AM Greenlist: plug-ins, Priuses and more fossil fuel fun

>> Plug-in hybrids electrify the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

>> Priuses, BTW, outsold Ford Explorers in 2007 -- significant, considering that the Explorer has been the top-selling SUV for more than a decade. (via Futurerider)

>> Artist Matte Stephens' Fossil Fuel Fun (right) engages car culture and pollution issues via cute prints. (via AT: LA)

>> Carbon offset your rental for $1.25. Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car will match customer carbon offset purchases dollar for dollar -- but only up to $1 million.

>> The new MacBook Air's greener than before -- and has a $1,799 price tag.

>> Rep. Henry Waxman, D- Beverly Hills, sticks to his vow to investigate the U.S. EPA's refusal to allow California to regulate greenhouse gases. Read the full text of his letter to the EPA. Earlier: State can't set car emissions standards, EPA says

>> Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger backs the 16-mile Foothill South tollway in Orange County, which would pass through San Onofre State Beach, one of California's most popular parks. Critics say "the road will degrade the beach and its famous surf breaks."

>> A formal deal is reached to remove dams from the Klamath River near the California-Oregon border, balancing the needs of endangered salmon and the irrigation needs of farmers. However, the deal awaits approval from federal agencies and the company that owns the dams, as well as hundreds of millions in funding.

>> The Navy must cut sonar use off California, according to a federal judge who declined to set aside her previous order mandating the same. Earlier: Navy must cut sonar use off California.

>> Although the Food and Drug Administration says the stuff is OK, grocery stores won't be carrying cloned meat on their shelves for years -- if at all.

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Comments

[sheila]

you missed Kathy Price-Robinson's shout-out to the "Kill A Watt" energy measuring device. At only $20, we can measure the "in use" and "sleeping" electricity draws of our various plug-in appliances so we can make better choices...

http://www.amazon.com/P3-International-Kill-Electricity-Monitor/dp/B00009MDBU

thanks.