TBR.cc: NZ scientist at centre of Pachauri allegations refuses to talk

Reisinger hung up on Investigate.

A Future That Doesn’t Guzzle - NYTimes.com

“It’s going to take us three generations of range-extended electric vehicles to get any anywhere near reasonable costs,” said Thomas Stephens, G.M.’s vice chairman for product development.

GM chief wants higher federal gas tax | Washington Examiner

Take, for instance, Ford's announcement yesterday that due to growing demand, it is ramping up production of two of its least fuel-efficient products, the Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs.

Expedition sales are up 45 percent, compared to a year ago, while Navigator sales have climbed fully 60 percent for the same period, according to Ford Americas president Mark Fields. He was quoted by Automotive News, the trade publication.

But over at Government Motors - formerly known as General Motors - one of its most gregarious and visible executives is calling for a hike in the federal gas tax.

Coakley, Brown play on voters’ fears in final US Senate debate - The Boston Globe

[Brown] went on to assert that Coakley’s fiscal policies - her support for a health care overhaul, for rolling back the tax cuts signed by Bush, and for a cap-and-trade system to stem climate change - would raise taxes and cost jobs.

Cold weather ends, but has damage to Florida oranges been done? / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com

Temperatures across northern Florida orchards dropped into the mid-20s or lower on Saturday and Sunday nights. In central Florida, they hovered below freezing. For fruit damage to set in, temperatures must drop to 28 degrees F for four hours or more. Anything below that for longer periods usually kills a tree.