Jalopnik: earth day

Weather.com Presents Green Week, Sponsored By Hummer

Ben Wojdyla — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:00:00 EDT

NBC Universal has jumped into the marketing-frenzy of greenwashing surrounding Earth Day with a network-wide green week. Since Weather.com lives under the NBCU banner, they are too — sponsored by Hummer.

It's hard not to laugh at the Weather Channel's brash use of Hummer in its "Green is Universal" banner. Likewise, it's amusing Hummer, a company with absolutely no green-cred, is trying to get in on the phony-baloney eco-action. We're assuming after this week is over, NBC Universal will return to powering its transmitters and servers with baby seal squeezins and Hummer will go back to crushing small woodland critters. [Weather.com]

The Jalopnik Morning Shift

Ray Wert — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 08:45:00 EDT

• Oil prices are too high, the environment's gettin' worse — and that's just why this man wants to make it easier for Big Oil to pollute. Well — to be fair — he did wait until after Earth Day. [Detroit News]
• Dale Jr.'s flyin' the black flag this upcoming week at Talladega for Dale Sr. We're totally wellin'. [Mercury News]
• In Indiana? Got a few extra grand to spend? Love exotics and semi-exotics? Here's a way to put that extra cheddar to good use. [Gleaner]
• In Michigan, a golf cart ride turns tragic. [Freep]
• When we hear someone has "rolled their car" we think of F1 drivers too. [News & Star]
• And in the seemingly never-ending TVR saga (Day Three) — TVR has finally issued a statement on future production. Next week on As The World Turns. [Auto Industry]
• Seriously, this is one of those times where it totally makes sense to move to rather than from Michigan. The other time would be if Nissan were moving to Alabama. [Business Wire]

Saturn Vue Green Line: Cost-Cutting With Purpose?

Ray Wert — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 19:08:38 EDT

The General may have found a way for "design by cost" to be a help instead of a hindrance. To top it off, it may even be environmentally-friendly. Holy Earth Day, readers! According to CNN/Money, the new Saturn Vue Green Line may have skimped on costs, but taking the competition's prices into account, it may give the General's new-and-green sports ute some added cache. Accountants everywhere are beaming over their adding machines.

Saturn Vue Green Line: hybrid for tightwads [CNN/Money]

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Wait? Hybrids Save Money? [internal]