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Exxon Mobil Corporation Announces $6 Billion Profit Fourth Quarter 2009

Exxon Mobil Corporation Announces $6 Billion Profit Fourth Quarter 2009

IRVING, Texas--Exxon Mobil Corporation 1,160 Earnings 1 $ Millions 6,050 7,820 -23 19,280 45,220 -57 $ Per Common Share Assuming Dilution 1 1.27 1.54 -18 3.98 8.66 -54 Capital and Exploration Expenditures - $ Millions 8,263 6,829 21 27,092 26,143 4 1 See Accounting guidance adopted in first quarter 2009 EXXONMOBIL'S CH ... Continue reading

NaturalDrive Receives 2010 Certification for CNG 6-Liter Truck Retrofits

NaturalDrive Receives 2010 Certification for CNG 6-Liter Truck Retrofits

NaturalDrive Partners, LLC has obtained model year 2010 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emissions certification for its dedicated compressed natural gas (CNG) retrofit of the General Motors 6 liter three quarter and full ton trucks. Models covered include the C25, K25, and K35 Silverado and Sierra vehicles in 2WD ... Continue reading

NRC Chairman Jaczko to Keynote USA's Largest Energy & Environment Conference February 1 in Phoenix

NRC Chairman Jaczko to Keynote USA's Largest Energy & Environment Conference February 1 in Phoenix

PHOENIX--The Honorable Gregory B. Jaczko, Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, will keynote the 13th annual Energy & Environment Conference (EUEC) to be held February 1 to 3, 2010 in Phoenix, Arizona at the Convention Center. Chairman Jaczko will join a record number of over 650 senior level speakers at ... Continue reading

Altech-Eco Receives Final EPA Certification for Its Dedicated 2010 Ford Focus CNG Conversion System; Immediately Qualifies for $4,000 Tax Credit

Altech-Eco Receives Final EPA Certification for Its Dedicated 2010 Ford Focus CNG Conversion System; Immediately Qualifies for $4,000 Tax Credit

ASHEVILLE, N.C.--Altech-Eco Corporation of Asheville, North Carolina announced today that they have obtained a Certificate of Conformity (COC) from the EPA for their DEDICATED 2010 Ford Focus compressed natural gas (CNG) conversion system. This is the only EPA certified 2010 CNG system for the 2010 Focus worldwide. The ... Continue reading

Altech-Eco Receives Final EPA Certification for its BI-FUEL 2010 Ford Focus CNG/Gasoline Conversion System; First in the World, and 700 Miles on a Single Fill-Up

Altech-Eco Receives Final EPA Certification for its BI-FUEL 2010 Ford Focus CNG/Gasoline Conversion System; First in the World, and 700 Miles on a Single Fill-Up

ASHEVILLE, N.C.--Altech-Eco Corporation of Asheville, North Carolina announced today that they have obtained the world’s first and only Certificate of Conformity (COC) from the EPA for their BI-FUEL 2010 Ford Focus compressed natural gas (CNG) conversion system. The “bi-fueled” system means that the vehi ... Continue reading

Energtek Completes Lengthy Urban Field Trial of CNG Lite Technology in Metro Manila

Energtek Completes Lengthy Urban Field Trial of CNG Lite Technology in Metro Manila

Multiple Small Vehicles Operating on Natural Gas Were Successfully Tested by Government Officials MANILA, Philippines, January 25 -- Energtek Inc., a world leader in the development of Adsorbed Natural Gas (ANG) technology, announced that the Philippine's Ministry of Transportation successfully completed a lengthy fiel ... Continue reading

Clean Energy to Build, Maintain New Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Fuel Station at DFW

Clean Energy to Build, Maintain New Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Fuel Station at DFW

SEAL BEACH, Calif.--Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has awarded a 10-year contract to Clean Energy Fuels Corp. to build and operate a new CNG fueling station to support the DFW Rental Car Center’s new fleet of 46 CNG-powered courtesy shuttle buses. The final contract is in process of completion. †... Continue reading

Chadbourne & Parke Forms "Next Generation Vehicles" Practice

Chadbourne & Parke Forms "Next Generation Vehicles" Practice

CHADBOURNE JUMP-STARTS "NEXT GENERATION VEHICLES" New Practice Reinforces Firm's Status as Leader in Green Initiatives New York, January 21, 2010 —The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today that it has formed a Next Generation Vehicles practice. The multi-disciplinary team will be led by ... Continue reading

Environment Texas: Plug-in Electric Cars Can Lower Global Warming Emissions, Oil Consumption and Unhealthy Air Pollution

Environment Texas: Plug-in Electric Cars Can Lower Global Warming Emissions, Oil Consumption and Unhealthy Air Pollution

DALLAS--Increasing America’s use of plug-in electric and plug in hybrid cars would dramatically reduce emissions that cause global warming and air pollution and would curb our dependence on oil, according to a new white paper released today by Environment Texas. “We're on the cusp of an historic shift in the ... Continue reading

Palm Desert Debuts First CNG Ambulance on Jan 22

Palm Desert Debuts First CNG Ambulance on Jan 22

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: David Herman, 760-776-6411 PALM DESERT CELEBRATES DEBUT OF NATION'S FIRST CNG-POWERED AMBULANCE PALM DESERT (January 20, 2010) - The City of Palm Desert will celebrate the unveiling of the community's new compressed natural gas-powered ambulance and medic unit, the first of its kind in th ... Continue reading

Green Car Summit Coming to Capitol Hill

Green Car Summit Coming to Capitol Hill

Industry Leaders to Discuss Pathways to Electric and Advanced Vehicles WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- The Washington Auto Show (WAS) and Green Car Journal will host the third annual Green Car Summit(TM) on Monday, January 25, sharing important insights from industry and environmental leaders including Stefan Jacoby, CEO of Vol ... Continue reading

Blue Star Gas Joins Alliance AutoGas to Provide Propane Vehicle Conversions and Fueling on the West Coast

Blue Star Gas Joins Alliance AutoGas to Provide Propane Vehicle Conversions and Fueling on the West Coast

SANTA ROSA, Calif., Jan. 19 -- Blue Star Gas has joined national alternative fuel vehicle conversion and fueling network Alliance AutoGas. As an Alliance AutoGas partner, Blue Star will work with West Coast public and private vehicle fleets to convert vehicles from conventional gasoline to propane AutoGas - a cleaner, ... Continue reading

T Boone Pickens Revitalizes Picken's Plan Efforts - VIDEO ENHANCED

T Boone Pickens Revitalizes Picken's Plan Efforts - VIDEO ENHANCED

DALLAS - January 14, 2010: Feeling, correctly, that nothing has been done to address the energy and gasoline problem, T. Boone Pickens is returning to the television airwaves with a hard-hitting message that reminds us that we are pissing away billions of dollars to support terrorist oil producing countries. Click PLAY ... Continue reading

Partnerships and Stewardship News Release: Landfills Turn Trash into Power and Greenhouse Gas Reductions

Partnerships and Stewardship News Release: Landfills Turn Trash into Power and Greenhouse Gas Reductions

*CONTACT: *Dave Ryan (News Media Only) Ryan.Dave@epa.gov 202-564-7827 202-564-4355 *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *January 13, 2010 *Landfills Turn Trash into Power and Greenhouse Gas Reductions * "Projects recognized for innovative use of landfill gas " *WASHINGTON* - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recogniz ... Continue reading

Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE Chooses Michigan for 2010 Competition Events

Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE Chooses Michigan for 2010 Competition Events

$10 Million Competition for Super Fuel Efficient Vehicles Announces Partnership with Michigan Economic Development Corporation to Host Multi-Stage On-Track Challenges DETROIT, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE has chosen the state of Michigan to host an intense multi-stage ... Continue reading

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