I found this cartoon quite funny!
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Ontario, Canada Looking to Increase Clunker Offer
Posted by Green Gal on September 23rd, 2009
It seems Peter Gorrie at The Toronto Star and I see eye-to-eye on the fact that the ‘Retire your Ride’ program here in Canada needs to be sweetened.
Ottawa, noting the frenzy over the American “Cash for Clunkers” program, is mulling whether to sweeten its incentive for taking gas-guzzling, polluting older vehicles off the road.
Canada’s “Retire [...]
Funny Fridays – Green Commercial
Posted by Green Gal on September 11th, 2009
This is one of my all time favs:
More Friday Fun from the Dutch
Posted by Green Gal on August 28th, 2009
Ok, this is not only a bit funny but very cool. It is a new concept windmill from our friends from the Netherlands.
Make Recycling Easier
Posted by Green Gal on August 26th, 2009
I read an interesting post over at Treehugger and I can certainly relate to it.
Just got off the phone with a customer service rep, from our metro (Minneapolis Solid Waste and Recycling) recycling program and have to say I’m almost ready to throw in the towel and throw everything in the trash. We’ve been recycling [...]
We Support ‘Green’ Car Disposal
Posted by Green Gal on August 21st, 2009
But this one is too nice to dispose of, it brings new meaning to the chia pet.
Tags: Cash for Clunkers Lives On
Posted by Green Gal on August 10th, 2009
So the money went fast, very fast and with a lot of confusion too. But now President Obama has signed a bill to add another 2 billion dollars in emergency funds to the program.
The additional funds come less than a week after confusing and conflicting messages about the program’s possible termination from the White House [...]
Important Info for Cash for Clunkers Program
Posted by Green Gal on July 24th, 2009
There is has been a lot more information released on the CARS.gov site and here are some very important points to remember.
Your vehicle must be less than 25 years old on the trade-in date
Only purchase or lease of new vehicles qualify
Generally, trade-in vehicles must get 18 or less MPG (some very large pick-up trucks and [...]
Breaking News Cash for Clunkers – CARS
Posted by Green Gal on July 24th, 2009
There is lots of new information posted on the CARS site and we will be looking through it and offering opinions shortly.
Consumers Bill of Rights:
Qualified consumers may participate in the CARS Program between July 1, 2009 and November 1, 2009 until authorized funds are no longer available.
Qualified consumers will receive a credit of $3,500 or [...]
Getting Rid of your Old Car
Posted by Green Gal on July 23rd, 2009
If you have an old car and you want to get rid of it in an eco-friendly way then look no further than your local member of the www.GreenVehicleDisposal.com network.
They have created the first national brand of accredited auto recyclers, whose harmonized focus is the responsible recycling of End of Life Vehicles thereby working toward [...]
