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LINCOLN, NE – Nebraska plans to buy dozens more flex-fuel vehicles that can run on fuel that is 85 percent ethanol.

Tags: E-85, Flex fuel, Nebraska

TORRANCE, CA - For those that missed out on the first-ever Government Fleet Expo & Conference have the opportunity to view the highlights online.

Tags: Government Fleet Expo, speaker presentations

BURLINGTON, ONTARIO, CANADA – The City of Burlington city council has approved its first-ever plan to green its corporate fleet of vehicles.

Tags: greenhouse gas emissions, reduction , The City of Burlington

DALLAS – Dallas County’s alternative-fuel vehicle fleet has come under fire.

Tags: alternative fuel, Dallas County, green fleets, misuse

GOSHEN, N.Y. — Lawmakers may push for more fuel-efficient vehicles in New York’s Orange County government fleet but are debating how specific they should be in their guidelines.

Tags: green fleets, New York Orange County Fleet

VANCOUVER, B.C. – The ASTM International D02 Main Committee approved a trio of long-awaited ASTM specifications for biodiesel blends.

Tags: ASTM, ASTM D6751, B-100, B-5, biodiesel, Blend Specifications

SAN ANTONIO – The City of San Antonio approved the purchase of the Ford Escape hybrids to both reduce the cost of the fleet and help reduce pollutants across the city.

Tags: City of San Antonio, Ford Escape Hybrids

SAN DIEGO – CleanFUEL USA provides the transportation industry the first CARB and EPA certified liquid propane fuel system with the potential to counterbalance steadily increasing petroleum fuel prices.

Tags: California Air Resources Board, CleanFUEL USA

SALT LAKE CITY – As gasoline prices continue to skyrocket, more cities are going green.

Tags: alternative fuels, Salt Lake City

INDIANAPOLIS – Despite a drive to become a leading ethanol producer, Indiana’s state government lags neighboring states in purchasing vehicles that can run on E-85.

Tags: E-85, flex-fuel vehicles

LOS ANGELES – Ford Motor Company teamed up with the Los Angeles County Lifeguards, a division of the Los Angeles County Fire Department, to help save lives while protecting the environment.

Tags: Ford Escape Hybrids, Los Angeles County , Los Angeles County Lifeguards

LONG BEACH, CA – Earth Biofuels, Inc. has announced that its subsidiary, Applied LNG Technologies, LLC (ALT) has renewed its contract to provide the City of Long Beach, Calif., with liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Tags: City of Long Beach, Earth Biofuels, Inc, liquefied natural gas, LNG

LOS ANGELES – David West, vice president of Marketing for Raser Technologies, Inc., recently addressed the Green West Conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center, and also participated in a panel discussion focused on how advanced plug-in hybrid technology can be used to help green America’s utility and government fleets,

Tags: Green West Conference, Raser Technologies

WASHINGTON – The U.S.Department of Energy, General Motors, and Natural Resources Canada has announced the 17 teams selected to participate in EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge, a collegiate vehicle engineering competition set to begin in Fall 2008.

Tags: EcoCAR, General Motors, Natural Resources Canada, The U.S.Department of Energy

ANAHEIM, CA – Sponsored by the Natural Gas Vehicle Institute, a one-day course, to be held Aug. 19 at the Doubletree Hotel in Anaheim, Calif., is devoted to training drivers, technicians, and fuel handlers on safe driving, fueling, and operating practices of today’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) vehicles.

Tags: liquefied natural gas, LNG, Natural Gas Vehicle Institute

HAUPPAUGE, NY – Odyne Corporation announced that the City of Fresno has held a press conference to debut and demonstrate the World’s First Compressed Natural Gas Refuse Vehicle equipped with Odyne’s PHEV technology.

Tags: CNG, Hybrid, Odyne, PHEV, refuse vehicle

LAS VEGAS - The Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute (AFVi) is sponsoring a free 90-minute Webinar — “Fleet Solutions: A Primer on Green Fuels, Vehicles, and Technologies”— on Tues., Jun. 3 at 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time (1:30 p.m. Eastern Time).

Tags: Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute , Webinar

OAK RIDGE, TN – Sen. Lamar Alexander (R–Tenn.) has proposed “launching a five-year New Manhattan Project to put America firmly on the path to clean energy independence within a generation.”

Tags: Clean Energy, Green, green fleets, Manhattan Project , Sen. Lamar Alexander

SEAL BEACH, CA – Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has been awarded a contract to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the City of Fresno, Calif., municipal refuse fleet for up to five years.

Tags: City of Fresno, Clean Energy Fuels Corp, contract, liquefied natural gas, LNG, Municipal Refuse Fleet

DALLAS – Earth Biofuels, Inc.’s subsidiary Applied LNG Technologies, LLC (ALT) has entered a three-year agreement to supply the City of San Bernardino, Calif., with liquefied natural gas. The City of San Bernardino utilizes liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) as transportation fuel for its municipal fleet vehicles.

Tags: Applied LNG Technologies, LLC , liquefied natural gas, LNG, The City of San Bernardino

SEAL BEACH, CA – Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has been awarded the contract by the Town of Brookhaven, New York, to build and operate a compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station.

Tags: Clean Energy Fuels Corp, Brookhaven, NY, CNG, CNG fueling station

ASPEN, CO – In efforts to go "green", the Aspen Police Department have been testing a hybrid patrol car, the 2008 Toyota Highlander hybrid, as a way to do their part in reducing the city’s carbon footprint and minimize effects on the environment.

Tags: Aspen Police Department, Hybrid, Toyota Highlander

EAGLE COUNTY, CO – Government leaders in Eagle County are not feeling the pinch of high gas prices as much as others. Last year they switched 20 cars in their light fleet to hybrids

Tags: Eagle County , Hybrid

SOUTH BEND, NJ – St. Joseph County commissioners will vote on a proposal that would reduce the number of County employees that take their cars home.

Tags: restriction, St. Joseph County , take-home vehicles