SoCal Clean Cities Newsletter

 July 2007

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California Tries to Free Up Carpool Lanes

California's hybrid policy triggers federal requirement to keep lanes open.

Link to story in the North County Times:

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/06/20/news/sandiego/12_01_396_19_07.txt

California Holds Ground in Fight to Cut Emissions

Link to MediaNews story:

http://www.mercurynews.com/politics/ci_6201331?nclick_check=1

Air Board Acts on Greenhouse Gas Rules

Link to story in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-canban22jun22,1,7243444.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Automakers Latch onto Fuel-Saving Tech

Link to story from USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/environment/2007-06-25-cylinder-usat_N.htm?csp=N008

Cars Will Use Less Fuel, Senate Assures

Link to AP story:

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070622/congress_energy.html?.v=13

Port Air Proposals May Help Truckers, Dealers

Link to story in the Daily Breeze:

http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/8161882.html

Big Lawrence Berkeley Lab Biofuel Project Boosts Bay Area Research Status

Link to story in the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/27/MNGDPQMLUF1.DTL

Ethanol Demand Outgrows Corn

Link to story on Stateline.org:

http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=219881

Drivers Could Pay Carpool Lane Fee in LA

Link to story in the Los Angeles Daily News:

http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_6300362

Ford, Southern California Edison Work to Push Plug-In Power, Wean Cars Off Gasoline

Link to story in The Press-Enterprise:

http://www.pe.com/business/local/stories/PE_Biz_D_electriccar15.8fc0ed.html

State Senate Hearing to Focus on `Flex-Fuel' Vehicle Purchases

Link to story in the San Jose Mercury-News:

http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_6338520?nclick_check=1

Cleaner Locomotive Starts Its Port Duty

The engines burn 30% less fuel than the old ones and will cut smog-forming nitrous oxides by about 46% -- or about 163 tons -- each year.

Link to story in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-trains10jul10,1,6700790.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Ford: Hydrogen Cars Close to Production

Link to AP story:

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070710/ford_hydrogen.html?.v=1

Dems, Governor Spar Over Road to Clean Air

Resources board's beefed-up staff at center of tug-of-war.

Link to story in the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/17/MNGOSR1HM11.DTL

South Pasadena to Host Clean-Air Car Show

Link to story in the Pasadena Star-News:

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_6407478

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The Southern California Clean Air Newsletter is published monthly as a service of the Southern California Economic Partnership. 

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