SAN DIEGO, CA - Three former Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists, who in the 1990s built a big gun with at 165-foot tube that used hydrogen as accelerant gas for shooting projectiles into space for high-altitude hypersonic engine research (The Hydrogen Letter, Oct. 92, March 04), want to construct a stupendous 1.1 km (0.68 mile) long sea-based version to shoot cargo into space

 * Hydrogen for the Long Haul: Fuel Cell-Powered Rail Freight?

 * BMW to Present Advanced On-Board Hydrogen Storage Concept at Long Beach NHA Conference:

 * Closer ties between Washington’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Associations:

* Fuel Cell Bikes from India? British fuel cell developer Intelligent Energy is said to be pursuing Indian carmakers to produce vehicles that would run on hydrogen.

 * A Green Supergrid for Europe? Nine northern European countries are considering banding together in building a Euro 30 billion ($41.6 billion) grid to balance weather-related fluctuations in the future production of renewable energy.

WASHINGTON, DC – Refueling of cars and trucks with hydrogen is moving closer to economic reality with new technologies showing that the projected cost of delivering compressed hydrogen gas in tube trailers can be cut by some 40%.

WASHINGTON, DC – Sen. Byron Dorgan’s  announcement that he will retire from the U.S. Senate at the end of 2010 came as a surprise to the American hydrogen and fuel cell communities.

TORRANCE, CA - Almost a decade after it inaugurated its first hydrogen fueling station at its California research center here, Honda began operating its latest, most compact and most efficient solar hydrogen generation system yet.

NEW YORK – Despite what a number of climate change deniers have been charging recently, the world is not getting cooler  but warmer, reasserts a new essay by NASA climatologist James E. Hansen.

SAN PEDRO, CA - Hoping to cut emissions in the heavily polluted air of the Los Angeles ports, the Port of Los Angeles is about to buy the first of ultimately eight Vision “Tyrano” fuel cell hybrid trucks for short and medium distance cargo transport.