SoCal Clean Cities Newsletter

 

December 2007


 

San Francisco Program Recycles Restaurants' Cooking Oil for Use as Fuel

Link to story in the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/11/20/MNQ1TFM7U.DTL

 

Judge Rejects Automakers' Emissions Suit

Judge says California can regulate greenhouse gases from cars.

Link to AP story:

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071212/auto_emissions_california.html?.v=7

 

GM’s Plug-In Push

General Motors is developing a plug-in hybrid technology for its Chevy Volt that is miles ahead of Toyota and Honda.

Link to story in BusinessWeek:

http://www.businessweek.com/autos/content/nov2007/bw20071120_443524.htm

 

Federal Maritime Commission Eyes LA, Long Beach Port Truck Proposal

Link to story in Land Line:

http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/Daily/2007/Nov07/112607/112807-09.htm

 

Energy Plan Pushes Automakers on MPG

Link to AP story:

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071202/more_mpg.html?.v=4

 

Fuel-Efficiency Gauges Start Appearing in Non-Hybrids

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2007-12-09-fuel-gauges_N.htm?csp=N008

 

LNG Station Opens Near Port of Los Angeles

Cleaner fuel hailed; truckers, in protest, urge clients to pay for conversions.

Link to story in the Press-Telegram:

http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_7696640

 

2 ‘Green’ Technologies Race for Driver’s Seat

Link to story in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-garage8dec08,1,5837240.story?coll=la-headlines-business

 

Air Rules Adopted for California Seaports

Link to story in the Press-Telegram:

http://www.presstelegram.com/ci_7666880

 

Long Beach OKs Fee on Cargo to Fund Green Efforts

Link to story in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-port18dec18,1,5184570.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california

 

UPS Rolls Out Battery-Powered Vehicles this Holiday Season

Link to story in the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/19/BUA5U03D9.DTL

 

Tire Issue’s a Retread for State

Link to story in The Sacramento Bee:

http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/577998.html  (may require free registration)

 


The Southern California Clean Air Newsletter is published monthly as a service of the Southern California Economic Partnership

 

For further information or comments please contact JoAnn Armenta at joann@the-partnership.org or the newsletter’s editor, Bernie Wagenblast at i95berniew@aol.com.

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