Green Car Congress
Encyclopedia
Green Car Congress is a newsfeed website
dedicated to provide the latest information and news about energy options, technologies, products, issues and policies related to sustainable mobility
and access to its content is provided free of charge. GCC reports daily any relevant development around the world regarding alternative vehicles
and powertrain
s, clean and alternative fuel
s, alternative sources of clean energy, technologies to curb greenhouse gas emissions which accelerate global warming
resulting in climate change
, and related policies and sustainability
issues in general. Green Car Congress editorial goal is "to support our transition from primary dependence on fossil fuels to self-reliance on clean, healthy, sustainable, harmonious alternative energies." GCC target audience comprises members of every segment of the energy and transportation markets, including industry, government, academia and the public, and readers are allowed to comment on the materials posted blog
style.
Green Car Congress is linked or recommended as an external resource for news and issues regarding sustainable mobility by newspapers, academic centers, and several environmental group sites such as The New York Times
, the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
, the Oregon Department of Transportation
, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
, the Electric Drive Transportation Association, TreeHugger
, Bioenergy Wiki, Greenedia, and ScienceBlips.
Website
A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
dedicated to provide the latest information and news about energy options, technologies, products, issues and policies related to sustainable mobility
Sustainable transport
Sustainable transport refers to any means of transport with low impact on the environment, and includes walking and cycling, transit oriented development, green vehicles, CarSharing, and building or protecting urban transport systems that are fuel-efficient, space-saving and promote healthy...
and access to its content is provided free of charge. GCC reports daily any relevant development around the world regarding alternative vehicles
Alternative fuel vehicle
An alternative fuel vehicle is a vehicle that runs on a fuel other than "traditional" petroleum fuels ; and also refers to any technology of powering an engine that does not involve solely petroleum...
and powertrain
Powertrain
In a motor vehicle, the term powertrain or powerplant refers to the group of components that generate power and deliver it to the road surface, water, or air. This includes the engine, transmission, drive shafts, differentials, and the final drive...
s, clean and alternative fuel
Alternative fuel
Alternative fuels, known as non-conventional or advanced fuels, are any materials or substances that can be used as fuels, other than conventional fuels...
s, alternative sources of clean energy, technologies to curb greenhouse gas emissions which accelerate global warming
Global warming
Global warming refers to the rising average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation. In the last 100 years, Earth's average surface temperature increased by about with about two thirds of the increase occurring over just the last three decades...
resulting in climate change
Climate change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
, and related policies and sustainability
Sustainability
Sustainability is the capacity to endure. For humans, sustainability is the long-term maintenance of well being, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions, and encompasses the concept of union, an interdependent relationship and mutual responsible position with all living and non...
issues in general. Green Car Congress editorial goal is "to support our transition from primary dependence on fossil fuels to self-reliance on clean, healthy, sustainable, harmonious alternative energies." GCC target audience comprises members of every segment of the energy and transportation markets, including industry, government, academia and the public, and readers are allowed to comment on the materials posted blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
style.
Green Car Congress is linked or recommended as an external resource for news and issues regarding sustainable mobility by newspapers, academic centers, and several environmental group sites such as The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
RMIT University
RMIT University is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It has two branches, referred to as RMIT University in Australia and RMIT International University in Vietnam....
, the Oregon Department of Transportation
Oregon Department of Transportation
The Oregon Department of Transportation is a department of the state government of the U.S. state of Oregon responsible for systems of transportation. It was first established in 1969. It had been preceded by the Oregon State Highway Department which, along with the Oregon State Highway...
, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a multiprogram science and technology national laboratory managed for the United States Department of Energy by UT-Battelle. ORNL is the DOE's largest science and energy laboratory. ORNL is located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, near Knoxville...
, the Electric Drive Transportation Association, TreeHugger
TreeHugger
TreeHugger is a prominent sustainability website. It was rated the top sustainability blog of 2007 by Nielsen Netratings,and was included in Time Magazine's 2009 blog index as one of the top twenty-five blogs....
, Bioenergy Wiki, Greenedia, and ScienceBlips.
See also
- News aggregation website
- Sustainable energySustainable energySustainable energy is the provision of energy that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Sustainable energy sources include all renewable energy sources, such as hydroelectricity, solar energy, wind energy, wave power, geothermal...
- Sustainable transportSustainable transportSustainable transport refers to any means of transport with low impact on the environment, and includes walking and cycling, transit oriented development, green vehicles, CarSharing, and building or protecting urban transport systems that are fuel-efficient, space-saving and promote healthy...
- TreeHuggerTreeHuggerTreeHugger is a prominent sustainability website. It was rated the top sustainability blog of 2007 by Nielsen Netratings,and was included in Time Magazine's 2009 blog index as one of the top twenty-five blogs....