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Posts Tagged ‘Transportation’
Green living, Pollution, Weird Stuff, Jul 23rd, 2010,
This week, I am covering the final segment of Green Home Improvements You Can Do for Free. So far, I have told you ways you can go green in the bathroom, kitchen, home office, lawn and garden, while doing cleaning or laundry, and other general household improvements. There’s only a small bit left to cover this week, so I’m just going to get right to it. Check out the list!: Transportation: Any time you are travelling within a reasonably short distance from your home (up to 5 miles), opt for riding your bike when you can instead of taking the…
Tags: animals, appliances, camping, cars, efficiency, energy use, Go Green, green home improvements you can do for free, home improvements, hotels, housekeeping, pets, recreation, tips, Transportation, travel
Green living, Politics, Jun 11th, 2010,
London: At a press conference on low carbon transport, the UK government’s former chief scientific adviser, Sir David King, criticized the country’s industry and political leaders for not preparing for decreasing oil supplies. King claimed that conventional oil reserves are actually 30% less than commonly stated and that demand could overtake supply by 2015. From a report in the Guardian: While transport is seen as the most difficult sector to decarbonise, action needs to be taken immediately to keep people and goods moving while reducing reliance on fossil fuels, he said. As oil supplies diminish, we are being pushed into…
Tags: chief, David, economy, government, King, low carbon, oil, scientist, Sir, transport, Transportation, UK
Green living, May 18th, 2010,
There are a couple changes in the works for London’s transportation system and one of them you can expect this summer. A new bike sharing program will be available in central London this July. According to their website, as long as you’re at least 14 years of age and can ride a bicycle without assistance, you can be a part of their program. All you have to do is choose your bike and ride (in and around central London) for however long you need. The system, called Cycle Hire, won’t require you to reserve or pre-register a bike in advance,…
Tags: bicycle sharing program, Cycle Hire, london, new double-decker buses, transport, Transport for London, Transportation
Climate Change, Green living, Nature, Science & Technology, Wildlife & Flora, May 8th, 2010,
I am not exactly fond of cars or driving, but many people around the world are. These days, it’s become more common for a car company to push out lines of hybrid vehicles, electric vehicles, or some other form of “green” transportation. While this step is nice and all, it made me wonder: what else are all the car companies doing to help the environment? If you were to consider everything that goes into putting a car on the road—from mining and drilling for resources to fuel and build the car, to building all the offices, plants, dealerships, parking lots,…
Tags: cars, environment, environmental efforts, Ford, General Motors, GM, Green, helping the environment, honda, list, Nissan, sustainability, top 5, Toyota, Transportation, vehicles
Climate Change, Apr 29th, 2010,
An EU study has shown that despite efforts to lower greenhouse gas emissions and pollution from transportation within Europe, both have actually increased over the ten year period of 1997-2007. The report, from the European Environment Agency (EEA), gauges pollution and emissions levels from the transport sector in 32 European countries. While high emitters like passenger air travel, road and air freight grew, the use of rail and inland waterways declined. Reuters reports: European passenger airlines are increasing their traffic by about 48 percent each decade. While passenger demand for rail remained steady in western Europe in the 10 years…
Tags: air, EEA, emissions, EU, Europe, European, greenhouse, Pollution, rail, road, transport, Transportation, UK
Climate Change, Science & Technology, Mar 28th, 2010,
When it comes to the effect livestock has on the environment, most people “in the know” will cite the UN’s “Livestock’s Long Shadow” report. This report basically claims that more greenhouse gas comes from livestock (18%) than all of the world’s transportation combined (15%). However, Frank Mitloehner, an air quality expert from the University of California-Davis, did some detective work recently and his findings strongly suggest otherwise. Mitloehner discovered that the livestock vs. transportation comparison is based on faulty data. How? Well, according to him, the livestock portion of the report takes into account everything that goes into animal agricultural…
Tags: Climate change, flawed comparison, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, livestock, meat, study, Transportation
