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To reduce the amount of waste created every year, companies like General Motors (GM) have announced plans to implement a landfill free manufacturing process. This means all of the materials generated in their regular production operations will be reused or recycled.

GM’s plug-in hybrid electric car, the Chevy Volt, will have its lithium-ion batteries road-tested by end of the month. Engineers have already been testing the Volt’s electrical hybrid system, the so-called E-Flex architecture, but only with nickel-metal hydride hybrid batteries in place.

Scientists say they have found the first confirmation that insects have developed resistance to transgenic crops that have been modified to resist pests. They found evidence of genetic mutation among bollworms (Helicoverpa zea) in a dozen GM cotton fields sown in Mississippi and Arkansas

GM has unofficially leaked that a Chevy Camaro Hybrid is in the works that will use the company's dual mode system and comply with higher CAFE standards.

Cadillac unveils a series of new vehicles at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, that range from elite sports cars to gas-free automobiles. GM alsounveils the Provoq concept, a petroleum-free, hydrogen-powered vehicle that emits no emissions other than water.

Environmentally friendly sports and performance vehicles took center stage at this year's North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. While some manufactures are focusing vehicles that can reach speeds of 200 miles-per-hour, others are researching ways to make high horsepower a little more responsible.

A post on EcoSpace.cc a few days back on the Svalbard Global Seed Vault (also known as the Doomsday Seed Vault) generated some feedback about allowing seeds of Genetically Modified Organisms to be collected for storage in case of disaster. The topic of GMO crops is certainly a hotly debated one - what are your thoughts?

At this year's NAIAS, General Motors is announcing their partnership with Coskata, as they believe in taking the first step toward producing a new biofuel. Household garbage, old tires, and even plant stalk after harvest all contain carbon which can be turned into fuel for our cars and trucks, cheaply and efficiently.

That's what Chrysler, Daimler, and BMW seem to think. They're all using GM's hybrid technology for their new trucks and SUVs...

A Brazilian anti-GM campaigner has been murdered at a Syngenta GM crop trial in Paraná, Brazil. Via Campesina (The International Peasants Movement)’s camp at the experimental farm was shot at by security, killing Valmir Mota de Oliveira, a Movimento Sem Terra (the Brazilian Landless Rural Workers Movement) activist.

As popularity and sales of hybrid vehicles increase each year they become less novelty and more reality. Where theycan be serviced and who can service them are becoming important questions and following the manufacturer's recommendations is important. The voltage run from these vehicles can not only hurt you, it could kill you.

Hans Demant, GM Europe Vice President, Engineering and Managing Director of Opel, presents the new Corsa Hybrid Concept at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show. Powered by the next-generation GM Hybrid system and diesel engine technology, the Corsa Hybrid concept car requires just 3,75 liters of diesel per 100 km and emits only 99 grams of CO2 per kilometer.

General Motors presents the third variant of its electric vehicle architecture E-Flex, the Opel Flextreme. Its energy source is a battery that powers the electric motor. Another energy source on board – such as a hydrogen fuel-cell or combustion engine – provides more power to increase operating range. In the case of the Flextreme, this is a 1.3-liter CDTI diesel engine. Electric propulsion and a combustion engine are used in a manner fundamentally different from that of conventional hybrid propulsion vehicles.

The BLS wagon and sedan will be the first Cadillac models to be offered in Europe with the option of a low-emission, bio-ethanol engine. The BLS 2.0L Flexpower will go on sale in November (Wagon) or December (sedan) 2007. Like the three turbocharged gasoline engines and the two turbo-diesels, the 147 kW (200 hp) Flexpower engine offers the dynamic performance customers have come to expect from Cadillac, while using Bio-ethanol (E85) as an alternative to traditional gasoline.