Environmental groups today issued a manifesto [1] which calls on the next Government to ensure that local, regional and national transport plans are integrated effectively to improve transport and ensure cost-effectiveness. The manifesto sets out proposals which would radically improve transport while keeping spending within existing budgets [2]. It draws on successful initiatives across the [...]
Government’s lack of strategic planning blamed for poor transport options across the UK
January 26th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: · bus, car pool, carpool, cars, Climate change, climate crunch, cycling, emissions, environment, global warming, transport
America Recycles Day: Benefits For The Environment, Non-Profits And Car Donors
November 13th, 2009 · No Comments
DonationWizard a leading provider of car donation programs for non-profit organizations, reinforces its commitment to environmental awareness by celebrating America Recycles Day 2009. Non-profit organizations that will benefit from recycled and donated cars include Habitat For Humanity, National Public Radio, Arthritis Foundation, March of Dimes, One Laptop Per Child, Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Foundation, Feed [...]
Tags: · america recycles day, cars, charity, donationwizard, environment, Recycling
Cellulose from Wastewater Can Now be Turned into Fuel for Cars
October 12th, 2009 · No Comments
Qteros of Marlborough, Mass., and Applied CleanTech, based in Israel, today announced that they have developed a novel solution for turning cellulose from municipal and agricultural liquid waste into ethanol fuel for cars. Joint use of the Qteros Q Microbe™ and Applied CleanTech’s Recyllose™ feedstock has been found to boost ethanol production, address sewage sludge [...]
Tags: · cars, cellulose, ethanol, fuel, gas, qteros, recyllose, Waste, wastewater, Water
Electric cars to dominate the market?
July 13th, 2009 · No Comments
A study by the University of California, Berkley suggests that the percentage of electric vehicles sold in the U.S. could jump to about 86 percent of market.
Tags: · battery, cars, electric, hydrogen, mile, nissan, pay, Renault, toyota, vehicles
Hybrid and pure electric cars – the next ten years
July 1st, 2009 · No Comments
Dr Peter Harrop, chairman of IDTechEX has issued a reporting detailing the current and future development of hybrid and pure electric cars.
A radical change in attitude to electric vehicles has occurred in 2009, resulting in huge new financing from governments and tough new laws that will boost sales. Now all car makers must offer electric [...]
Tags: · budget, cars, eco, electric, environment, global, goverment, green, hybrid, tax, transport, warming
Chrysler, Ford, and Other Automakers Pursue Electric Vehicles
January 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
GM may be receiving the lion’s share of attention for its Chevy Volt, but Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Company, and other automakers are also pushing forward in the development of electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (also known as range-extended electric vehicles). At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Chrysler has unveiled the [...]
Tags: · cars, chrysler, electric, ford, vehicles
Cars soon will come with ‘green’ score
January 7th, 2009 · No Comments
Automobile comparison shoppers who want to reduce their contribution to air pollution and global warming will have some help later this year.
A California rule adopted by Vermont will require each new car and light truck to display an Environmental Performance sticker with separate ratings of its greenhouse gas emissions and its contribution to smog. The [...]
G.M.’s Latest Great Green Hope Is a Tall Order
December 1st, 2008 · No Comments
The Chevrolet Volt, a plug-in hybrid, will not arrive in showrooms until late 2010. But it is already straining under the weight of an entire companyExecutives at General Motors, the largest and apparently the most imperiled of the three American car companies, are using the Volt as the centerpiece of their case to a skeptical [...]
Tags: · cars, chevrolet, eneral, ford, gm, motors, volt
Vampires Suck | ZapRoot 063
November 21st, 2008 · No Comments
1. Beware of Vampire Energy! It sucks!
2. Check out new Alternative Autos (The Peapod, the new Prius, the Travolution, & more.)
Tags: · autos, behicles, cars, Energy, prius, travolution, vampires, zaproot
Car-crazy Germany plans tax relief for ‘green’ automobiles
October 31st, 2008 · No Comments
The German government said on Thursday it planned to eliminate taxes on new cars with low greenhouse gas emissions for the first two years of ownership, but environmentalists said the scheme would backfire.
“We want to introduce an automobile tax exemption for cars that are particularly clean,” Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel told ARD public television.
“That is [...]
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