SoCal Clean Cities Newsletter

 

June 2007


 

Stanford Takes the Long View with Alternative Energy Research

Link to story in the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/21/MNGIQPUHNO1.DTL

 

Schwarzenegger Announces Biodiesel Fuel Project

Link to story on KPIX-TV:

http://cbs5.com/localwire/localfsnews/bcn/2007/06/04/n/HeadlineNews/BIODIESEL-PROJECT/resources_bcn_html

 

Governor Plots Out Greener Course

Link to MediaNews story:

http://www.contracostatimes.com/bayandstate/ci_5936601

 

Fuel-Cell Cars Gearing Up

But practicality hurt by high price tag, lack of hydrogen stations.

Link to story in the Rocky Mountain News:

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/energy/article/0,2777,DRMN_23914_5548559,00.html

 

Google Plugs Into Hybrid Car Development with $10 Million

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2007-06-18-google-hybrid-cars_N.htm

 

Energy Bill Hurdle is Set Aside

Some House Dems tried to thwart state's anti-warming law.

Link to story in The Sacramento Bee:

http://www.sacbee.com/capolitics/story/229486.html

 

Gas-Guzzler Fee Bill Dies

Link to story in The Sacramento Bee:

http://www.sacbee.com/capolitics/story/211257.html

 

California Wants to Limit Emissions

Link to story in The Detroit News:

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070523/AUTO01/705230342

 

Blast Kills Shuttle Driver During Natural Gas Fill-Up

Link to story in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gas27may27,1,5625626.story?coll=la-headlines-california

 

Electric Car Makers Plug in to LA

Link to story in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-garagebriefs26may26,1,987834.story?coll=la-headlines-business

 

Spare the Air days Confined to Free Rides in the Morning

Link to story in the San Mateo County Times:
http://www.insidebayarea.com/sanmateocountytimes/localnews/ci_6027424

 

Bill Aims for Clean Air at Ports

Link to story in the Press-Telegram:

http://www.presstelegram.com/business/ci_6016651

 

Californians Outraged at Fed Smog Lobbying

Link to story in the Los Angeles Daily News:

http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_6126468

 

Honda’s Pricey Accord Hybrid Runs Out of Gas

Link to story in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-accord5jun05,1,5242847.story?coll=la-headlines-business

 

Port Truck Group Attacks ‘Green’ Plan

Association says a ban on older vehicles is illegal.

Link to story in the Press-Telegram:

http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_6025203

 

Battleground for New Diesel Regs Goes Beyond Air Resources Board

Link to story in the Capitol Weekly:

http://www.capitolweekly.net/news/article.html?article_id=1529

 

Susan Shaheen is Out to Solve our Transportation Woes, 6 to 10 Car Owners at a Time

Link to story in the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/03/CMG0OPNV1M1.DTL

 

Shock Jocks

A small electric vehicle company in Santa Rosa stays alive by promising wonderful things--just around the corner.

Link to story from Forbes:

http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=1746&topicId=100046846&docId=l:622521879&start=5

 

Port Drivers Steer Toward Clean-Truck Program

Link to story in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-truckers6jun06,1,2593982.story?coll=la-headlines-california

 

Ethanol Gets Boost as State Hikes Amount Allowed in Gas

Link to story in The Sacramento Bee:

http://www.sacbee.com/capolitics/story/225623.html

 

 

News Releases

 

Union Pacific Reports Progress in Reducing Los Angeles Area Emissions

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070523/20070523005827.html?.v=1

 

GE Unveils First Hybrid Road Locomotive - Demonstration Unit Debuts at GE’s Ecomagination Event in California

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070523005908&newsLang=en

 


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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