General Motors expects to have 1,000 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in operation in the state of California between 2012 and 2014. [Automotive World (sub. req.)]  read more »

• Apple has filed an official objection to New York City's attempt to trademark a new logo, in the shape of an apple, for its GREENYC campaign. An early placement of the apple logo on reusable shopping bags, produced in conjunction with Whole Foods, is causing mass confusion, the Cupertino, Calif. company argues. [wired.com]
• New York is joining that multi-state suit against the Environmental Protection Agency over air pollutants.
   read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/green-day-april-3-2008#comments Green Round-Up Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:05:29 -0400 Observer Staff 67343 at http://www.observer.com http://www.observer.com/2008/green-day-march-24-2008

  More than 70 major corporations will meet with environmental scientists at The Wild Center in the Adirondacks in June to "produce a slate of possible policy and regulatory options to overcome market and other barriers that are inhibiting implementation of substantial low-cost greenhouse gas emission reductions." [usclimateaction.org]  read more »

  ]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/green-day-march-24-2008#comments Green Congestion pricing Long Island Sound New York Auto Show New York City Council Round-Up Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:03:54 -0400 Observer Staff 66809 at http://www.observer.com http://www.observer.com/2008/green-day-march-13-2008

  Paterson will be a strong governor from an environmental standpoint, but he's no Arnold Schwarzenegger, according to an analysis of his record by Jerome Woody. [grist.org]

  Last night, the E.P.A. announced "a modest tightening" of its smog standard, despite the unanimous call of the agency's scientists to adopt a more protective standard. [The New York Times]  read more »

  ]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/green-day-march-13-2008#comments Green Arnold Schwarzenegger Bruce Fowle David Paterson M. Jodi Rell Round-Up The New York Times U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:46:45 -0400 Observer Staff 66429 at http://www.observer.com http://www.observer.com/2008/round-friday-7

  Largest ever recreation building constructed in a city park opens today in Queens. [NY Times]

  Sign that speaks of the World Trade Center in the present tense to be removed. [NY Times]

  Owner of Brooklyn home linked to Underground Railroad may lose it to foreclosure. [NY Post]  read more »

  ]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/round-friday-7#comments Real Estate Round-Up Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:30:30 -0500 Tom Acitelli 65791 at http://www.observer.com http://www.observer.com/2008/afternoon-wrap-tuesday-7

  What says luxury like an amenity that condo owners rarely use but that drives common charges sky-high? Here's a list of the top 10 indoor pools in Manhattan. [Curbed]  read more »

  ]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/afternoon-wrap-tuesday-7#comments Real Estate Round-Up Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:58:09 -0500 Lysandra Ohrstrom 65651 at http://www.observer.com http://www.observer.com/2008/round-thursday-5

  Government agency and private contractors (but not the Fire Department) are being sued by the sister of the fire fighter who was killed in the Deutsche Bank blast. [NY Times]

  UBS is bracing for a downturn in 2008 after it revealed $26.6 billion worth of exposure to risky US mortgages. [NY Times]  read more »

  ]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/round-thursday-5#comments Real Estate Round-Up Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:08:43 -0500 Lysandra Ohrstrom 65102 at http://www.observer.com http://www.observer.com/2008/round-wednesday-5

  Project Lifeline: Bush's plan to stem a wave of foreclosures was endorsed by six major mortgage lenders, but critics say it will only stave off the inevitable. [NY Times]

  A safety director has been hired to oversee all the construction projects at Ground Zero. [NY Post]  read more »

  ]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/round-wednesday-5#comments Real Estate Round-Up Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:14:06 -0500 Lysandra Ohrstrom 65056 at http://www.observer.com http://www.observer.com/2008/round-tuesday-7

  The credit crisis is spreading past subprime mortgages. As home values fall and loan repayments increase, even prime borrowers are falling behind in their home, auto loan, and credit card payments. [NY Times]  read more »

  ]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/round-tuesday-7#comments Real Estate Round-Up Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:10:07 -0500 Lysandra Ohrstrom 64917 at http://www.observer.com http://www.observer.com/2008/big-round-monday-4

  "Love me, Love my apartment": In New York's tight real estate market, couples are drawn closer together and sometimes pitted apart. [NY Times]

  Habitats: From the "open air mall" of the East Village to the more "down to earth" neighborhood of Forte Greene. [NY Times]  read more »

  ]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/big-round-monday-4#comments Real Estate Round-Up Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:44:16 -0500 Lysandra Ohrstrom 64856 at http://www.observer.com