SoCal Clean Cities Newsletter

 

April 2008


 

Electric Car Goal Could be Cut Again

Link to story in the San Jose Mercury News:

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_8700568

 

$400 Million to Aid Replacement of Diesel Trucks at Ports of LA and Long Beach

Link to story in the Press-Telegram:

http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_8698324

 

California Grapples with Auto Emissions Rule

Link to AP story:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h1tQjPCsT74RMthzCWeiw8_QKj9QD8VLMGDG1

 

California Slashes Clean-Air Car Goal

Link to story in The San Diego Union-Tribune:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20080328-9999-1n28carrules.html

 

Automakers Begin to Move on Plug-In Cars 

Link to story in the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/28/MNR4VRO8B.DTL

 

Utilities Jump on Board to Plan for Plug-In Cars

Link to story from USA Today:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20080331/tc_usatoday/utilitiesjumponboardtoplanforplugincars

 

Nissan to Unveil Electric Vehicles in US in 2010

Link to story on MarketWatch:

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/nissan-unveil-electric-vehicles-us/story.aspx?guid=%7BE465BE2A%2D7B4E%2D4913%2D9A4C%2D182FA81AC381%7D&siteid=yhoof

 

Poll: Make Gas Guzzlers Pay Higher Fees

Link to story in the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/02/MNIMVUPFF.DTL&tsp=1

 

Road for Electric Car Makers Full of Potholes

Link to story in the Los Angeles Times:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-garage5apr05,1,1310672.story

 

Biofuel Users Rejoice: Station to Open

Link to story in the San Mateo County Times:
http://www.insidebayarea.com/sanmateocountytimes/localnews/ci_8929897

 

San Francisco Mayor Announces SFO Green Car Rental Program

Link to story in the California Chronicle:

http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/58631

 

Editorial: State Should Quit Stalling on 'Hydrogen Highway'
Link to editorial in the San Jose Mercury News:

http://origin.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_8807339

 

Auto Experts Say Buyers Need More Education on Fuel Economy

Link to AP story:

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080416/autos_fuel_economy.html?.v=1

 

Biofuel’s Growth to be Limited by Cost, Technology

Link to Bloomberg story:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=aKuh_wqjS4j4&refer=latin_america

 

California Utilities Play Key Role in State’s Drive for Clean Transportation

Link to news release:

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0387014.htm

 

 


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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