Sweden Purchases 25 Hybrid Buses from Volvo February 2012   Volvo recently sold 25 hybrid buses for Göteborgs Spårvägar (Gothenburg Tramways), which operates public transportation on behalf of Västtrafik. This brings Volvo’s total number of hybrid buses sold in the Nordic countries up to 100.   Volvo’s hybrid buses deliver…

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Seaweed Biofuel Could Help Fuel Cars February 2012   Scientists have discovered a new way to produce ethanol by extracting it directly from seaweed. The discovery offers the potential to generate biofuels that do not compete with terrestrial food production and will not use up scarce freshwater.   Researchers from…

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President Obama Supports Push toward Natural Gas February 2012   During his State of the Union address to Congress, President Barack Obama discussed the future of the nation’s energy and focused on natural gas. The president stressed that it is important for the U.S. to move away from foreign oil…

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