Travelers thinking of staying at the Bessho hot-spring resort have another good reason to make this area a holiday destination: Use of a free electric minicar to tour the locale. Read More…

Drivers of the most environmentally unfriendly cars could be charged three times more for residents parking permits under a scheme proposed by a London council. Read More…

WASHINGTON A battery developer is claiming its technology can extend the range of hybrid electric vehicles. Technology Research Laboratories Inc. (TRL, Research Triangle Park, N.C.) claims its battery technology can extend the range of hybrid electric vehicles to 75 miles or better per charge. Read More…

December 20, 2005 Heads roll at Veterans Administration - Mushrooming depleted uranium (DU) scandal blamed - by Bob Nichols, Sfbayview.com (read this story) Hole in Ozone May Stay Longer Than Expected - by Usha Lee McFarling, by Latimes.com (read this story) IEA: Stupid, Manipulative or Corrupt - by Rudolf Rechsteiner, MP Switzerland With comment by FTW Read More…

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — With volatile gas prices and the release of the documentary “Who Killed the Electric Car ,” plug-in auto advocates hope more people will come to see the electric vehicle as something that fits into their everyday lives. Read More…

CFO.com Magazine, NY - 9 hours ago… Seven percent of trucking companies in the US, UK, France, and Canada are using alternative fuels, while 65 percent of the trucking leaders in the US are …

Power company CEO ready for carbon diet
MSNBC - Oct 23, 2006… carbon caps is reviving interest in nuclear power, accelerating the use cleaner coal-burning technologies and spurring investment in alternative fuels such as …

Rally topics: Tuition, illegal immigrants
Reading Eagle, PA - 18 hours agoThe use of alternative fuels, the cost of college tuition and health care for illegal immigrants were among the topics that three Democratic candidates for …

Natural gas fuel plan is shelved
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,  United States - 23 hours ago… Louis Regional Clean Cities. The US Department of Energy sponsors the initiative that coordinates local efforts for the use of alternative fuels. …

Kulongoski, Saxton take governor's debate to Medford
OregonLive.com, OR - 14 minutes ago… education, making sure all children in the state have access to health insurance and expanding Oregon's fledgling development of renewable and alternative fuels …

Miami Herald, FL - 21 hours ago… facilities.''. As gasoline prices rose to more than $3 a gallon in the past year, interest in ethanol and other alternative fuels grew. … Continue…

Environment News Service - 33 minutes ago… 87 will mean more investment in ethanol and biofuels while creating incentives for the production of cars, trucks and SUVs that run on cleaner alternative fuels … Continue…

Sand Mountain Reporter, AL - 5 hours ago… He believes increasing supply by developing and distributing alternative fuels, which can be made from corn and soybeans, would not only help ensure lower fuel … Continue…

Energy Bulletin - Oct 22, 2006… High energy prices can summon the necessary public support for needed conservation and efficiency measures and for investments in alternative fuels and public … Continue…

MSU State News, MI - 48 minutes agoEvery day, Mike Rogers is fighting to protect our local jobs by making sure we keep our hard-earned pensions, keeping taxes low and cracking down on countries … Continue…

CNN - Abraham Lincoln, our first Republican president, expressed the philosophy that inspires Republicans to this day: “The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot

Austin’s ‘Shock Value’ Unveils New ZAP Electric Car
Market Wire - Studies show that electric cars are less expensive to fuel, costing 2 to 3 cents per mile versus 10 cents and more for gas. They also reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 90 percent over internal combustion, including power plant emissions.

Gore and War Hawk Stump for Green Future
Village Voice - Woolsey’s recent championing of electric cars, biofuels, and increased fuel efficiency standards has now brought him into an improbable alliance with Gore and the eco crowd. He jokingly described Set America Free as a coalition of “tree huggers

‘Yes On 87′ Launches New Ad Campaign
KGO - But wind and solar supply electricity and California doesn’t use oil to fire its power plants, so the savings there would depend on a big increase in electric cars. Prop. 87 would also fund alternative fuel research and development and subsidize the