Environmental activist and author Van Jones, one of the first to recognize the power of a “green collar” job corps as a tool for social justice, has been tapped by the Obama administration to serve as special adviser for green jobs, enterprise, and innovation at the White House Council on … Originally posted at News – [...] [...]
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Royal Dutch Shell and Codexis have expanded their partnership to see if biofuels made from non-food sources can be commercially viable. The deal, announced by the two companies announced this week, is an expansion of a pilot project Codexis was working on with Shell to improve biocatalysts in conjunction with … [...] This is the LRX concept car that was unveiled at the Detroit Motor Show in January 2008. (Credit: Jaguar Land Rover) Jaguar Land Rover, a subsidiary of Tata Motors, has received a grant worth 27 million pounds–more than million–to mass-produce a “green” crossover vehicle. The car will be a … Originally posted at Planetary Gear [...] Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green Click above to watch video after the jump Although AT&T claims it wants to be more sustainable, today’s announcement from the telecom behemoth is more about cutting operating expenses as fuel costs climb. Whatever the reason, the addition of 15,000 alternative fuel vehicles to the company’s fleet over the next decade is a [...] [...] Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Euro, Hatchbacks, MINI, Rumormill AutoExpress sat down with a senior engineer from Mini and asked if the automaker would consider offering a hopped-up diesel variant of the Cooper through JCW, Mini’s in-house tuning division. The answer was a simple “good idea” and AE ran with it, speculating that the boosted oilburner could produce [...] [...] Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Crossovers/CUVs, Land Rover, UK Land Rover LRX Concept – Click above for a high-res gallery When Land Rover unveiled the LRX concept at the Detroit Auto Show in 2008, it said the CUV was “Conceived as a 2.0-litre, Federalised, turbodiesel hybrid, with potential CO2 emissions of 120 g/km.” That appealed to the UK [...] [...] Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Sports/GTs, Green Click above for a high-res image gallery of Lightning Hybrids LH4 renderings In less than a month at the Denver Auto Show, a new contender for the Progressive Automotive X-Prize is scheduled to be revealed by a startup automaker called Lightning Hybrids. There’s plenty of innovative thinking here, including the use of [...] [...] It’s gotta be more than the Prius, right? Toyota has sold more than one million hybrid cars in the US alone. In the next few years, according to reports, Toyota also plans to add 10 new vehicles to its hybrid segment. Consequently, Toyota believes it can start selling 1 million hybrid vehicles per year early in [...] [...] |
 
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