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Weekly Clean Energy Roundup:December 15, 2004

News and Events General Motors and DaimlerChrysler to Team Up on Hybrid Vehicles Honda Debuts Its Third Hybrid Vehicle, the Accord Hybrid Bay-Area Postal Facilities to Combine Efficiency, Fuel Cell, and Solar Power Major Corporations Buy 62 Megawatts of Green Power in 2004 Wood Products Companies in Oregon Achieve Big Energy Savings Energy ConnectionsU.S. Dependence on Imported Energy to Grow by 2025 News and EventsGeneral Motors and DaimlerChrysler to Team Up on Hybrid VehiclesDaimlerChrysler AG (DCX) and General Motors Corporation (GM) announced on Monday that they will work together to develop a hybrid propulsion system for use in GM, Chrysler Group and Mercedes Car Group vehicles. Although both companies have been working independently on their own hybrid propulsion systems, they have signed a non-binding “memorandum of understanding” for the joint hybrid project and intend to enter into a definitive agreement in early 2005. See the GM press release.The companies will be working on a patent-protected hybrid system that incorporates two electric motors into an electrically variable transmission, creating a system that uses much smaller motors than today’s hybrid vehicles. The system appears to be modeled on a drive for buses and other transit vehicles developed by Allison Transmission and used […]

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Whole Foods Establishes Foundation for Compassionate Treatment of Farm Animals

Whole Foods Market, Inc.(Nasdaq: WFMI) is celebrating its 25th year of operations by establishing the Animal Compassion Foundation. The company, the world's leading natural/ organic foods supermarket, says it will donate five percent of total global sales on January 25 to launch the foundation. The independent, non-profit organization will provide education and research services to assist and inspire ranchers and meat producers around the world to achieve a higher standard of animal welfare excellence while still maintaining economic viability. "By creating the Foundation, Whole Foods Market is pioneering an entirely new way for people to relate to farm animals — with the animals' welfare becoming the most important goal," said John Mackey, chairman, chief executive officer and co-founder of Whole Foods Market. "There are many universities and organizations out there doing research making production systems more productive and profitable, but there is no one place where meat producers can go to learn about making their processes more compassionate. We are out to change that with this Foundation." The Animal Compassion Foundation will allow ranchers and producers the opportunity to visit and learn from others who are innovating animal husbandry techniques to create the ideal environments and conditions to support every […]

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