GE Natural Gas Plant to Close 20 Years Early
General Electric has announced that it will close one of its massive natural gas power plants in California by the end of the year. The decision was made despite the…
Continue readingCNG Trucks are Hauling Without Emissions
Almost a half trillion dollars worth of goods are imported in the US through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach every year. Almost all the containers that arrive…
Continue readingPiaggio Launches Alt-fuel Ape for India
They’re small, cramped, loud, stinky, smoky, and weird. They’ve probably caused as much black lung as a Kentucky coal mine, too, if we’re being honest. Nevertheless, my love for the…
Continue readingGM Shoots Chevy Impala CNG Fuel Tank To Prove Point
GM decided to shoot the fuel tank on the Chevy Impala CNG with armor-piercing bullets and shove it in a bonfire just to prove how tough it really is.
Continue readingColorado Republican Wants to Punish Towns With Fracking Bans
Colorado Republican Frank McNulty wants to pass a law that punishes cities and towns that vote against fracking by diverting hundreds of thousands of state and federal tax dollars away from them.
Continue readingTexas is Fracked Update: Barnhart is Out of Water
Beverly McGuire has lived in Barnhart, TX for more than thirty years. Like many Texans, she probably didn’t give fracking much thought before her town ran out of water. “The…
Continue readingCNG Taxi Van Maker Suspends Operations, Will Be Sold
Call 2013 the Year of Reckoning for alternative fuel vehicles. There has been a seemingly endless parade of green car companies shutting down, and it isn’t over yet. The latest victim is natural gas taxi builder VPG, which has suspended operations and will soon be sold to the highest bidder. But VPG has the best chance of rising from the ashes as a bigger, better automaker.
Continue readingReview: 2012 Ram 2500 Heavy Duty CNG
The Ram has Hemi power, burns natural gas, only costs $25 to fill the CNG tanks, and could flatten most family sedans without batting an eye. It’s a set of 36’s away from being a Monster Truck…and yet it still counts as a green vehicle.
Continue readingEaton Developing $500 Home CNG Station
Natural gas could be an important stepping stone in America’s quest to develop domestic energy. The problem right now is that natural gas filling stations are expensive and the home models can take 12 hours to fill your car. But major auto parts maker Eaton could bring a much cheaper filling unit to consumers homes in the next few years.
Continue readingKia to Focus on CNG Future
If Kia’s chief powertrain engineer gets his way, the Korean automaker will continue its push to reduce harmful carbon emissions by building its future models (like the Rio-based Trackster, above)…
Continue readingThe CNG Civic GX Returns!
The CNG Honda Civic GX has returned to the Chicago Auto Show this year. Named the 2012 Green Car of the Year by the Green Car Journal, the unassuming sedan…
Continue readingSteyr Introduces Fiat-Powered CNG Farm Tractor
Compressed Natural Gas, or CNG, is being touted by some as the solution to our oil problem. And it is true that new technology and discoveries suggest that America is…
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