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Local Auto Shows Offer Hook for Covering Green Vehicles [1]

 

 

 

It may be worth covering an auto show near you this year, since greener cars of many stripes are drawing more attention by manufacturers, consumers, and regulators.

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Transportation [3]
Technology [4]
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"U.S. Government Ditches Transportation Funding Limits" [7]

"The Obama administration is broadening the standards for how the U.S. government funds public transportation projects in order to disburse money quickly and improve the environment."

Transportation [3]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Reuters [8], 01/14/2010

"China's High-Speed-Rail Revolution" [9]

"China has begun operating what is, by several measures, the world's fastest rail line."

Transportation [3]
Public [6]
Asia [10]
Source: Technology Review [11], 01/12/2010

"New Approach To Snow, Ice Removal Reduces Harm" [12]

"Communities in cold climates around the USA are changing their approach to snow and ice removal from highways in an effort to reduce potential harm to wildlife and vegetation caused by road salt runoff."

Transportation [3]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: USA TODAY [13], 12/23/2009

Lobbyists Target Hundreds of Billions in Transportation Spending [14]

Congress must once again approve a 6-year plan for transportation funding. Lobbyists on all sides of the issues have already spent about $45 million in just the first half of 2009, according to the Center for Public Integrity.
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EPA Rule Targets Aircraft Deicing Runoff [15]

A proposed rule for control of fluid-contaminated runoff at primary commercial airports would reduce the substantial threats to drinking water, surface water, air quality, wildlife, plants, and soils at airports and the surrounding areas.
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Chemicals [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Transportation [3]
Government [18]
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National (U.S.) [5]
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Public [6]

Plug-In Hybrids: Coming to a School Near You? [19]

Current economic doldrums may impair the general market appeal of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles for a while, but hybrid diesel schoolbuses are one aspect pulling into high gear.
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Energy & Fuel [20]
Transportation [3]
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State, Local Agencies Join Push To Clean Up Air Pollution at Ports [21]

A variety of initiatives aimed at reducing shipping-related emissions are in the works.
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Air [22]
Pollution [23]
Transportation [3]
Water & Oceans [24]
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National (U.S.) [5]
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Public [6]

"Fuel Barges Running Afoul on the Columbia River" [25]

Fuel barges on the Columbia River are having more accidents, although none so far has resulted in a known spill. The Coast Guard refuses to disclose information about the incidents, citing investigations which it has not completed in periods of up to 16 months.
Transportation [3]
Public [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [26]
Source: Portland Oregonian [27], 07/23/2009

"Bike Shop in a Box" [28]

"So many of us have an old bike collecting dust in the garage. More often than not, they end up in the garbage. But ...one group has found a unique way to recycle them."
Transportation [3]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Environment Report [29], 07/16/2009

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