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Big companies invest in low-carbon products, the race to map the future of fleets and five policies that threaten U.S. clean energy markets.
by Joel Makower
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On this week's podcast: California comes out on top for climate change, businesses want carbon pricing and fleet owners come together for sustainable transportation.
by Joel Makower
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If you were to believe the mainstream media, the future of transportation is electric. But the conventional gas-powered internal combustion engine (ICE) won't be going away any time soon.
by Joel Makower
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While individual car buyers stayed out of showrooms with disastrous results, corporate and institutional buyers proved a bright green spot for the industry with increased purchases of hybrid-electric, diesel, biodiesel, electric and other so-called alternative-fueled vehicles.
by Joel Makower
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As we view the whatever-it's-called decade in the rearview mirror, it's tempting to assess what's transpired since the good old days of Y2K to see how far we've come — and how far we haven't.
by Joel Makower
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A near-Herculean effort, Newsweek's new list of the greenest companies in the S&P 500 Index may be imperfect -- and are sure to be debated -- but they may also be the best effort to date to assess the mainstream corporate marketplace in the U.S.
by Joel Makower
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What to make of this week's bankruptcy filing by General Motors? The beginning of the end? The end of the beginning? A death? Rebirth? Something in between?
by Joel Makower
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For all the aiding and abetting taking place on behalf of the automobile industry -- the transfusions, the transformations and the TLC -- one thing remains constant: It's all about the cars. The quest, as just about everyone sees it, is to figure out how Detroit automakers and their global competitors can build smart, compelling and reliable vehicles that appeal both to our pragmatism and passions -- and do so profitably and more ecologically. That's the basic drill, right?
by Joel Makower
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Today, AT&T made a major announcement: It will invest more than a half-billion dollars over the next decade to purchase more than 15,000 alternative-fueled vehicles -- 8,000 vans powered by compressed natural gas, and another 7,100 hybrid passenger cars.
by Joel Makower
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To get more details about AT&T's major green fleet announcement, GreenBiz.com's executive editor Joel Makower, spoke with Jerome Webber and Beth Shiroishi about how the project came about, the benefits of alternative fuel vehicles, and how to drive demand for green fleets in the industry.
by Joel Makower