If Big Oil gets its way, the new climate bill will be so heavily wounded from attacks by the time it makes its way back onto the Senate floor in September that it will barely stand a chance. At least, that’s what an internal memo from the American Petroleum Institute (API), recently obtained by Greenpeace, seems to imply. In the document, the president of API calls for current and former employees, contractors and vendors to attend rallies and protest against the climate bill. Should the rallies go ahead as planned—despite the memo being leaked—events could take place in an as many as 22 venues, with the API willing to bus in company members to add numbers to the protests. Click here to read more

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In light of the news that ExxonMobil has an all-electric car sharing and rental program with Electrovaya, we have just one word for the company: Huh? Don’t get us wrong, an all-electric car sharing and rental program sounds like a great idea, a long overdue idea, in fact, but when it’s being presented by the very same company that just made headlines for the fact that it funds lobby groups that try and dispel global warming as a myth, the message can seem a bit mixed.

The electric car sharing and rental service, called AltCar, is being offered at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore, Maryland and is being sponsored by ExxonMobil, who’ve partnered with Electrovaya for the cars themselves, which run entirely on Electrovaya’s Lithium Ion SuperPolymer® battery, and look like your average all-electric vehicle (the word “cute” comes to mind) and can seat five passengers. Click here to read more

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