guzzlers

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Can Hybrids Save US from Foreign Oil? Red-hot Demand for Priuses Causes Doubters to Take Second Look

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Climate Signals

Hardly a week goes by without somebody telling President Bush that his passive approach to global warming is hopelessly behind the times, that asking industry for voluntary reductions in greenhouse gas emissions won’t work and that what’s needed is a regulatory regime that asks sacrifices of everyone. He’s heard this from his political allies here and abroad – from Tony Blair, George Pataki and Arnold Schwarzenegger, to name three – and now he is hearing it from the heaviest hitters in the business world, including, most recently, Jeffrey Immelt, the chief executive of General Electric. Mr. Immelt runs the biggest company in America, and for that reason some environmental groups hailed his speech last week on climate change as a tipping point in the global warming debate. Mr. Immelt chose his words carefully and did not directly criticize Mr. Bush. But he left no doubt that he believes mandatory controls on emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, are necessary and inevitable. And he said he would double investments by G.E. in energy and environmental technologies to prepare it for what he sees as a huge global market for products that help other companies – and countries like China […]

Weekly Clean Energy Roundup:May 18, 2005

News and Events DOE Showcases Clean Diesel and Hybrid Trucks and Buses Modified Hybrid Vehicle Nears 100-mpg Barrier in Rally Minnesota Doubles Ethanol Requirement to 20 Percent Blend General Electric Sees Huge Growth in Wind Power Business FERC Approves Small Generator Interconnection Standard OECD Approves Special Financing for Renewable Energy Exports DOE Showcases Clean Diesel and Hybrid Trucks and BusesSecretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman opened an exhibition of energy-efficient clean diesel and advanced hybrid commercial vehicles in Washington, D.C., last week. The exhibition featured vehicles from Allison, Caterpillar, Cummins, Eaton, International, Oshkosh, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Volvo. Several of the vehicles were developed as part of DOE’s 21st Century Truck Partnership, a government and industry initiative to develop advanced technologies for fuel-efficient commercial vehicles. Held at a conference of the Society of Automotive Engineers, the exhibition was cosponsored by the Diesel Technology Forum. See the DOE press release and Secretary Bodman’s remarks at the event.Roughly a quarter of the vehicles that travel on U.S. highways are commercial vehicles. In the absence of significant technology development, DOE projections show a doubling in fuel use for commercial trucks by 2050. To reduce that growth in fuel use, DOE’s 21st […]