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May 2007
- Cerberus Close to Consuming Chrysler
  
  Reuters | May 13, 07 10:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management is said to have cut a deal to buy Chrysler from DaimlerChrysler. Cerberus has lots of experience in negotiating for assets in the auto industry, having led the buyout of auto parts maker Delphi, which has not yet closed and may yet fall apart. More »
- In Detroit, Obama Rocks Boat
  
  Wall Street Journal | May 8, 07 7:01 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama called out the U.S. auto industry yesterday in its own front yard, reports The Wall Street Journal . In a sold-out speech at the Detroit Economic Club, the Illinois senator blamed much of the industry's current problems on automakers, whom he criticized for making larger and larger vehicles as foreign competitors pushed fuel efficiency. More »
April 2007
- Travel to Big Sky Is Killing It
  
  New York Times | Apr 29, 07 8:58 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Big Sky Country is under siege from the carbon spewed by the planes and cars we use to get there, says Montanan Deirdre McNamer. She remembers the days (the 1950s) when it was not politically incorrect to throw litter into the vastness of the high prairie that she thought could never be affected by the humans it dwarfed. More »
- Toyota Finally Tops GM
  
  Detroit Free Press | Apr 24, 07 10:06 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Toyota vroomed past General Motors in the first quarter to become the biggest automaker in the world, ending GM's 76-year reign. Riding the strength of its innovative Prius hybrid and solid standbys like the Camry, Toyota posted record first-quarter sales of 2.35 million vehicles, compared to GM's 2.26 million. More »
- Suicide Takes A Communal Turn
  
  The Atlantic | Apr 23, 07 2:07 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Of all the things initiated in anonymous online chat rooms, group suicide has to be the most macabre. David Samuels explores why hundreds of Japanese adults, previously unknown to each other, have gathered to die together in small groups, often asphyxiating themselves in cars by carefully placing charcoal burners to suck the oxygen out of the air. More »
- Plug-In Has Power to Spare
  
  CNET | Apr 10, 07 12:22 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A souped-up plug-in hybrid unveiled yesterday has excited talk of a future in which cleaner-running cars are also profitable. With a new lithium-ion battery that can store up to nine kilowatt/hours of electricity, a hybrid owner could buy electricity at night, store it in the battery, and then sell it back to the grid at higher prices during the day. More »
- Hold the Fries; Just Some Grease Please
  
  ABC News | Apr 9, 07 9:10 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Mexican pig lard, Alaskan fish oil, and lots o' fast food grease powered what two professional kayakers are calling the longest road trip ever made without gasoline. The 21,000-mile trek from Alaska to the tip of South America—in a converted Japanese firetruck—took nine months, with the duo stopping frequently to give talks on the virtues of biofuel. More »
- EPA Must Regulate Greenhouse Gases
  
  New York Times | Apr 3, 07 7:52 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Carbon dioxide must be regulated by the federal government unless it can provide a scientific reason not to, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. The 5-4 decision, which ordered the EPA to consider CO 2 an "air pollutant" as defined by the Clean Air Act, was a blow to the Bush administration's policy of refusing to regulate factory and automobile emissions. More »
- School Buses Plug In to Hybrid
  
  Christian Science Monitor | Apr 2, 07 12:50 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - School buses, usually in the slow lane, are passing automobiles by when it comes to converting to plug-in hybrid power, says the Christian Science Monitor . While plug-in hybrid cars are still a few years off, the buses are already rolling off assembly lines, and 19 have been ordered by 11 states. More »

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Cerberus Close to Consuming Chrysler

In Detroit, Obama Rocks Boat

Travel to Big Sky Is Killing It

Toyota Finally Tops GM

Suicide Takes A Communal Turn

Plug-In Has Power to Spare

Hold the Fries; Just Some Grease Please

EPA Must Regulate Greenhouse Gases

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