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6.01.2004 ET
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Highlights of Toyota's Environmental Progress
Toyota Environmental Update, June 2004
(CSRwire) Our goal is to keep you informed about our
worldwide progress on environmental matters. Thank you for your interest
in Toyota's efforts to become a greener automaker.
--Irv Miller, Group Vice President, Corporate Communications
Department, Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. More about Toyota's
environmental efforts can be found at www.toyota.com/environment
Toyota to participate in major demonstration of hydrogen in
transportation
As part of a public/private partnership, Toyota will participate in an
ambitious five-year project to demonstrate and validate advancements in
hydrogen-based transportation infrastructure. The program will encompass
up to 24 fueling stations in California, some of which are existing
facilities, and others that will be constructed within the framework of
the project. The stations will feature a range of hydrogen production and
fueling approaches, including the use of renewable energy and the
production of hydrogen from natural gas. Toyota, Honda and Nissan plan to
assign up to a total of 65 fuel cell vehicles to the project, funded in
part by The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Led by Air Products, a
leading producer of hydrogen, the program will include the participation
of Toyota, Honda, Nissan, BMW, ConocoPhillips, the National Fuel Cell
Research Center of the University of California, Irvine, and California's
South Coast Air Quality Management District.
Toyota recognized for environmental accomplishments
- The Electrical Inverter Air Conditioner Team, comprised of Toyota
Motor Corporation, Toyota Industries Corporation and DENSO Corporation,
has received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 2004 Climate
Protection Award. The team developed an electrical inverter air
conditioning system that provides cooling for the 2004 Toyota Prius during
idle stop.
- Portland, Oregon's Business Recycling Awards Group honored Toyota's
Parts Distribution Center with this year's BRAG award for preventing
waste, buying recycled products, and recycling.
- Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky earned a 2004 Earth Day Award from
the Kentucky Environmental Quality Commission for reduction in landfill
waste and emissions, energy conservation, and plant-wide environmental
education.
- Toyota companies in Canada were honored in Vancouver at The Globe
Foundation's environmental conference with the 2004 Corporate
Competitiveness Award for environmental leadership and "economic
competitiveness through a commitment to environmental excellence."
- Toyota Logistics Services of Fremont is the first automotive
distribution company in the San Francisco Bay Area to be certified as a
Bay Area Green Business. It was recognized as an environmentally aware
facility meeting high performance standards in energy, water, and
materials conservation.
Toyota supports Clean Cities and Tour de
Sol; provides Prius cars for Yellowstone
Toyota sponsored the ten-year celebration of the DOE's Clean Cities
program, a nationwide organization of regional governments and others that
is working to make cleaner transportation a reality. In collaboration with
Clean Cities and the National Parks Department's Greening of National
Parks program, Toyota will provide four Prius hybrid cars for use by
Yellowstone rangers in 2004. This follows Toyota's supplying vehicles this
year for Santa Monica Mountains National Recreational Area, where they are
used for educational programs.
Toyota also supported the fifteenth annual Tour De Sol, a four-day
environmental vehicle road rally and public outreach event that ran in New
Jersey and New York in May. Tour de Sol is produced by the Northeast
Sustainable Energy Association, an organization dedicated to promoting the
understanding, development, and adoption of energy conservation and
non-polluting, renewable energy technologies.
Earth Day becomes Environmental Month in Indiana
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana has expanded Earth Day observations
into Environmental Month, with community involvement activities
encompassing outreach, philanthropy and awareness awards. Programs include
Earth Aware Camp, which educates 450 third-graders per year about recycling
and conservation; the Butterfly Retreat, visited by more than 20,000 people
annually; environmental displays; a highway clean-up; and rewards for
environmental activities.
For questions or information, contact Cindy Knight at (310) 381-4851 or by
e-mail at cindy_knight@toyota.com.
Produced by Robert Oberhand & Assoc., Chatsworth, CA, in conjunction with
Toyota Corporate Communications Department
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