The race is on to build a leaner, meaner and much, much greener car. And now the first team to do it will win up to $25 million.

Automobiles that thrive off of alternate energies. Car companies show off how fast and furious can be green and clean.

"Stephen Brooks gives LIME a tour of the Conscious Goods BioDiesel bus. From Stephen we learn how a biodiesel bus works, also the eco-conscious amenities that this ride has to offer."

Bio-fuel is coming out of the woodworks, literally! An up and comer in natural energy resources, the jartropha plant is sprouting in the field.

The Bush administration released new standards today that will require light trucks and SUVs to improve their fuel efficiency. For the first time ever these CAFE (corporate average fuel efficiency) standards will apply to the heaviest SUVs, such as the Hummer H2, which have until now been exempt from efficiency requirements. But don't get too excited, warn environmentalists -- the upgrades to fuel efficiency standards are woefully inadequate considering the looming global warming crisis and America's increasing need for energy indpendence.

You probably never thought you'd hear “McDonald's” and “energy independence” in the same sentence, but here is a tale that defies the odds: Mississippi resident Robert Tomey, who owns four Mickey-D's in the southeast, is running his VW Beetle on the copious gallons of grease that are left over in his french-fry friers, according to a recent Associated Press article. To advertise his concept, he has come up with the perfect neologism, emblazoned on his license plate: FRYBRID.