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April 23 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg’s Stephen Engle reports on the Beijing Auto Show. As many as 89 vehicle models will make their worldwide debuts today at the show as the industry trade fair kicks off in the Chinese capital, according to an estimate by HIS Global Insight.
Automakers including General Motors Co. and Nissan Motor Co. plan to display a record 95 alternative energy-powered models at the show. While Chinas government has touted less-polluting cars as a way to improve air quality and cut reliance on imported oil, it has delayed a plan to introduce subsidies that may put the models within reach for buyers. (Source: Bloomberg)

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7/16/09: In an Environment and Public Works hearing, National Black Chamber of Commerce Harry Alford accuses Sen. Barbara Boxer of being “racial” for citing the NAACP’s support of clean energy and climate legislation, takes “offense as an African American and a veteran,” and asks why she doesn’t quote an “Asian” instead.

He later says, “Let me speak for the African-American community, because I am African American.”

His organization, which opposes limits on global warming pollution, has received over $350,000 from Exxon Mobil.

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Top experts explain why global warming is a threat to the world, which energy sectors need to be addressed immediately and how. We’ll check out a vineyard that is powered 100% by renewable energy, visit a wind farm that’s powering hundreds of homes and meet the man who is considered the father of the Plug-In Hybrid. It’s all right here on Your Green Life: Renewable Energy.

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Top experts explain why global warming is a threat to the world, which energy sectors need to be addressed immediately and how. We’ll check out a vineyard that is powered 100% by renewable energy, visit a wind farm that’s powering hundreds of homes and meet the man who is considered the father of the Plug-In Hybrid. It’s all right here on Your Green Life: Renewable Energy.

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Biofuel F-18 fighter jet – called the Green Hornet – will be flown for the first time on Earth Day. President Obama Opens Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling w New Bio Fuel Fighter jet at Andrews Air Force Base AFB Energy Security and Independence Defense Department has invested $2.7 billion this year alone to improve energy efficiency.
President Obama announces plans to open new offshore areas for oil and gas development in ways that protect the environment and as part of a larger strategy to ensure energy security and independence.

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