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U.S. Green Building Council

Environmental section info

"As green buildings age, cost savings increase with regard to energy consumption, water usage and worker productivity."http://www.usgbc.org/News/USGBCInTheNewsDetails.aspx?ID=3607

"Environmental benefits: Enhance and protect ecosystems and biodiversity Improve air and water quality Reduce solid waste Conserve natural resources

Economic benefits: Reduce operating costs Enhance asset value and profits Improve employee productivity and satisfaction Optimize life-cycle economic performance

Health and community benefits: Improve air, thermal, and acoustic environments Enhance occupant comfort and health Minimize strain on local infrastructure Contribute to overall quality of life"

http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1718

Electric Power Research Institute -- a nonprofit think tank funded mainly by electric utilities -- and the Natural Resources Defense Council

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Plug in America

Environmental section

By working with a variety of public and private organizations and industries, Plug In America strives to "revive plug-in auto producion" in order to promote "cleaner, cheaper, domestic sources of energy." In its efforts, the organization has been successful in obtaining support from environmental groups, such as the Sierra Club, and automobile corporations, such as Toyota and GM, and more recently, in forming political alliances with the Bush administration.

According to Plug In America, hybrid cars will lower air pollutants, but emissions of burning coal will raise. Regardless of the energy source that fuels them, electric hybrids not only produce substantially less greenhouse gasses than gas-fueled vehicles, but also less than conventional hybrid cars.Substantially the electric hybrid wouldn't need twice the amount of oil the United States imports each day from Saudi Arabia because 70% of the oil is consumed for transportation. If over 50% Americans bought plug-in hybrids by 2050, there would be a small increase in electricity, which wouldn't require a surge at night when demand of electricity is low.

"California Air Resource Board CARB rejected the staff’s proposal to shrink the number of Zero-emission vehicle ZEVs required of automakers in 2012-2014 from 25,000 down to 2,500 vehicles, and instead set the target at 5,357 vehicles – an improvement from the low numbers staff proposed, yet only 70% of current regulations."

As of right now there isn't a delivery system yet for hydrogen cars only, but the system is being worked out.