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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
Gulf Oil recently opened its first e85 fueling station in New England to service commuters with Flex Fuel Vehicles. This station is an important milestone to expand Massachusetts and New England’s fuel resources, providing greater access to affordable and environmentally friendly alternative fuels.
This new station makes it easier for Massachusetts’ ...
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
T. Boone Pickens, the proverbial man with a plan, says Obama made the right call by choosing Rahm Emanuel to be his chief of staff.Congressman Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) is a "BIG supporter" of shifting America's energy economy from oil to natural gas. Emanuel has apparently met with Boone on at ...
Posted in Climate-Change, Eco-Efficiency, Electricity, Energy-STAR, Finance, Green-Cars, Hydrogen, Natural Resources, Peak-Oil, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Start-ups, Sustainability, Venture Capital, Water, Water-Filtration, Wind-Power, Wind-Turbines, green-technology, materials | No Comments »
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Transit agencies across the United States may need to find billions of dollars to repay investors as long-term financing deals disintegrate, a result of the global credit crisis that could eventually affect millions of commuters.
The recent collapse of insurance giant American International Group, which facilitated major financing deals between ...
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Sunday, October 26th, 2008
Americans drove 15 billion fewer miles in August than they did in the same month one year ago, according to new data from the US Department of Transportation.
The 5.6% drop in vehicle miles traveled represents the largest decline ever recorded by DOT for a single month and marks the ...
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
Nearly 30 million people rode Amtrak trains in the past year, the highest number of passengers to take Amtrak trains in a single year since the National Railroad Passenger Corporation began keeping records in 1971. The spike in oil prices earlier this year triggered an unprecedented rise in ...
Posted in Green-Cars, Lifecycles, Natural Resources, Peak-Oil, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Research, Sustainability, green-technology, law | No Comments »
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
Add this to the long list of global shortages: engineers and highly-skilled manual laborers.
Over the past decade, the proliferation of massive infrastructure and energy projects in nearly every corner of the world has resulted in shortages of everything from cement to construction cranes. Despite a few delays here and ...
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
Take public transportation and you'll save about $9,499 per year compared to the price of driving, according to a new report by the American Public Transportation Association.
The APTA report shows that the average annual savings is a third higher than the average amount - $6,111 - a ...
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Fuel efficiency in the United States rose for the fourth straight year, according to a new report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency .
In the U.S., the average car and light duty truck can now travels an estimated 20.8 miles per gallon, a 0.2 mpg increase from the preceding year. ...
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