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...badly hurt ethanol producers. Meanwhile, environmentalists have steadily chipped away at ethanol's green credentials. Far from being better for the planet than gasoline, many scientists now argue that ethanol actually has a sizable carbon footprint, because when farmers in the U.S. use their land to grow corn for fuel rather than food, farmers in the developing world end up cutting down more forests to pick up the slack...
...those trying to pass landmark global warming legislation, and on the other, those seeking concessions in it to ease tough pollution standards on their districts and local industries. The first deal was struck Monday: up to $4,500 as an inducement to trade in gas-guzzlers for new, fuel-efficient vehicles that will emit smaller quantities of warming gases into the atmosphere. (See pictures of the fragile planet...
...that Chrysler could still put some new zip into vehicles such as the Jeep Grand Cherokee. Even before the bailout, Chairman Robert Nardelli had decreed that the company, with help from A123, a battery maker, and General Electric would move ahead to develop electric vehicles with four times the fuel economy of Chrysler's traditional sedans and Jeeps. "We're not going back," Nardelli said...
...addition to the Fiat 500, which is well known for its styling, Chrysler executives also are known to be interested in Fiat's small, turbo-charged diesel engines, which would immediately give a company best known for minivans a big fuel-economy boost...
...Haney says. 13 movies later, the writer/producer’s new feature film, “American Violet,” combines political and social advocacy with old-fashioned dramatic storytelling, two cornerstones of Haney’s approach to film.Though he founded his first start-up, Fuel Tech, when he was an 18-year-old freshman in Straus, his film career took years to begin. His first documentary, “Gift of the Game,” explored U.S.-Cuba relations through baseball and Ernest Hemingway. Later documentaries centered on other social, political, and environmental concerns, covering...