Archive for ‘Transportation’
Pros and cons of Tata’s $2,500 People’s Car
January 8th, 2008
India’s Tata Motors Ltd unveils the world’s cheapest car in New Delhi on Thursday. Dubbed the “People’s Car”, it will sell for about $2,500 and should be in dealers’ showrooms by September.
Popularity: 7%
Trade expert: Aviation carbon footprint same ashandmade bricks
January 4th, 2008
International air travel produces about 2 per cent of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions - about the same as greenhouse gases created by the makers of handmade clay bricks, a former head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) said Friday.
Popularity: 3%
German ban on polluting cars
January 4th, 2008
German cities are taking action against car pollution aiming to ban dirty and polluting vehicles.
Popularity: 4%
China’s bold dam causing worries
December 29th, 2007
Wang Zhushu rarely sleeps at night. Instead, the 61-year-old retiree paces, listening to the drone of passing ships that shake the walls of her house on the banks of the Yangtze River.
Popularity: 4%
EPA Denies Calif. Bid To Reduce Auto Emissions
December 20th, 2007
The Environmental Protection Agency denied California’s bid to reduce auto emissions. Attorney General Brown and Governor Schwarzenegger are planning to sue.
Popularity: 3%
Emission law may hamper muscle cars
December 20th, 2007
When General Motors Corp. pulls the cover off a new supercharged version of the Corvette at the Detroit auto show next month, it will unveil a performance car designed to rival or better even the fastest, most expensive exotic cars from Europe.
Popularity: 3%
Expert says German carmakers cannot afford CO2 cuts
December 19th, 2007
Luxury automakers cannot afford to use emissions-cutting technology because their powerful cars would become impossibly expensive, an industry expert warned Wednesday.
Popularity: 4%
What Fuel Economy Increase Means For Cars, Us
December 19th, 2007
Congress passed legislation on Tuesday that will increase the fuel economy standard for U.S. automakers to 35 miles per gallon by 2020
Popularity: 6%
Tata’s 2,500-dollar compact car to be light and fuel efficient
December 19th, 2007
India’s Tata Motors said that its 2,530-dollar automobile, expected to roll off assembly lines by mid-2008, will get 25 kilometres per litre of petrol and be light on its tyres by using more plastic and less bolts, news reports said Wednesday.
Popularity: 28%
Ship using ’sail’ technology
December 19th, 2007
The first cargo ship to harness wind power in more than a century is to sail across the Atlantic.
Popularity: 5%
Raw Video: Ship Spews Oil Off South Korea
December 7th, 2007
An oil spill off the coast of South Korea could be the worst in that nation’s history. A crane-carrying vessel slammed into a tanker Friday, causing a leak of about 66,000 barrels of crude oil.
Popularity: 3%
Petition seeks curbs on plane emissions
December 5th, 2007
A coalition of states and environmental groups is urging the federal government to curb global warming pollution from planes and other aircraft.
Popularity: 9%
Public hydrogen filling station
November 29th, 2007
The country aims aims to do away with fossil fuels and replace them with hydrogen - cutting their greenhouse gas emissions by 50 per cent.
Popularity: 4%
Enviroshield Serving Oil Patch
November 28th, 2007
An oil service company that recently moved to Williston is providing products to protect the environment around the world. Shane Herman moved Enviroshield to Williston in June of last year, after starting the company in his garage in Arizona nearly ten years ago. Jim Olson shows us why the products are so valuable to oil-related companies. (Jim Olson, KX News) …
Popularity: 4%
Engine 21: Hybrid Accident Concerns
November 28th, 2007
While drivers are lured in by the prospects of saving gas and the environment, hybrids are actually a little scary for first responders.
Popularity: 3%
