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Environment
Environment - Featured articles:
The Transportation Research Board has just introduced a new web site devoted to climate change and transportation More »
A recent sharp drop on Britain's road traffic is the first since UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher touted her 'great car economy' back in the 1980s More »
It's a massive meeting of global transportation professionals, and this time climate change and energy top the agenda More »
Eco-driving experts from Germany recently came to the USA to help Ford demonstrate that changing a few habits can improve your fuel economy by 24%, maybe more. More »
The August '08 cover story of Car and Driver caught the eye – America Vs the World! The magazine tests horsepower behemoths from the U.S. and abroad while Editor-in-Chief Csaba Csere calls for oil drilling off Florida’s coasts and in the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge More »
Environment - Other links:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency article about how ground-level (bad) ozone is formed, and the U.S. cities that are worst off.
Idaho, USA's Department of Environmental Quality. On each of several topics: find out why it is a pollutant, what harm it has the potential to do, and the best ways to store it, handle it, clean it up, recycle or dispose of it, as well as ways to reduce its use.
A government website from British Columbia, Canada endeavors to address automotive environmental issues through emissions reduction programs, recycling initiatives, and alternate energy programs.
Advice from a medical health website, with information on exhaust pathogens, and strategies for reducing exhaust.
UK national charity promoting responsible car use, vehicle choice, alternative fuels, car sharing, driving behavior
Author argues that automobiles are not incompatible with a clean and safe environment. Contends that over 96% of vehicular emissions have already been removed from modern cars, and that the effort required to remove the last portion is too costly, and could be better used on other environmental improvements.
Excellent Canadian government web site covering vehicle choice, fuel efficient driving, maintenance, and alternative fuels
Article by Friends of the Earth organization highlights 10 expensive and environmentally damaging road construction projects in its report "Road to Ruin."
A position paper from the Centre for Science and Environment about the many-layered problem of car pollution in India.