Category Archives: Green

Green toys are red-hot this holiday season

By doris | Published: December 10, 2010

Full Story at  msnbc.com As the climate heats up, so is demand for “green” toys. Eco-friendly toys used to inhabit the “Island of Misfit Toys,” but this year there will likely be more of them on Santa’s sleigh than ever before. There will certainly be plenty of Buzz Lightyears and Xbox Kinects under the tree [...]

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Solar power done cheap

By doris | Published: June 29, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com LOS ANGELES (CNNMoney.com ) — In a construction van winding through Los Angeles’ crowded streets one hot spring morning, 25-year old Tim Morris laid bare his contribution to changing America’s dirty, fossil fuel-based economy. “I’d like to see America and the world become sustainable,” said Morris, a transplant from Flint, Mich., [...]

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Rig explosion dirties BP’s green image

By doris | Published: May 1, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK – BP brands itself a friend of the environment, an energy company that goes “beyond petroleum.” That image, worth billions of dollars, is being sullied by the company’s inability to contain a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. As the expanding oil slick threatens marshlands and wildlife [...]

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Get ready for more Italian cars on U.S. roads

By doris | Published: April 24, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — In the next few years, we’ll be seeing more Italian cars on American roads as Fiat and Alfa Romeo return to the states after a nearly two decade absence. Fiat and Chrysler chief executive Sergio Marchionne says we’ll also be seeing more Italian vehicles sold under the [...]

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GM unveils tiny, futuristic concept car

By doris | Published: March 25, 2010

Full Story at  msnbc.com SHANGHAI – It’s not quite as foldable as the space vehicle that cartoon figure George Jetson pops into his briefcase as he bops into the office. But the EN-V concept car, GM’s “automobile solution” for the future, just might fit into an apartment foyer. General Motors and its Chinese partner SAIC [...]

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Porsche reveals 911 Hybrid

By doris | Published: February 12, 2010

Full Story at CNNMoney.com Porsche revealed images late Wednesday of its first hybrid sports car, a track car it plans to unveil at the Geneva Motor show next month. While you won’t be able to park this car in your driveway — it’s a race car intended for LeMans endurance racing — it is based [...]

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New sticker shock: Electric car mileage claims

By doris | Published: August 17, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com LOS ANGELES – As American consumers abandon gas-guzzling SUVs for greener alternatives, they also face a new kind of sticker shock — confusing claims about the energy efficiency of electric cars heading for showrooms. Federal fuel economy standards and household budgets have been built around relatively simple measurements of how many [...]

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Some clunker cash buying not-so-green vehicles

By doris | Published: August 14, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, the nation’s top car salesman in recent weeks, has cited the Obama administration’s best-seller list of mostly smaller, fuel-saving cars like the Ford Focus to describe the success of the Cash for Clunkers rebate program. But what LaHood and other administration officials usually don’t mention [...]

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Too many clunkers, too little cash

By doris | Published: July 31, 2009

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — This much seems certain about the Cash for Clunkers program: Consumers are happy to take government rebates to buy new cars. The fate of the $1 billion trade-in program was up in the air late Thursday over concerns that it may have already burned through its funds [...]

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U.S. to lend $8 billion to Ford, Nissan, Tesla

By doris | Published: June 24, 2009

Full Story At msnbc.com DEARBORN, Mich. – Cultivating the next generation of fuel-efficient vehicles, the Obama administration said Tuesday it would lend $5.9 billion to Ford Motor Co. and about $2.1 billion to Nissan Motor Co. and Tesla Motors Inc. in a government-industry partnership to build green cars. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said the three [...]

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