Full Coverage: Transport

13.05.2008 WASHINGTON, May 13 (OneWorld) - What single silver bullet is simultaneously reducing air pollution and oil dependency, rolling back urban congestion, and fighting obesity?

09.05.2008 The UN should establish an agency to regulate international transport emissions, notably from highly polluting activities like aviation and shipping, said a climate change watchdog.

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

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.

30.04.2008 Brasilian viranomaiset ovat päättäneet kunnostaa Amazonin sademetsän sydämessä kulkevan valtatie BR-319:n. Ympäristöjärjestöt vastustavat hanketta, koska pelkäävät sen kiihdyttävän sademetsän hakkuita.

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

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.

12.02.2008 Cavalli trasportati dalla Spagna e dall’Est Europa su camion per 36-46 ore spesso senza riposo, senza cibo e acqua ed esposti a temperature che d’estate superano i 40° per essere poi destinati alla macellazione in Italia: è la denuncia della LAV che con un nuovo dossier e un video documenta il trattamento impietoso e il trasporto in condizioni spesso illegali, di circa 80mila cavalli vivi nel 2006 per la macellazione in Italia. "L’Italia importa l’84% dei cavalli vivi movimentati nell’UE" - afferma la LAV che segnala come "i consumatori italiani non sono correttamente informati circa l’esatta provenienza di questa carne e sono invece spesso convinti di comprare carne di cavalli locali".

08.02.2008 Mellakoiden seurauksena hallitus ja bussiyhtiö sopivat korotusten peruuttamisesta. Ratkaisematta on, miten polttoaineiden hintojen nousun takia kohonneet kuljetuskustannukset korvataan yksityisten pikkubussien kuljettajille.

07.02.2008 Äärimmilleen pelkistetty ja ultrahalpa Nano-pikkuauto ei sisällä turvateknologiaa, huomauttavat asiantuntijat. Moni pelkää myös, että Nanon päästöistä syntyy turvallisuuden puutteitakin pahempi ongelma: päästöt ylittävät esimerkiksi EU:ssa uusille henkilöautoille sallittavat enimmäisarvot.

06.02.2008 Panaman kanavan laajennustyöt on virallisesti aloitettu, ja työn arvioidaan maksavan noin viisi miljardia dollaria. Kanava tulee taas kalliiksi, samaan tapaan kuin ensimmäisten rakennustöiden aikaan 1800- ja 1900-lukujen vaihteessa: tuolloin Panama osti kanavalla itsenäisyytensä.

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."