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NewsJanuary 28, 2008

EPA Chief Defends Decision to Block Calif. Emissions Regulation

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- During a tense Senate committee hearing last Thursday, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency defended his refusal to let California set limits on the greenhouse gas emissions of automobiles.

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NewsJanuary 25, 2008

Safeway's U.S. Fleet Goes Green

PLEASANTON, Calif. --– Safeway Inc. has converted its entire U.S. truck fleet to cleaner-burning biodiesel fuel.

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NewsJanuary 25, 2008

AAMCO Will Be First to Retrofit Fleets to Ethanol

HORSHAM, Pa. --– AAMCO will be the first in the nation to offer retrofit for fleet vehicles (for starters), at service dealers nationwide, with an EPA-certified fuel conversion kit allowing the fleet cars to run on ethanol.

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NewsJanuary 22, 2008

Retail Gasoline Prices Retreat

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline retreated from the highest recorded January price, dropping 4.1 cents to $3.068 per gallon as of Jan. 14.

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NewsJanuary 22, 2008

OPEC Not Likely to Bolster Supplies Because of Feared U.S. Economic Slowdown

LONDON --- Concerns about a possible U.S. recession have made the task of forecasting OPEC oil demand this year more complicated, the group said today. As a result, OPEC is less likely to decide next month to boost supplies, Reuters reported.

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NewsJanuary 22, 2008

Consumer Advocates Call Attention to Discrepancy Between Wholesale and Retail Gasoline Prices in L.A.

LOS ANGELES --- Consumer advocates and some energy analysts are calling attention to the major discrepancy between gasoline wholesale and retail prices, asking why prices at the pump remain so high in the Los Angeles area, according to an L.A. Times report.

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NewsJanuary 22, 2008

EPA Refuses to Explain in Detail Reasons for Rejecting Calif. Greenhouse Gas Regulations

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Invoking executive privilege, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has refused to provide lawmakers with a thorough explanation of why it rejected California's greenhouse gas regulations, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

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NewsJanuary 22, 2008

Venture-Capital Firms Take Notice of Emerging Green-Car Market

DETROIT --- Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a venture-capital firm that was an early backer of Netscape Communications, Amazon.com and Google, is now investing in Fisker Automotive Inc. --- makers of a plug-in hybrid luxury car that will carry a $80,000 price tag.

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NewsJanuary 22, 2008

GM Receives Orders for More than 1,700 Hybrid Buses

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- General Motors announced it has received orders for more than 1,700 hybrid buses from transit agencies in Washington, Philadelphia and Minneapolis/St. Paul.

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NewsJanuary 18, 2008

100 Hybrid Sedans Help Verizon's Fleet Get Greener in the New Year

NEW YORK – In metropolitan areas across the country, Verizon is adding ‘green' to the company's traditional red and black colors.

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