New Giant Breed of Cat to be Imported to Australia

  London Zoo houses some beautiful serval cats, a larger, sleeker version of the domestic cat.  Now a hybrid has been bred, known as a SAVANNAH CAT, by crossing a serval with a domestic cat.  ...

UK's green motorists face 20-week wait for eco-cars

Gordon Brown wants all UK motorists to be driving electric or hybrid cars by 2020, which is a great idea, but could be undermined by a shortage of the most popular hybrids on the market.The Honda Civic Hybrid and the...

Ruling finds Japanese man died from overwork

"TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- A Japanese labor bureau has ruled that one of Toyota's top car engineers died from working too many hours, the latest in a string of such findings in a nation where extraordinarily long hours for some employees has long been the norm. The man who died...

Chevy Volt hopes to shock fuel-efficient auto market

The buzz about GM and it's electric car is palpable. The Chevy Volt, GM's concept car is making a flashy entrance. Having 200 engineers and 50 designers working on this project alone, the unveiling in September will...

Gordon Brown: Motorists should switch to electric cars and learn 'eco-driving'

Brown is making quite a number of evironmental style public service announcements. Be good to see these technologies embraced more widely - perhaps even the priministerial and presidential car convoys will consist of these cars soon... now that would be a good example to us...

Toyota to sell solar panel-equipped Prius next year

"The Nikkei, Japan’s biggest business newspaper, reports today [JP] Toyota will use solar panels in its next-generation Prius hybrid cars to be sold starting 2009. The company’s Japanese website doesn’t offer...

Toyota plans Prius with solar panels

" Toyota plans to install solar panels on the roof of the next generation of Prius hybrid cars, according to a report in Monday's edition of the Nikkei newspaper. The panels, which are expected to begin appearing on...

Mt. Shasta celebrates the Fourth on the streets and in the skies

"By Steve Gerace Mount Shasta Area Newspapers Sun Jul 06, 2008, 12:44 PM PDT Story Tools: Email This |  Print This Mount Shasta, Calif. - Smokey skies cleared the morning of July 4, 2008, as if...

The Exiles: Film about Native Americans Exiled in Their Own Land Revived

Sherman Alexie, who can be a real hoot, has some poignant things to say about this film revival."THE Exiles,” a film about American Indians living on the edge of downtown Los Angeles in the 1950s, is both a chronicle and a casualty of neglect: a movie about a forsaken...

Survey: 3 Out of 4 Angry About High Gas Prices

"June 27, 2008 Red states and blue states are united on at least one issue: Americans are increasingly angry and anxious about high gas prices and favor far-reaching action on energy and climate issues, according to a new poll. About three out of four Americans and a...

Consumers Favor Hybrid Technologies

"Americans, to quote JFK, seem willing to "pay any price" to achieve better gas mileage. As gasoline prices pass $4 a gallon, consumers remain high on hybrids. That holds true both before and after the average market price -- $5,000 -- is revealed, according to the J.D....

GM will build hybrids at Oshawa plant, CAW says

Certainly good nes to the 2,000 laid off workers recently, put out of work due to gas prices and gas driven SUV's.One can only hope the wait will not be too long and the existing plant can be retrofitted in time for...

The FCX Clarity : First zero-emission vehicle from Honda Motor Co. Ltd.

"" It looks like, the great days of Toyota Prius has become numbered. Honda Motor Co. Ltd just launched its new hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle, 2009 Honda FCX Clarity. Already, the car has made a huge buzz in the USA and Japan. This review is your one stop information center of...

Bringing On The Booming Battery Business

In today's market of soaring oil prices (not to mention other commodities), it would seem that competition, or perhaps alternatives would be first and foremost on the minds of consumers.  Several of the major...

Honda to sell new gas-electric hybrid next year

Amidst the sky rocketing oil prices, World's top automobile company Honda Motors have announced launching of new hybrid car by next year. " Honda Motor Co. will sell a new, improved and affordable gas-electric hybrid...

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