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REPORT: Toyota develops its own flower species for cleaner air at Prius plant

Automakers make cars and trucks, no surprises there. Some even make other interesting things, like Honda, which also builds motorcycles, jets, robots and solar cells. But up until now, we haven't been able to think of any car companies that develop their own species of flowers. Thankfully, Toyota has reportedly stepped in to correct that oversight by creating two derivatives of the cherry sage and gardenia at its factory in Toyota City, Japan. This is the plant where the Japanese automaker assembles the Prius hybrid, which seems fitting ... Read more →

Audi launches Facebook causes page to benefit Nature Conservancy Sam Abuelsamid

In conjunction with the launch of its diesel engines in the U.S., Audi has created a Facebook Causes page to benefit the Nature Conservancy. For every person that joins the cause, Audi has committed ...

Hyundai Genesis sales pay for forest preservation and restoration projects Sam Abuelsamid

Last fall, Hyundai announced that for every Genesis sedan sold during the 2009 model year it would make carbon offset grants equivalent to the CO2 emissions of those cars. Six months into the ...

Two BMW riders plan a carbon-neutral motorcycle adventure Jeremy Korzeniewski

Swiss citizens Mark Dembitz and Clarisse Von Wunschheim are planning to ride their BMW F 650 GS motorcycles from Beijing to Istanbul to drum up awareness of global climate change. Along the way, the ...

smart USA celebrating its first year by planting trees Sam Abuelsamid

Smart officially began selling the tiny fortwo in the U.S. market in January 2008 and by the end of that year 24,622 examples had been sold. To celebrate, the U.S. distributor is teaming up with ...

Fox's 24 to go carbon neutral 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

We haven't ever seen any specific statistics outlining the carbon emissions from car crash and car chase sequences filmed for movies or television, but it can't be good. In our current environmentally-aware global climate, movie and television studios must realize that their actions will be ...

Eric Bana offsets carbon emissions of new film, "Love the Beast" 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Regardless of your view on global climate change, you must admit that the issue of carbon emissions has become a hot topic over these last few years, and automobiles have taken the brunt of the criticism. Celebrities often seem to be leading the low-emissions charge, or they at least like to appear ...

Thanks, team! AutoblogGreen takes fifth in EcoDriving challenge 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Need a quick little something to do during your lunch break? The EcoDriving game from the Auto Alliance has been up since September and AutoblogGreen readers have managed to - as a team - come in fifth place in the overall rankings. To mark our/your ecodriving skills, the Auto Allliance has paid to ...

Hyundai to offset CO2 emissions of 2009 Genesis sedans 12 months ago on Autoblog Green

Hyundai took a big step upmarket in 2008 with the launch of its new Genesis luxury sedan. For now, the Genesis is only available with a choice of V6 or V8 engines but in keeping with Hyundai's new Blue Drive strategy, the company has decided to do something about the Genesis emissions. Hyundai has ...

Corvette drivers can care for the environment, too, you know, even accidentally 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Who says Corvettes drivers don't care about the environment? There seems to be a slight clustering of Corvette-related news on ABG recently - from the Z06 winning the MPG Marathon to the Corvette C6R winning the first ever GT class of the ALMS Green Challenge - and today we bring you a report from ...

Land Rover keeps on chuggin with carbon offset program 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

While Land Rover does make some concept vehicles that would be cleaner than their current production vehicles (see the LRX and the recently-unveiled Freelander 2 TD4_e), one of the company's longstanding policies to reduce the impact that their vehicles have on the environment is to offer ...

CO2 E - Race coming to Denmark next fall 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Automobile races that try to put on a green mantle are seriously nothing new. There's Formula 1, Formula Zero, and ALMS to name just a few. Coming soon (well, in a year) to a country near you (if you live in Denmark) is a new eco-aware speed event called the CO2 E - Race. At least, that's what we ...

Wales to host the first carbon neutral FIA World Rally Championship 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In this day and age of increased environmental awareness, not even motorsports are granted exclusion from the eco-friendly expectations which all companies and organizations are held to. Of course, it's not just the racing itself that causes carbon emissions, as the fans attending the event need to ...

Mongol Rally 2008 offsets CO2 emissions 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Last year we spoke about the Mongol Rally and even interviewed one of the participating teams. What's this? A charity rally departing three European cities (this year: London, Milan and Madrid) that tries to reach Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia. In order to participate in this rally, cars ...

Buying a new car? That'll be 20 trees, please. 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When we mention Brazil, we're usually speaking about their aggressive ethanol (alcoól) policy or their availability of flex-fuel cars. But today we're speaking about a creative proposition: The Brazilian Câmara dos Deputados is discussing a bill which will make planting trees mandatory ...

Volvo dealer in Verona, Italy is company's first to go carbon neutral 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Dealers for car companies have tried various carbon neutral offerings. A Land Rover shop in Oregon, for example, gave away carbon offsets for the first 50,000 miles of each new vehicle sold last year. But what did it take to make the new Volvo Trucks dealer in Verona, Italy totally carbon neutral? ...

Cars.com finds a TerraPass fleet is the right move 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

How much carbon does the fleet of vehicles over at KickingTires spew? For starters, about 26 tons. That's at least what the Cars.com team has decided is the right amount of Terrapass carbon offsets to buy for the fleet, and senior editor Dave Thomas said that this initial purchase will be reviewed ...

clickair offsets CO2 emissions in forest close to base airport 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Another airline has decided to give passengers the option to offset your carbon emissions when purchasing plane tickets. The latest carbon offset entrant is clickair, a low-cost company based in Barcelona, Spain. The story is that, due to Barcelona's airport placement between two lagoons and a ...

uShip partners with TerraPass for environmentally conscious shipping 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Earlier this year, TerraPass sold its 100,000th sticker. The momentum to offset a vehicle's carbon emissions continues, and you can now participate in the program even if you're not in your car uShip is a shipping service, and can help you move a vehicle when you need to get it somewhere but don't ...

Poor country in need of cash? Sell forests to trade off pollution. 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Bolivia is one of Latin America poorest countries and is looking for a way of improving its economy. Instead of dirty mining or cutting wood, a report written by Andrea Urioste states that Bolivia could sell oxygen. While this may sound like they'd need buyers who are also interested in oceanfront ...

Dave Matthews Band tour to go green once again 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo by Diliff, Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 We're quite familiar with the idea of music tours going green with acts such as Bonnie Raitt, Panic! At The Disco and Barenaked Ladies having been reported on here at AutoblogGreen. All of these tours were being coordinated with ...

Radiohead tour focuses on cities with good public transit 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo: Stephane De Sakutin, AFP/Getty Images In addition to making great music (OK Computer remains one of this blogger's favorite listens), Radiohead tries to make a difference from an ecological standpoint. The band is going to great lengths to reduce the carbon emissions associated with its ...

NJ firefighters make red trucks green to fight global warming and fires 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In Robbinsville, New Jersey, the Professional Fire Fighters Local 3786 has see the light. Used to fighting fires around town, the fire fighters have gone green to help fight global warming. Compact florescent light bulbs and and other energy saving measures were implemented at the firehouse, but ...

Can driving greener get you into heaven? Vatican says sure 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The first hints that low-mpg cars were sinful in the eyes of the Catholic Church came last fall, when a spokesman for Pope Benedict XVI confirmed that the Pope would use an April 2008 address to the UN as a way to speak to the moral implications of living a greener life. Today, the Vatican has gone ...

DHL Gogreen Express allows Asia Pacific customers carbon-neutral shipping option 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Delivery services like DHL are very efficient operations that get your package from point A to point B at the lowest possible cost, but the company's mega-fleet spews CO2 by the truckload. In the Asia Pacific region, DHL has started Gogreen Express to give environmentally conscious shippers the ...

Should solo Hummer drivers be allowed the HOV lane if they're carbon neutral? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

California bill SB 1374, if passed and signed into a law, would allow any car to join the HOV sticker program as long as that vehicle is carbon neutral. This would mean someone driving alone in a Hummer could legally be allowed into the HOV lane, if the Hummer's emissions were offset. Senator Jim ...

Dutch Kia buyers can offset their vehicles through African jatropha biodiesel 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Let's set this story up by placing the players on a map. First, Kia, which is a South Korean automobile company. Secong, Mali, which is a country in Africa. Third, Kia Netherlands, which sells the Korean cars in Holland. Now that we're clear on who's where, here's the story: According to ...

TerraPass updates online CO2 calculator 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It's a minor change, but over at TerraPass, the carbon-offset-powers-that-be have added a comparison bar to the online emissions calculator. Now, when you input information to figure out how much your indulgence TerraPass CO2 offset sticker will cost you, you'll also see a yellow bar that compares ...

Trying to find the green at the Super Bowl - it's there if you look for it 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We've covered some of the green car items that'll be on TV this afternoon, including an ad for the Yukon Hybrid, but what about the people who actually go to the game? What sort of cleaner driving angle can they add to their day? A couple, but I'm not convinced anyone will ever be able to call the ...

CO2 offset milestone: 100,000 TerraPasses sold 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

If I can't buy a hybrid or get an EV for 'round town needs, then perhaps a carbon offset sticker is the right move. That's what at least 100,000 people have decided, according to the leading consumer/driver carbon offset vendor, TerraPass. Earlier this month, TerraPass sold its 100,000th TerraPass ...

Bluenext: A world-wide carbon trading market 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

NYSE-Euronext, the company that manages the NY Market Exchange, as well as some European markets and French savings bank Caisse des Depots, have announced Bluenext. It's a carbon rights trading scheme which labels itself as "the global environmental exchange," although they define themselves as ...

Enterprise Rent-a-car facing problems implementing green initatives 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Enterprise Rent-a-car has a couple of green initiatives going. First of all, it has a good number of fuel-efficient vehicles (defined as those that get more than 28 mpg, as shown above) including 5,000 hybrids and 73,000 flex-fuel vehicles. Then, it's offering carbon-offsetting for all its ...

Land Rover launches website to show off green initiatives 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Land Rover is very fond of its CO2 offsetting program and has decided to launch a campaign with a website to promote it, as well as celebrating the marque's 60th anniversary. The program not only plants trees but also includes humanitarian projects, as well as a window of Land Rover's statements on ...

Yokohama plants 30,000 trees near Hiratsuka Factory 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In 2008, if your factories aren't the cleanest in the world, you can always compensate with some kind of carbon-balancing intervention to fix things. Such is the case of tiremaker Yokohama Rubber Company (YRC), which just announced that it's going to plant half a million trees, which equal 25 acres ...

Tell the FTC how to regulate green ads before the Jan. 25 deadline 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/political_opinion/Tell_the_FTC_how_to_regulate_green_ads_2'; The Federal Trade Commission held a public hearing Tuesday (Jan. 8) on how to regulate "green" advertising and they still want to know what you think. You can watch web-casts of the workshop and anyone is ...

21st Century carpooling: nearing perfection? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Carpooling is a great way to cut your carbon footprint. Throw another warm body in your car and you halve your carbon emissions per person. You also halve the amount of traffic you create if previously have both gone SOV (single occupancy vehicle). It is also a great way to justify your SUV. A ...

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