Social Funds - The WHPRO index and PUW ETF focus on sectors such as alternative fuels, emissions reduction, efficiency, and innovation in energy materials, production and use. Interestingly, the index and fund specifically exclude investment in zero-carbon and Continue

News.com.au - The technologies which are critical to addressing climate change include renewable energy such as solar and wind, energy-efficiency measures, carbon capture and storage, more efficient vehicles, using alternative fuels, eliminating deforestation and Continue

Bloomberg - Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) — Soybean prices in Chicago fell from 17-month high on speculation demand to make diesel fuel from oilseeds will decline. Soybean-based biodiesel in Marshall, Minnesota, yesterday was $3.25 a gallon, $1.43 more expensive than a Continue

CNN - Encourage the development of alternative fuels. 8. Pardon Third World debt. David Weuste from Guthrie, Oklahoma The Democrats have finally gotten their power and now they need to show the world that they deserved it. First things first, get the world Continue

Economic Times - by Petroleum Secretary M S Srinivasan at the Petrotech Conference said. ‘The green imperative; future of natural gas in India’ suggests adoption of net back gas pricing approval based on market replacement of gas, compared with alternative fuels Continue

United Press International - is likely to spur greater private capital expenditure in the state, as entrepreneurs seek to cash in on the economic promise of the plan, researching technologies and designing and building the infrastructure necessary to deliver alternative fuels. Continue

General Motors will unveil a plug-in hybird vehicle Sunday that, the company says, offers a preview of a high-mileage vehicle platform that GM could use in future vehicles. More…

Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Sdn Bhd (Perodua) is targeting to sell 160,000 units of vehicles this year compared with 155,200 units in 2006, driven by continued strong sales of the Myvi and the launch of new fuel-efficient models. More…

Arlington County will buy more wind-generated electricity, give tax breaks for hybrid cars, require new public buildings to be green-certified and hand out energy-efficient light bulbs to residents as part of a major push toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions, county officials said yesterday. More…

With more automakers producing hybrid versions of their popular models, chances are you will be seeing more and more hybrid cars on the road. One of the original and most popular hybrid models is the Toyota Prius, a gas/electric hybrid that gets an estimated 55 miles per gallon. More…

Lester Brown, founder of the Earth Policy Institute, a Washington-based environmental think tank, warned that nearly twice as much corn as the government has estimated will be needed from the 2008 harvest to feed the ethanol plants that will be online by then. More…

New York Times - Finally, badgered by questions, he says the company is trying hybrid cars and we ve done a lot with compressed natural gas. Oh, and, he says, those brown vehicles you see clogging up the city streets, they are emphatically not trucks. In a

Carbon Neutral: Raising the Ante on Eco-Tourism
New York Times - Its use is perhaps nowhere more prevalent than in the travel industry, where eco-tourism has been steadily gaining momentum over the years, and travelers who are already booking eco-friendly lodging, renting hybrid cars and reusing the towels in

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Cape Cod Today - We build hybrid cars, install wind farms, grow our own food locally. We stop consuming the worlds resources at such a frenetic pace. We make sure we frame the arguments for the future in the proper terms, that is the survival of the human race. We

Auto Industry Tries To Get Greener
News Channel 10 - But Wilhite said the new technologies present problems of their own — like finding earth-friendly ways to dispose of the batteries that power hybrid cars. More Tax Credits In order to give incentives for people to by hybrids, the president of Toyota

TOKYO: Nissan Motor Co plans to develop and start selling subcompact electric cars powered by self-developed lithium-ion batteries in about three years, the Nihon Keizai (Nikkei) business daily reported yesterday.

UNPROTECTED TEXT: Youth apathy could just be an illusion 
I’m not an activist. I’ve never been involved in a protest, never made a picket sign or chanted “Hell no, we won’t go!” I’ve never been tear-gassed or arrested. I’ve never chained myself to a stationary object. Neither have most of my friends. On the surface, it appears that I might proudly wave the flag of apathy in my free time, if I cared enough to do so.

GM Adds Gasoline-Electric Vehicles to Battle Toyota (Update5) 
Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) — General Motors Corp. will introduce new hybrid gasoline-electric autos next year to take sales from Toyota Motor Corp., the leader in the fuel-saving technology.

Most important technological innovations 
From rubber to the World Wide Web, find out which scientific advances have changed the world.

Let Charge Cards Take The Day Off 
Challenging consumers to a self-imposed, 24-hour moratorium on spending today is akin to asking carnivores to swear off turkey on Thanksgiving.