All Posts Tagged With: "General Motors"

The Daily Five: Thursday, 12 June, 2008

OPEC says don’t blame them for runaway oil prices; a hungry insect may threaten Brazil’s biofuels industry; and Ford ponders building its popular European small cars in North America.

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The Daily Five: Sunday, 8 June, 2008

The Cleantech Week in Review: GM writes-off its full size SUVs; climate legislation dies in the U.S. Senate; and the Department of Energy gets serious about windpower research and development.

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The Daily Five: Wednesday, 4 June, 2008

General Motors acknowledges that SUVs are going the way of the dinosaur; safety concerns at the world’s biggest green construction project; and the inevitability of solar power’s dominance.

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The Daily Five: Tuesday, 3 June, 2008

The U.S. Department of Energy gets serious about hitting windpower goals; new scrubbers can trap up to a ton of carbon dioxide daily; and smart meters hold the key to capping new power plant construction.

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The Daily Five: Thursday, 22 May, 2008

A major energy analyst looks ahead to double-digit gasoline prices; Congress blows its “veto-proof,” energy subsidy-laden farm bill; and a sweet all-electric scooter that guns down the interstate at 60 miles per hour.

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The Daily Five: Wednesday, 14 May, 2008

Questions over whether Chevy’s Volt electric car will make it to market; buried forests to combat climate change; and cutting urban sprawl could have a big green payoff.

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The Daily Five: Sunday, 11 May, 2008

Farewell to the full-sized SUV; hypermilers drag 100 miles per gallon out of family vehicles; and Brazil raises a ruckus over proposed EU biofuel restrictions.

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The Daily Five: Monday, 5 May, 2008

General Motors is brewing up more electric vehicles; a pesky fungus may prove its worth in biofuel production; and American Idol embraces renewables.

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The Daily Five: Saturday, 3 May, 2008

GM buys another stake in the development cellulosic ethanol ; Sony shows-off a new, hand-sized fuel cell; and eight things which might cloud the future of solar energy.

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The Daily Five: Wednesday, 30 April, 2008

Turning prairie grass into biofuel; disappearing ink may save trees and energy; and it’s once more around the block for gasoline-burning engines. Welcome to the midweek edition of The Daily Five.

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