Category Archives: Pollution
Activists: Car-Free Days Are ‘A Waste’
Environmental activists on Monday urged the Jakarta Administration to temporarily halt its car-free days on selected city roads, saying a re-evaluation was needed because the event had failed to reduce air pollution and loose regulations have resulted in many violations, … Continue reading
Filed under Automotives, environment, Pollution, Traffic System
Dry Winter Weather Results In Highest Particulate Pollution Levels From Traffic
ScienceDaily (Dec. 6, 2008) — Dry winter weather and low level mixing of pollutants from vehicle exhausts in cities leads to the highest concentrations of the tiny soot particles, known as PM10 particles, according to German scientists writing in the … Continue reading
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Air Pollution, Global Warming Costing California Billions Each Year
Global warming may impose high tolls on the state’s $2.5-trillion real estate assets, with extreme weather, sea level rise and frequent wildfires likely to cost it between $300 million and $3.9 billion a year, depending on warming rates and greenhouse … Continue reading
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Satellic goes to town on tolls
Satellic Traffic Management is showing its first system for city or urban tolling, together with a new process for alerting drivers to their vehicle’s emission output. The Germany-based company already operates the world”s largest satellite-based tolling system covering highways in … Continue reading
Filed under Automotives, Pollution, Transport News
Ribuan Warga Yogya Bersepeda ke Sekolah dan Kantor
Senin, 13/10/2008 10:50 WIB Canangkan Sego Segawe Ribuan Warga Yogya Bersepeda ke Sekolah dan Kantor Bagus Kurniawan – detikNews (foto: Bagus K) Yogyakarta – Pelajar dan karyawan di Yogyakarta mencanangkan gerakan bersepeda ke kantor dan sekolah. Pencanangan gerakan ini diikuti … Continue reading
Filed under My Jogja, Pollution, Transport News
Mobile phones to track carbon footprint
Carbon Diem’s mobile phone carbon calculator Alok Jha, green technology correspondent guardian.co.uk, Monday September 29 2008 10.23 BST Keeping track of your carbon footprint could become as simple as slipping a mobile phone in your pocket: a London-based start-up company … Continue reading
Filed under Pollution, Transport News
Car Free Day, Polusi Pindah ke Kawasan Lain
Car free day di Jl MH Thamrin Minggu, 12/10/2008 15:35 WIB Chairina Fatia – detikNews Jakarta – Car free day adalah sarana mengurangi polusi udara. Di daerah yang diterapkan program tersebut polusi memang berkurang. Tapi rupanya polusi berpindah ke kawasan … Continue reading
Filed under Pollution, Public Transportation, Transport News
How good an eco-driver are you?
Regulator’s tips on careful motoring may save £500 a year by Stephen Bates in Hertfordshire The Guardian, Wednesday September 10 2008 As the rising price of petrol starts to affect driving habits, it was perhaps only a question of time … Continue reading
Taxi Group Sues to Block New Mileage Rule for Cabs
By WILLIAM NEUMAN Published: September 9, 2008 A taxi industry group has filed a lawsuit seeking to block a city rule that effectively requires most new taxis to be hybrid vehicles, a key part of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s push … Continue reading
Filed under Pollution, Public Transportation
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 … Continue reading
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