FORD MAKEOVER INCLUDES NEW APPROACH TO COMPANY'S ENERGY USAGE

Ford Motor Company's massive reorganization plan announced this week includes the construction of a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility somewhere in North America as a model for low-cost operations that reduce energy consumption and environmental pollution. The little-discussed proposal promises to revolutionize the company's manufacturing process and expands on its environment-friendly agenda unveiled several years ago that includes reducing greenhouse gases, volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions and hazardous wastes. Ford's plans also provide another example of what EPA is calling "stewardship," or...