Hybrid cars provide a new alternative to the conventional vehicle by using the internal-combustion engine and the battery and motor of an electric vehicle.
Hybrids are available to United States consumers through two car companies.
Earth Day to come to Humboldt Redwoods State Park Volunteers needed to help restore historic site, with area history lesson provided The California State Park Foundation is holding Earth Day on April 21 at Humboldt Redwoods State Park as part of an effort to restore plant life and clean up a historical site. A press release issued by the Humboldt Redwoods Interpretive Association stated that projects for the Native Plant Garden adjacent to the Visitor Center are in the planning stage. The goal is to plant as many species of flora naturally found in the park. These will be labeled according to species so that visitors can easily identify them. The desired outcome of the project is to create an interesting collection of indigenous plant life unaffected by non-native species.