The Green Week in Review is a podcast, hosted by SustainableBusiness.com News Editor Bart King. It’s posted every Friday morning and is about 15 minutes long. You can listen to it through your browser or download it to a portable MP3 player. Sign up for our General News RSS Feed and it will be automatically downloaded to your computer’s media player each week.
In this week’s show…
A summary of announcements coming from the 2009 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Ford, BYD, Toyota and Honda announce timelines for the rollout of new hybrids and plug-ins, and Tesla Motors announces a deal with Daimler AG.
A new bill proposed in the U.S. House and Senate that would create incentives for people to upgrade from gas guzzlers to more fuel efficient vehicles.
And president-elect Barack Obama’s pledge to double the nation’s supply of alternative energy in the next three years.
Plus, as always, a quick review of top cleantech stories from the week.
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The music in today’s show is from the CD Union Park and Magnolia Street by Athens, GA-based singer-songwriter Jason Beckham.