Sustainable Mobility News - 23 March 2007
EcoPolis
HEADLINES
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- Hybrid Big-Rigs To Green Wal-Mart's Supply Chain
- Auto execs give nod to cap-and-trade policies
- Carmakers push for CO2-based taxation
- U.S. alt-fuel vehicle sales set record, smash projections
- The green way to keep trucking
- Ethanol Deal Represents Convergence of Multiple Interests
- GM chief sees green wave driving change in motor industry
- The slow ride to achieve cleaner air
- Progress made on hydrogen engines
- Green parking schemes catch on across Britain
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Hybrid Big-Rigs To Green Wal-Mart's Supply Chain
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GreenBiz.com, 21 March 2007 - Wal-Mart, which owns the country's
second-largest private shipping fleet, intends to replace its
Peterbilt 386 big-rigs with hybrid versions of the same truck by 2009,
saving millions of gallons of fuel per year.
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Auto execs give nod to cap-and-trade policies
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E&E Daily, 15 March 2007 - Top executives from four of the world's
largest automakers yesterday informed Congress they would support a
mandatory cap-and-trade program to address global warming.
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http://www.wbcsd.org/includes/getTarget.asp?type=DocDet&id=MjM0NDc
Carmakers push for CO2-based taxation
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EurActiv.com, 13 March 2007 - EU members must give up their
sovereignty on taxation issues if they are serious about cutting
greenhouse gases from cars, says the European Automobile Manufacturers
Association (ACEA). A Commission proposal to harmonise tax rates on
diesel, due 13 March, is also set to test EU countries' resolve.
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http://www.wbcsd.org/includes/getTarget.asp?type=DocDet&id=MjMzMTY
U.S. alt-fuel vehicle sales set record, smash projections
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Greenwire, 13 March 2007 - U.S. auto dealers sold a record 1.5
million alternative-fuel vehicles last year, beating automakers' sales
expectations by 50 percent.
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http://www.wbcsd.org/includes/getTarget.asp?type=DocDet&id=MjMzNDg
The green way to keep trucking
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Financial Times, 13 March 2007 - Transport companies are using route-
planning software to reduce emissions and internet matching systems to
fill empty vehicles.
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http://www.wbcsd.org/includes/getTarget.asp?type=DocDet&id=MjMzNjg
Ethanol Deal Represents Convergence of Multiple Interests
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IPS, 10 March 2007 - The new partnership to promote the use of
ethanol agreed during U.S. President George W. Bush's visit to Brazil
is the result of the convergence of varied interests between the two
countries.
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http://www.wbcsd.org/includes/getTarget.asp?type=DocDet&id=MjMzMDY
GM chief sees green wave driving change in motor industry
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AFP, 6 March 2007 - General Motors President Rick Wagoner on Tuesday
said the motor industry was on the threshold of major change due to
environmental concerns which could force more carmakers to merge.
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http://www.wbcsd.org/includes/getTarget.asp?type=DocDet&id=MjMyMjI
The slow ride to achieve cleaner air
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Financial Times, 6 March 2007 - Automakers in India are revving up
production of diesel vehicles, which they tout as efficient and clean.
In spite of the auto industry's efforts to clean up the fuel's
reputation as noisy and smoky, some critics still condemn it as highly
polluting. Is it dirty? In India, the answer is not straightforward.
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Progress made on hydrogen engines
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EurActiv.com, 28 February 2007 - A new type of hydrogen technology to
allow more efficient engines has been developed as part of an EU-
funded research project, but doubts remain as to whether hydrogen is
truly 'clean'.
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http://www.wbcsd.org/includes/getTarget.asp?type=DocDet&id=MjMxNjI
Green parking schemes catch on across Britain
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AFP, 28 February 2007 - A decision by a London borough to introduce
different rates for parking permits based on vehicle fuel emissions
has led a string of other areas around Britain to follow suit, AFP has
learnt.
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http://www.wbcsd.org/includes/getTarget.asp?type=DocDet&id=MjMxNjQ
(Source: WBCSD)