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Soaring Diesel Prices Spur Interest In Hybrid Trucks

New EPA standards and $100-a-barrel oil are creating demand for hybrid big rigs, garbage trucks and dump trucks, even with the 35 percent premium over conventional vehicles, Forbes reports. The appeal: hybrid trucks can deliver fuel savings of 5 percent...

Published 03-19-2008 2:40 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Supply Chain, Major Players, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Automotive, Fossil Fuels, Manufacturing, Hybrid Technology, Strategy & Leadership

Porche Will Fight London’s Emissions Tax

Porsche says it will fight London’s £25 daily charge for cars with low fuel efficiency, The Times Online reports. The company, which failed to persuade any other car manufacturer to support its case, has given Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London...

Published 02-20-2008 11:24 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Europe, Automotive, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Policy & Law

Subaru Among Companies Nearing Zero-Waste

Subaru says that 99.8 percent of the refuse from its Indiana plant - on track to produce 180,000 cars this year - is recycled or reused so it doesn’t go to a landfill, including about five percent that goes to a waste-to-energy plant that burns...

Published 02-19-2008 2:32 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Supply Chain, Major Players, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Waste, Automotive, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Recycling, Strategy & Leadership

Auto Dealers Say Fight Over Emissions ‘Just Beginning’

The fight over fuel economy and vehicle tailpipe emissions is just beginning and America’s car and truck dealers are at the center of it, according to the National Automobile Dealers Association. “This is no time for us to relax,” says...

Published 02-12-2008 1:00 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Major Players, Business-to-Business, U.S., Automotive, Government, Manufacturing, Policy & Law, Retail & Restaurants

Coke Greens Up in Europe and South America

Coca-Cola’s second largest bottler, Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company, has reached an agreement with ContourGlobal to build 15 new combined heat and power plants by the end of 2009. They will be built at facilities in Austria, Czech Republic,...

Published 01-29-2008 11:50 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Europe, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Automotive, Manufacturing, New Technology, South America, Contracts & Installations

Automakers Lobby Against California Emissions Initiative

Carmakers and their allies have increased lobbying efforts to convince states that California’s proposal to cut emissions could further depress the industry, according to this Reuters report. Dave McCurdy, the chief executive of the Alliance of...

Published 01-28-2008 2:55 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Major Players, U.S., Automotive, Government, Manufacturing, Policy & Law

Wal-Mart Chief Pledges to Go Greener

In a speech that promised widespread improvement and reform throughout Wal-Mart and its supply chain, Wal-Mart CEO H. Lee Scott, Jr., pledged to cut the energy used by many of its company’s products 25 percent, reports the New York Times. “We...

Published 01-24-2008 2:24 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Supply Chain, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, U.S., Automotive, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Clean Energy, Electricity, People, Wind Energy, Strategy & Leadership

Is Auto Safety Taking A Back Seat To Green Innovation?

“Green is in right now,” says Adrian Lund, president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. “And safety is taking a back seat.” This Newsweek report cites that more than 42,000 people die on American roads every year and...

Published 01-17-2008 11:39 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Major Players, Automotive, Business-to-Consumer, Government, Manufacturing, Products & Planning

GM Expects Saturn Vue Plug-In Hybrid For 2010

GM unveiled its Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid at the Detroit Auto Show. It could be manufactured as early as 2010.

Published 01-15-2008 12:25 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Major Players, U.S., Automotive, Manufacturing, Hybrid Technology, Today's Video, Products & Planning

GM’s Wagoner: U.S. Needs 15,000 More Ethanol Stations

The U.S. needs more stations that sell ethanol, claims GM CEO Rick Wagoner in this article. Currently, there are about 1400 such stations, 800 more than when GM first started selling its flex fuel cars, but there are 170,000 filling stations in this country...

Published 01-09-2008 10:40 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Major Players, U.S., Automotive, Manufacturing, Agriculture, Travel, Biofuel, Fuel Cells, Products & Planning

Ford to Unveil EcoBoost Engines, More Fuel-Efficient Explorer

Ford Motor Company sees the EcoBoost four-cylinder and six-cylinder engines-which will be unveiled at this month’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit-as a key part of its strategy to improve fuel economy, AP reports.Ford says EcoBoost...

Published 01-08-2008 11:05 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Major Players, U.S., Automotive, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, New Technology, Research & Technology

Toyota Taps 4 Plants As Models Of Sustainability

Toyota has designated four overseas plants as models for sustainable plants. Two are in Europe-the UK and France-one is in Thailand, and the one in the United States is in Mississippi. The Blue Springs plant in Mississippi is expected to begin operation...

Published 01-02-2008 1:42 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Major Players, Global, Sustainability, U.S., Automotive, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Contracts & Installations

Toyota Faces Hybrid Challengers

Honda chief Takeo Fukui says the company will battle Toyota for eco-supremacy in the years ahead, Business Week reports. That’s not an easy task, the Prius alone accounted for 50 percent of all hybrid sales in the U.S. last month. The next phase...

Published 12-21-2007 9:20 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Major Players, U.S., Automotive, Marketing, Manufacturing, Hybrid Technology, Asia, Hydrogen, Products & Planning

EPA Rejects California Emission’s Waiver Request, Legal Battle Ahead

After a wait of two years, the EPA has ruled on California’s waiver request by handing automakers a victory and denying California the right to set its own tougher-than-federal vehicle emission standards. Governor Schwarzenegger has vowed to sue...

Published 12-20-2007 12:02 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Feature, Major Players, U.S., Automotive, Government, Manufacturing, Policy & Law

GM Turns To Workers To Help Trim Energy Bills

General Motors is trying to get workers to turn off lights and computers, and alert managers to window leaks and other energy inefficiencies, The Detroit News writes. One report has some plants and offices kept at 55 degrees. With more than 60 factories...

Published 12-17-2007 12:28 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Major Players, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Automotive, Financial, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Electricity, Finance & Reporting

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