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• Holiday Driving Tips

  Have you seen the HybridCenter? Check it out at www.hybridcenter.org. Hey everyone, on this Memorial Day weekend, our engineers cooked up this little guide to help folks get the best bang for the ever-increasing dollars we’re doling out for gas.... [...]
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  Posted: May 23, 2008, 12:51pm EDT
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• GM Hybrids, Hybrid Rentals, ZEVs and more

  If you haven’t had a chance yet, check out the latest issue of our HybridCenter.org Driving Change Network newsletter. A bunch of fun things in there, including a very interesting case of two gents, namely myself and our Senior Engineer... [...]
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  Posted: April 09, 2008, 10:26am EDT
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• Clean Car Fight Goes �Hollywood�

  Well, Patty isn’t the only one calling out Johnson over his “justification” for denying the clean car waiver. A number of articles took the EPA administrator to task, and this fantastic blog by Lisa Heinzerling, the Georgetown professor who wrote... [...]
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  Posted: March 14, 2008, 10:54am EDT
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• What would YOU call �compelling and extraordinary?�

  Hello everyone, Patricia Monahan here, the Director of the California Office at UCS. The US Environmental Protection Agency just issued its formal rationale for denying California and 12 other states the right to cut global warming pollution from cars and... [...]
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  Posted: March 03, 2008, 1:56pm EST
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• Debate "Flows" on EPA Blog

  Hi folks, Aaron Huertas here in the UCS media department. I’ve been helping ScottN get out the word on this EPA blog effort. I wanted to let everyone know your comments are being noticed by the EPA and beyond. Take... [...]
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  Posted: February 12, 2008, 12:01pm EST
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• Helping the EPA�s Blog with �Openness and Transparency�

  Hey everyone, ScottN back at you with something of interest, especially to the online community, regarding EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson’s dubious decision to deny the waiver individual states need to implement the California clean car standards. A little background: a... [...]
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  Posted: February 08, 2008, 4:12pm EST
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• Are Plugin Hybrids the Future of Cars?

  Hey everyone, Jim here again. I thought share some info on a recent forum we were asked to participate in. On January 31st, the Center for American Progress held a panel discussion in Washington D.C. entitled “Plug-in Hybrids: the Future... [...]
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  Posted: February 06, 2008, 10:24am EST
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• Truth in Advertising for Super Bowl Sunday

  Hey everyone, Jim Kliesch here. I know that ScottN is our resident pop culture nerd, but during the Super Bowl on Sunday, I caught General Motors showcasing their advanced and efficient technologies: plug-ins, fuel-cell vehicles, electric vehicles, hybrids, biofuels, and... [...]
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  Posted: February 05, 2008, 12:23pm EST
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• Detroit Auto Show in the New Fuel Economy Landscape

  Happy New Year, everyone! As Detroit gears up for their big auto show, they do so in the light of a very different landscape. The Detroit News itself sums up how 2007 went down: In the decades-long battle to increase... [...]
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  Posted: January 15, 2008, 1:01pm EST
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• And What Environment is the EPA Protecting, Exactly?

  It’s pretty flabbergasting that just hours after signing the most significant national step toward addressing energy use from autos in 30 years, the Bush administration would turn right around and use it to try and take a step backward on... [...]
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  Posted: December 21, 2007, 9:43am EST
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• Fuel Economy Standards Will Become Law: What Does that Mean to You?

  While two very important pieces of the House Energy Bill �the Renewable Electricity Standard and a renewable energy incentive package�were taken out of the energy bill before the final vote last night in the Senate we will finally have, after... [...]
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  Posted: December 14, 2007, 2:56pm EST
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• Automakers Strike out in Court, Senate Still Swinging on Energy Bill

  Well, in April, the automakers whiffed in the Supreme Court and were told that carbon emissions from autos are a pollutant that must be regulated under the Clean Air Act. In September, the automakers swung and missed as a Vermont... [...]
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  Posted: December 13, 2007, 1:54pm EST
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• Energy Bill Passes the House

  One word just keeps coming to mind...WOW. Here's the UCS take: HOUSE PASSES HISTORIC ENERGY BILL; SENATE'S TURN TO FOLLOW SUIT WASHINGTON (December 6, 2007) -- Today, in a 235 to 181 vote, the House of Representatives passed a landmark... [...]
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  Posted: December 06, 2007, 3:57pm EST
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• Fuel Economy History

  Wow. It's hard to believe this is really happening. The House should vote on the Energy Bill this week. Here's our take on what the House is about to do: Historic Breakthrough Reached on Fuel Economy 35 mile per gallon... [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2007, 12:22pm EST
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• Check out the DCN Newsletter

  Hey everyone, hope your Thanksgiving holiday was a great one. If you�re looking for some more UCS insights on the hybrid and vehicle market, check out our latest issue of the Driving Change Network Newsletter. Lots of interesting tidbits, including... [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2007, 3:26pm EST
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• Bill Ford: Buyer�s Remorse on Ethanol?

  It�s funny, really, hearing Ford Motor Company chairman William Ford express his frustration over the slow pace of biofuels development. In his recent missive on the woes of the ethanol market, Ford has this to say: It certainly appeared a... [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2007, 4:45pm EST
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• The Governator Gets Tough on Clean Cars

  Hi folks, sorry for the long blog layoff, but between my bout with Whooping Cough (yes, I like my vehicle technology to be cutting edge, but my respiratory infections old-school) and getting our latest Driving Change Network newsletter out the... [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2007, 2:13pm EST
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• Tough Love for Toyota

  Toyota is a good company. Their engineers in Japan got their company out front on hybrid technology with the original Prius, and some really forward-thinking Americans like the late David Hermance made sure that their technology would actually take hold... [...]
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  Posted: October 11, 2007, 4:09pm EDT
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• What that fuel economy trends report shows

  Hey everyone. Jim Kliesch here. I�m the new guy in UCS� Clean Vehicles team, and as such, ScottN asked me to drop a line and introduce myself. Not wanting to further disappoint the man after his beloved Mets� season-ending meltdown,... [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2007, 2:50pm EDT
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• Judge Allows California Clean Car Standards to Move Forward

  Wow, this is huge. The automakers are now 0-2 after losing their case to keep the federal government from regulating greenhouse gases from the automotive sector, and now they lose one of their attempts to block California and other forward-minded... [...]
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  Posted: September 12, 2007, 3:11pm EDT
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• Why don�t we pick winners

  Hi folks, I'm just back from my vacation and cleaning out my email. Every so often, we get a spate of messages from advocates of a particular advanced technology, clean diesel, plugin hybrids, water-powered compacts, etc. chiding us for not... [...]
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  Posted: September 10, 2007, 10:09am EDT
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• Recess Rantings from the Automakers

  Well, the automakers are trying to work their scare-tactic magic again, this time claiming that if the more-than-reasonable 35 miles-per-gallon fuel economy standard by 2020 passed in the Senate Energy Bill becomes law, they will close down SUV plants. This... [...]
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  Posted: August 16, 2007, 12:01pm EDT
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• Washington Insider�Energy Bill Recap

  Hi folks, Eli Hopson here with a little recap now that we Washington representatives have a little time to breathe after the tumult of the Energy Bill. Nothing in D.C. ever seems to be as straightforward or simple as it... [...]
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  Posted: August 10, 2007, 10:59am EDT
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• D-day on the Energy Bill

  As early as today, the House will vote on their version of the Energy Bill (the official number is H.R. 3220). This bill still has two very large items missing � a Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) that would increase the... [...]
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  Posted: August 02, 2007, 10:01am EDT
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• Outside-The-Box Incentive Idea in Bellmont

  On the incentives front, here�s something interesting. I just found this proposed perk in Belmont, California. It seems as a residual of an effort to get a smoking ban in public places there, the idea of cutting local air pollution... [...]
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  Posted: July 27, 2007, 12:34pm EDT
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• Hybrid Incentives Must Set a �Standard�

  As you know, our intrepid Program Assistant Lindsay Vidal does a remarkable job sifting through newspapers and legislative indexes all over the country trying to keep our ever-expanding list of hybrid incentives as up-to-date as possible. One incentive we are... [...]
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  Posted: July 27, 2007, 12:20pm EDT
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• Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie, and . . . Hybrids?

  Hi folks, ScottN back from vacation following my beloved New York Mets to Denver, and just had to do a quick blog on the baseball/hybrid convergence at this year�s All-Star Game (unfortunately won by the AL again . . .... [...]
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  Posted: July 13, 2007, 2:50pm EDT
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