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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

A Green Remake for the Great Race

May 30, 2008 will witness green-tech cars embarking on an historic 22,000 mile race from New York to Paris to prove their engineering mettle. The race's predecessor, run in 1908 - and still the longest automobile race on record - showcased evolving automotive technology as cars battled from New York to Paris. These pioneering accomplishments went on to inspire the 1965 film, The Great Race.

This year, on its hundredth anniversary, the race highlights green technology vehicles powered by renewable energy or achieving hyper fuel efficiency. Early entries include a Ford prototype vehicle, a production hybrid-electric model, and a 1967 Aston Martin DB-6 Vantage, running on ethanol-85. For more on the race, entry guidelines and competitors, click here.

Find the full article on page 24 in the May 2008 edition of Automobile magazine (Vol. 23, No. 2).

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Thursday, February 7, 2008

What Washington Can Learn From Montana

The article below, from Time magazine, does a wonderful job of framing 1) how the mountain west region is more vulnerable to energy price spikes and climate change, 2) how the mountain west can play an integral (and profitable) role in a new energy future, and 3) how states might provide a "prototype" environment for new energy policies prior to their adoption by the federal government.

Read the article here.

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