The Daily Sprout

Proposed DOE Budget Isn’t Good for Cleantech: As part of the President’s proposed budget, the Department of Energy would spend about $26 billion in 2009 with more money for coal, nuclear, and biofuels while solar and hydrogen would get cuts – Green Car Congress.

GM Debuts Beefy Hybrid Pickups: General Motors will be showing off two new hybrid trucks, the 2009 GMC Sierra and the GMC Denali XT concept, at the Chicago Auto Show this week – Associated Press.

The Biofuels Follies: George Will in his The Last Word column jumps on the bandwagon to highlight the environmental hypocrisy of America’s ethanol infatuation – Newsweek.

IBM Plans for Rising Seas: Big Blue plans to establish The IBM Global Center of Excellence for Water Management which will help predict and protect low-lying countries from the effects of climate change. Forward-thinking for a big company, but the center is to be located in sub-sea level land of Amsterdam – GreenBiz.

Alternative Fuel Takes Flight: Airbus successfully completed the world’s first test of liquid fuel processed from gas in a commercial aircraft. This is part of an ongoing program to see how alternative fuels might mitigate the environmental effects of air travel – Clean Edge.

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