For a truly “green” lawn, go organic.

It would seem that green and gardening go together naturally. But that isn’t always the case.

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RTC’s hybrid blueprint ready to kick into gear. Reno is scheduled to have its first environmentally-friendly hybrid buses operating by the beginning of June. [News Source]

Conference to focus on alternative fuels. North Carolina imports every drop of petroleum-based fuel its residents use each year, more than 5.5 billion gallons. [News Source]

Push for biodiesel facility. A group of local businesses has forged an alliance to develop a biodiesel production facility this year as a means of providing a greener, more self-sufficient means of energy that would drastically reduce the millions of dollars that are spent every year on expensive oil imports. [News Source]

Higher EPA cap may mean larger ethanol plants. The EPA on Thursday substantially relaxed air pollution standards for plants that manufacture ethanol for fuel, eliminating one of the major hurdles to plant size. [News Source]

EPA relaxes pollution standards for ethanol plants. The Environmental Protection Agency took a major step to stimulate ethanol production by issuing a rule Thursday allowing ethanol plants to operate with fewer environmental rules and less air pollution equipment. [News Source]

U.S. gov’t eases pollution rules at ethanol plants. The U.S. government said on Thursday it would allow corn milling facilities that make ethanol for fuel to spew more pollution before certain clean air rules are triggered, which could boost available ethanol supplies for blending into gasoline. [News Source]

GM reverses course on rear-wheel drive. General Motors Corp. is evaluating future rear-wheel-drive large cars and may cancel some of them if the federal government goes through with stricter fuel economy or pollution regulations. [News Source]

UN report calls for an urgent action on road and air pollution (The Scotsman) SOARING car and air travel must be tackled if the world is to stop greenhouse gas emissions from transport rising rapidly over the next few decades, according to a leaked draft report by the United Nations' climate panel. [News Source]

Vancouver port adding incentives to go green.

The Port of Vancouver is the first in Canada to attempt to entice ships to burn cleaner fuels and lower greenhouse gas emissions.

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No SUV focus in NDP green plan. Ontario can meet tough Kyoto targets and cut greenhouse gas emissions in five years without imposing strict vehicle emission standards or slapping a tax on big SUVs, NDP Leader Howard Hampton said today. [News Source]