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General Motors Develops Hybrid, Hydrogen Strategies
January 9, 2005 12:00 AM - Matt Nauman, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.
With the GMC Graphyte, General Motors announces it's serious about hybrids. With GM's Sequel, more performance and better range enter the nascent hydrogen fuel-cell market.
Silicon Valley Players Seek Breakthroughs in Alternative-Power Technology
January 9, 2005 12:00 AM - Matt Marshall, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.
Until recently, the energy business didn't hold much appeal for Silicon Valley entrepreneurs — too old-world, too regulated, too, well, unenergetic.
Hull, Mass., Aims to Build High-Tech Water Desalination Plant
January 9, 2005 12:00 AM - Jenn Abelson, The Boston Globe
Hull officials are seeking proposals that would enable the town to draw its drinking water from the ocean and possibly build the nation's first wind-powered desalination plant.
First Oil Removed from Broken Freighter off Alaska
January 6, 2005 12:00 AM - Dan Joling, Associated Press
Salvagers have begun removing oil from tanks on a freighter that broke apart last month off Alaska, spilling most of the vessel's estimated 442,000 gallons of fuel into the Bering Sea and onto shore.
New York to Get Easements on 104,000 Acres of Adirondack Forest
January 6, 2005 12:00 AM - Chris Garifo, Watertown Daily Times
New York will acquire easements on more than 104,000 acres of Adirondack forest lands in what is described as the third largest land acquisition in the state's history.
Solo Drivers of Hybrids to Gain from California Bill
January 6, 2005 12:00 AM - Lisa Mascaro, Daily News, Los Angeles
Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced Wednesday she will introduce legislation allowing solo motorists to drive hybrid cars in California's freeway car-pool lanes.
Washington State Officials Urges Ban on Group of Fire-Retardant Chemicals
January 6, 2005 12:00 AM - Warren Cornwall, The Seattle Times
A family of fire-retardant chemicals should be banned amid growing concerns that it is toxic, particularly to fetuses and infants, according to Washington state officials.
Kimberly-Clark ups Ante in Tsunami Relief with Gift to UNICEF
January 6, 2005 12:00 AM - The Post-Crescent, Appleton, Wis.
Kimberly-Clark Corp.'s cash commitment to support South Asia tsunami disaster relief could hit $1.5 million, the firm has announced.
Top 3 Japan Automakers to Give 580 Million Yen to Tsunami Relief
January 5, 2005 12:00 AM - Kyodo News International, Tokyo
Toyota Motor Corp. and two other top Japanese automakers on Thursday announced plans worth a total of 580 million yen for relief efforts in Southeast Asia after the Dec. 26 devastating earthquake and tsunami.
Fort Worth, Texas, Approves Natural-Gas Drilling Under Parks
January 5, 2005 12:00 AM - Anna M. Tinsley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Ts
Drilling for natural gas could begin this summer under three city-owned parks under an agreement between the city and a Dallas-based oil and gas company.