This New Car: How Carbon-Literate Are You? -- Sunday, 10 p.m. (EST) on WICN/90.5 FM & WICN.org

    *This New Car*

*Exploring Transportation Alternatives
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<http://www.wicn.org/programs/thisnewcar/schedule.htm>

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  **October 15 -  How Carbon-Literate Are You?*

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Worcester, MA --* On Sunday, October 15 at 9:30 p.m. (Eastern), 
WICN/90.5 FM, the NPR affiliate serving Central New England, will 
broadcast and webcast Episode 1 of "This New Car: Exploring 
Transportation Alternatives," a brand new 13-week, one hour special 
edition of /The Business Beat/. In "This New Car," Steve D'Agostino, 
host of /The Business Beat/ since 1995 and principal of Best Rate Of 
Climb <http://www.bestrateofclimb.com>, moderates a panel of experts. 
They are: Jim Dunn of the Center for Technology Commercialization 
<http://www.CTC.org>;* *Gilles Labelle of Westboro Toyota's Hybrid 
Center of Massachusetts <http://www.hybridcenterma.org>; Craig Van 
Batenburg of the Automotive Career Development Center 
<http://www.auto-careers.org>; and Alison Sander of the AltWheels 
Festival <http://www.altwheels.org>.

In Episode 1, "This New Car" explores: Global Warming & CO2 Emissions -- 
How Carbon Literate Are You? To hear a 1-minute 50-second audio clip of 
the October 15 show, in MP3 format, visit Episode 1 
<http://www.bestrateofclimb.com/TNC14.mp3>.

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*Coming up on the new 13-week edition of "This New Car," now 1 hour long:*

    * *October 22:* Energy Freedom -- Creating A Vision of Practical
      Sustainability
    * *October 29: *We, The People -- Citizen Action & Government
      Programs to Achieve Sustainable, Clean Energy
    * *November 5:* CO2 Goes Hollywood: "An Inconvenient Truth" & "Who
      Killed the Electric Car?"
    * *November 12:* Biodiesel Fuel -- Is Willie Nelson Singing the
      Right Song?
    * *November 19:* Growth of the Small Car -- You Don't Need a Hybrid
      to Get Great Gas Mileage
    * *November 26:* Alternative Transportation Heroes: Who Are They and
      What Are They Doing?


To learn more about the show, visit This New Car 
<http://www.wicn.org/thisnewcar.htm>.

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*"This New Car" is sponsored exclusively by*

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*Westboro Toyota <http://www.westborotoyota.com>*
*on Route 9 in Westboro*


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