Google gives $200,000 to plug-in hybrid car group
Google’s for-profit foundation Google.org has given a $200,000 grant to CalCars.org, a group that advocates the adoption of plug-in hybrid electric cars.
Plug-in hybrids are cars you can plug into an electricity outlet to recharge their batteries, and national automakers have been slow to develop them…. Continue Reading
Silicon Valley leaders prove clout on global warming bill
Turns out, a group of Silicon Valley venture capitalists, including Kleiner Perkins’ John Doerr, and other business folks helped tipped the balance on the landmark global warming bill passed last week.
The bill, AB 32, mandates that California reduce global warming emissions by 25 percent —… Continue Reading