SoCal Clean Cities Newsletter

 

 September 2007


 

Burbank Buys Bus that's Likely to be a 'Roll' Model

New vehicle is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell

Link to story in the Daily News:

http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_6675004

 

Court Rules Governments Can Require Greener Vehicles in Fleets

Manufacturers fear ruling on Southern California regulations could lead other cities and states to demand costly alternative technologies.

Link to story in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fleet22aug22,1,5939583.story?coll=la-headlines-california

 

Device Locates Polluting Cars

Sensor measures vehicle emissions, snaps a photo of license plate and a letter is sent to “gross polluters.”

Link to story in the Press-Telegram:

http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_6727872

Link to additional information from the South Coast Air Quality Management District:

http://www.aqmd.gov/news1/2007/remotesensingfactsheet.html

 

Auto Shops Tout Use of Alternative Fuels

Link to AP story:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h66HgLpff6MDnFb1MPbyihaGDMKQ 

 

Hybrids’ Free Ride May be Stalling

Link to story in the Central Valley Business Times:

http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=6203

 

Automakers Work to Lower Emissions

Link to AP story:

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070908/germany_auto_show.html?.v=1

 

Carmakers Switching to Electric Motors

Link to AP story:

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070906/autos_electric_motors.html?.v=8

 

Alternative Power Sources for Autos Drive Into Spotlight

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/environment/2007-09-17-altfuel_N.htm?csp=N008

 

Clean Trucks Won’t Hinder Port

Link to story in the Press Telegram:

http://www.presstelegram.com/business/ci_6922630

 

State's Climate Suit Tossed

Judge's ruling curbs the fight against carmakers over global warming.

Link to story in The Sacramento Bee:

http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/384899.html

 


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

 

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