Alternative Energy News - October 10, 2006

• The $25 million Orchard Garden Hotel will become California's first green hotel when it opens later this month. Courtesy of EcoSpree.com.
• San Jose, CA mayoral candidate Cindy Chavez released her environmental priorities at a news conference Monday. Topping the list was the formation of a special committee focused on environmental goals, including buying more clean-energy cars and planting 18,000 new trees. Interesting, Chavez nor her opponent, Chuck Reed, has been endorsed by the Sierra Club, which considers both equally earth-friendly.
• DaimlerChrysler will expand its promotion of clean, renewable biofuels by delivering each new 2007 Dodge Ram diesel pickup truck to owners running on biodiesel fuel.