Full Coverage: Transport

15.05.2008 Lexus tries to cash in on its climate change credentials by presenting Paul McCartney with a hybrid car. Unfortunately, it delivered the vehicle by plane.

10.05.2008 British government ministers have scrapped radical plans to test a carbon rationing scheme that would have forced citizens to carry a carbon card to swipe every time they bought petrol or paid an electricity bill. They claim the idea was too expensive and would be unpopular.
From: The Guardian

08.05.2008 A study by the world's leading experts has revealed that airlines are pumping 20 per cent more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than estimates suggest.
From: The Independent

05.05.2008 Public bicycle rental programs are quickly springing up across Europe; cities including Washington, DC, Beijing, Moscow, and Tel Aviv may also soon be launching similar services.

02.05.2008 Future technology designed to cut the carbon cost of air travel will be displayed to the public for the first time in a new exhibition that opens at the Science Museum in London on 15 May.

01.05.2008 In the United States, even the people with the lowest usage of energy are still producing, on average, more than double the global per-capita average, an MIT class has estimated.
From: Science Daily

30.04.2008 Why some say travellers should think twice before boarding.

25.04.2008 The answer to growing traffic and pollution in the Indian capital lies in an effective and massive public transport system, says the Centre for Science and Environment. The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, recently implemented in south Delhi, provides the option for an economically sound and better bus system.

21.04.2008 Foods such as beef and dairy make a far deeper impression on a consumer's carbon footprint than the distance the food has travelled.
From: New Scientist

17.04.2008 The mass diversion of the North American grain harvest into ethanol plants for fuel is reaching its political and moral limits.
From: The Telegraph

16.04.2008 To bring their bilateral relations back on track, India and Bangladesh flagged off the Maitree (Friendship) Express on April 14, 2008 after more than four decades, coinciding with the Bangla new year. The two countries had suspended cross-border passenger rail service after the 1965 Indo-Pak war.

15.04.2008 Two companies are starting a new project to use carbon dioxide emissions from cement manufacture to make biodiesel... with a little help from some microorganisms.
From: AutoblogGreen

14.04.2008 Scientists tasked with advising the European Union's policy-makers have called for a target on promoting the greater use of biofuels to be dropped.

11.03.2008 WASHINGTON, Mar 11 (OneWorld) - Air quality concerns in Beijing have prompted the world's record holder in the marathon to pull out of the premiere long-distance running event at this year's Olympic Games.

04.03.2008 SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 4 (OneWorld) - The vast majority of scientists and other specialists at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have withdrawn from a key labor-management partnership, citing rising distrust of the agency's chief Stephen Johnson.

25.02.2008 On a recent visit to Mumbai, transport economist Stuart Cole spoke on options for improving India’s ailing urban transport system. A city and its traffic provide the best answers for effective management, which can be single-mode focused or a mix of bus, train and tube on different routes, recommends Cole.

24.01.2008 WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (OneWorld) - As General Motors vied with Toyota over who sold more cars during 2007, U.S. environmental activists were sending a different sort of sales message to automakers gathered at the Washington Auto Show: "Increase fuel efficiency."

18.01.2008 NEW YORK, Jan 18 (OneWorld) - London and Paris were given a prestigious award this week for their innovative citywide programs to improve public transit and reduce traffic congestion and greenhouse gas emissions.

17.12.2007 OneClimate, a website by the OneWorld network, has helped people travel light to the UN climate conference at Bali through the online virtual world of Second Life.

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