California Moves on Bill to Curb Sprawl and Emissions

(Photo by Monica Almedia/The New York Times
Rush-hour traffic on Interstate 405 in Los Angeles. A bill in the California Legislature would promote housing patterns intended to slow the increase in emissions of heat-trapping gases.)
By FELICITY BARRINGER
Published: August 28, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO — California, known for its far-ranging suburbs and jam-packed traffic, is close to adopting a [...]

Does This Bus Go to the Future?

The Daimler Orion VII Next Generation bus is a diesel-electric hybrid vehicle. Driver not included.
Daimler Buses North America announced on Monday that the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority has ordered 850 diesel-electric hybrid Orion VII Next Generation buses. The M.T.A. first announced its intent to order new buses in October, pending approval of the agency’s [...]

In Singapore, Taxis Trade Charm for Cleaner Emissions

September 2, 2008, 10:02 am

The Toyota Comfort has been a long favorite of taxi fleets in Asia. In Singapore, it is being phased out in favor of modern Hyundai Sonatas. (Nick Kurczewski)
In Singapore, Taxis Trade Charm for Cleaner Emissions
By Nick Kurczewski
SINGAPORE — For more than two decades, the Toyota Comfort has served as the [...]

Once More, Global Warming

From the new york times.

Photo : Subhankar Banerjee/Associated Press
On Feb. 2, 2007, the United Nations scientific panel studying climate change declared that the evidence of a warming trend is “unequivocal,” and that human activity has “very likely” been the driving force in that change over the last 50 years. The last report by the group, [...]

A Balancing Act on Emissions

By LIZ GALST
Published: September 1, 2008
The Apollo Alliance, a coalition working to promote green jobs and clean energy, has been struggling with how to offset the global warming pollution that results from its day-to-day operations, especially from its travel.

“Our carbon footprint is ridiculous,” its co-director, Kate Gordon, said referring to the amount of greenhouse gases [...]

Pilihan Transportasi Alternatif, Jualan Motor Meroket

From autos.okezone.com

JAKARTA – Optimisme produsen sepeda motor untuk melampaui target penjualan 5,2 juta unit tahun ini semakin besar. Selama Januari hingga Juli 2008, penjualan telah mencapai 3,632 juta unit atau 69,8 persen dari target.
Angka ini tumbuh 46 persen dibanding periode yang sama tahun lalu yang tercatat sebanyak 2.493.958 unit. Tingkat penjualan bulanan pun menunjukkan peningkatan. [...]

Trading the carbon market

By Jessica Daly
For CNN
London (CNN) — Debate is rife in Australian political circles about whether carbon trading is the way forward for climate change abatement.

Carbon trading is said to be one way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

There, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is looking to introduce a mandatory carbon trading system by 2010 which will [...]

Penjualan Motor Akan Tembus 6 Juta Unit

From autos.okezone.com
Senin, 14 Juli 2008 – 09:13 wib
Penjualan Motor Akan Tembus 6 Juta Unit

JAMBI – Pasar motor nasional diprediksi akan menembus angka 6 juta unit hingga akhir tahun, melebihi target yang ditetapkan sebelumnya yang dipatok sebanyak 5,2 juta unit.
Kenaikan harga bahan bakar minyak (BBM) dan kenaikan suku bunga kredit yang dikhawatirkan menekan penjualan dinilai masih [...]

Sepeda Motor Hydrogen dari China

From autos.okezone.com
Kamis, 21 Agustus 2008 – 14:02 wib
Sepeda Motor Hydrogen dari China
Anton Suhartono – Okezone

SHANGHAI – Tak hanya mobil, sepeda juga bisa dilengkapi dengan penggerak hydrogen atau fuel cell. Meski bukan yang pertama, perusahaan China berambisi menjadi produsen sepeda motor mini berpenggerak hydrogen terbesar di dunia.
Bahkan Shanghai Pearl Hydrogen Power Resource Technology sebagai perusahaan yang [...]

Plane Carrying Aid Workers Goes Down in Congo

Taken from : the new york times and cnn.
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
Published: September 2, 2008
NAIROBI, Kenya — Seventeen people were feared dead in eastern Congo after a small plane carrying United Nations employees and other aid workers apparently slammed into a mountainside, United Nations officials said Tuesday.
The plane disappeared during a fierce thunderstorm on Monday afternoon, [...]