China car sales continue to score impressive gains, although not at the red-hot rates of some prior months or years, according to China Association of Automobile Manufacturers figures cited by Automotive News China.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) August 18 awarded a US$475,669 grant to the Philadelphia International Airport to deploy eight highly efficient, low-emission, low-floor passenger buses into service at the airport, which will reduce air pollution and improve air quality.

In China, a new association formed including 16 centrally managed state-owned enterprises, including China FAW Group, the Dongfeng Motor Corp. and Chongqing Changan Automobile Co.

The Mahindra Group, a leading business group in India, said August 17 that it plans to introduce new models in the Sri Lankan automobile market, including an electric vehicle, according to the Deccan Herald (Sri Lanka).

General Motors (GM) and SAIC officials announced August 17 a powertrain co-development agreement including new small-displacement, turbocharged, direct-injection gasoline engines.

Ford, Detroit Edison and Xtreme Power officials this month unveiled a scheme for producing “green” electric power for electric vehicle (EV) recharge at a Ford assembly plant in Wayne, Mich.

According to media reports, the European Union reported on August 12 that it has started an investigation of shipments of U.S. biodiesel to Europe in order to determine if the anti-dumping measures the government instigated last year are effective or are being circumvented.

PetroAlgae Inc. announced August 11 that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to its proposed public offering of its common stock. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined.

Crude oil futures settled lower August 18 on conflicting oil-inventory data from the Energy Department's Energy Information Administration and from the American Petroleum Institute

At a fundraiser held August 17 in Los Angeles, President Obama used the occasion to discuss placing limits on greenhouse gas emissions; despite the fact that no legislation is likely to make it through Congress this year.

U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus explained his vision to slash the Navy and Marine Corps’ dependence on fossil fuels during an appearance earlier this week at San Francisco’s Commonwealth Club, The New York Times reported.