VERMONT CLEAN CITIES COALITION
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eNewsletter 10.2.07

Your clearinghouse for news, programs, and funding related to
reducing the consumption of petroleum for transportation in Vermont

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Clean Cities Survey

Fuels

New Vehicles

Rail

Survey

What should Vermont Clean Cities be doing?
(4-question survey)

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	Clean Cities Survey
Do you have an opinion as to what the Vermont Clean Cities Coalition should be doing? Please click here to participate in our 4-question survey. Thank you!

Fuels

The last day to register online at the reduced rate for next week's Vermont Biodiesel Workshop is this Wednesday, Oct. 4.

Vermont Biodiesel Workshop
"Delivering An Affordable Energy Solution"
October 10, 2007

Join other commercial, municipal and institutional fuel users, fuel suppliers, fleet and facilities managers, state personnel and policy makers and renewable energy professionals.
Learn how biodiesel is being used in Vermont today as a transportation and heating fuel.
Find out about fuel performance and environmental issues from the people who are using and distributing biodiesel.

Presented by Vermont Biofuels Association, Vermont Clean Cities Coalition and Vermont Fuel Dealers Association.

To register, click here.
For conference agenda, click here.

	Fuels
UVM students building hybrid race car UVM students from many different disciplines have rallied together to design and build a Formula 1 hybrid racing car. Their vehicle will be entered into the May 2008 Formula Hybrid International Competition for college and graduate school students at New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon. [Source: Burlington Free Press]

New Vehicles

Partial Zero Emission Vehicles (PZEV)
If you've shopped for a car in the last three years, you may have noticed that some sport a 'PZEV', or Partial Zero Emission Vehicle, label. This label means that the vehicle is 90% cleaner than the average new vehicle and has zero tailpipe or other evaporative emissions. 'PZEV' is a very good rating in the California vehicle emissions rating scale, just behind Alternative Technology PZEVs, the ratings that most hybrids have:

(click image for exaplanation of acronyms)

The key things to remember about PZEVs is that they achieve their low emissions rating by tightly controlling the pollution they release to the air, and by completely burning fuel. They do NOT achieve them by getting high miles per gallon.

Below is a list of 2008 and 2007 model year vehicles which have the PZEV rating:

Make	Model (2008/7)	Type
Chevy	Cobalt PZEV	car
Pontiac	G5 PZEV	car
BMW	325Ci	car
Ford	Fusion	car
Hyundai	Elantra	car
Kia	Spectra	car
Mazda	3	car
	6	car
Mercedes-Benz	E350	car
Mercury	Milan	car
Nissan	Altima 2.5	car
	Altima 2.5s	car
Subaru	Legacy 4D	car
	Legacy Wagon	station wagon
	Outback Wagon	station wagon
Volkswagen	Golf	car
	Jetta	car
	New Beetle	car
Volvo	S40 2.4l	car
	S60 FWD	car
	V50 2.4l	station wagon
	V70 FWD	station wagon

For vehicles from other model years, or vehicles with other emissions ratings, click here and use the 'Program Links' menu at the right of the page. [Source: California Air Resources Board]

	Rail
Some progress on rail Passenger rail service in western Vermont will not be viable until more than 70 crossings are upgraded to handle higher speeds safely. Improvements to several railroad crossings in Bennington County began this month, but many more await along the Albany, Bennington, Rutland, and Burlington stretch. [Source: Bennington Banner]

Best regards,

Elaine Wang, Graduate Student Research Intern
Vermont Clean Cities Coalition

Funding

Closing date	Coverage, description, eligibility.
10/4/07 [View]	Statewide: Consultant services. Short range public transportation plans.
10/15/07 [View]	Regional: Environment.
11/2/07 View [see page 77]	Federal: Biobased products and bioenergy production research. Letter of Intent due 11/2/07. Applications due 1/17/08.
11/27/07 [View]	Regional: Sustainable Communities. Non profits, instiutions and municipalities eligible.
4/11/08 [View]	Federal: Agriculture. Enhancing the competitiveness of specialty crops. State governments eligible.

Events

10/2, Tue Colchester	Route 15 Walk/Bike Committee Meeting St. Michael's College Alliot Student Center Info: 652-2453
10/3, Wed Middlebury	Transportation Brainstorming Meeting Ilsley Library Info: 388-2812
10/9, Tue Burlington	Bernie Sanders Global Warming Town Meeting University of Vermont Info: 800-339-9834
10/12-13 Manchester, NH	Global Warming & Energy Solutions Radisson Hotel Info here
10/17 Burlington	2007 Renewable Energy Conference Sheraton Burlington Hotel Info here
10/3-25 Burlington	Community Matters Main Street Landing Info here

Weekly
Petro-
Stats

	Gas at the pump, VT [Source]	Crude oil futures [Source]
This week (Sep 26-Oct 2)	$2.794/gallon	$80.832/barrel
Last week (Sep 19-25)	$2.778/gallon	$80.946/barrel