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Santa Monica Daily Press, 3, no.138, 21 April 2004

Say you want a revolution? Fuel cell era motors ahead

John Wood, Daily Press Staff Writer

     "A local environmentalist on Tuesday helped dedicate the first of 200 hydrogen cell stations officials plan to open in California by 2010.

     "Terry Tamminen, 52, an Ocean Park resident who started two nonprofit environmental organizations before going to work with the State in November, said he expects two dozen such stations to be open by the end of the year, one in Santa Monica.

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     "As secretary of the Environmental Protection Agency, Tamminen introduced Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to a crowd of 400 . . .

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     ". . . In Santa Monica . . . Craig Perkins, director of the environmental works department, said that for more than a year City Hall has leased a hydrogen-powered pick-up truck from a nonprofit organization . . .

     "Tamminen founded Santa Monica BayKeeper, a local environmental watchdog group, and was its executive director for six years . . . When not in Sacramento, he still works with the Santa Monica-based Environment Now Foundation, a private environmental organization."

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