New York City Inks Contract for Up to 475 Compressed Natural Gas Buses

Photo: New Flyer What’s the Difference Between CNG and Diesel? The Board of the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority (the “MTA”) has awarded New Flyer of America a contract for up to 475 buses. The contract is for 135 40-foot compressed natural gas (”CNG”) heavy-duty transit buses with options for up to an additional 340 CNG buses.

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California To Extend Carpool-Lane Access To 40,000 Plug-In Hybrids

Photo: Flickr , CC Should Access for Regular Hybrids be Phased Out? In California, vehicles that meet certain fuel economy and tailpipe emission criteria are granted special access to the high occupancy vehicle lanes (HOV, aka the carpool lane). In car-centric places like Los Angeles, it’s a huge advantage

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EPA & DOT Propose Clearer, More Colorful Fuel Economy Labels

Image: EPA Making Guzzlers Stand Out Even More One way to nudge people into making better decisions is to make it easier to compare different products and services. There are still many people out there who have no idea if 16 MPG is a good or bad, but if they saw a big red “D” on a sticker, they might be tempted to find a vehicle with a better grade. That’s the goal behind new fuel economy labels proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation (DOT).

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Commercial Palm Oil Production in Southeast Asia Violating Indigenous Peoples’ Rights: New Survey

photo: Forest Peoples Programme Take this one as reinforcement of what plenty of environmental NGOs have been saying for some time: The commercial palm oil industry in Indonesia and Malaysia is trampling the rights of indigenous people and destroying rainforests as it rapidly expands. A new report from the Forest Peoples Programme details the damage…

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Men Waste £2,000 in Fuel While Lost Because They Won’t Ask for Directions

Image: Google Maps 276 Extra Miles Per Year on Average According to a study by British insurer Sheilas’ Wheels (watch out for the bright pink website), men waste about £2,000 in fuel over their lifetime because they won’t ask for directions when they are lost, leading to an average of 276 extra miles being driven per year. Definitely not green…… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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IPCC Did Good Work But Needs Fundamental Reforms, Review Concludes

image: IPCC Though the Nobel Peace Prize-winning IPCC has done good work in its past assessments of climate change science , an independent review of the way the organization operates says “fundamental reforms” are needed– among those are shorter terms for the organization’s chair and establishing an executive director to oversee operations and act as spokesperson. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Red Nest By Paul Coudamay Hides The Bed With A Sliding Bookcase

Photos by Benjamin Boccas via Paul Coudamay TreeHugger has shown many ways to hide the bed; most are designed to gain more space.

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See-Through Car is Super Efficient (307 mpg!)

Photos from Bridgestone Americas Inc . This car turns heads. It’s clear

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Is the Electrification of Transportation a Good Thing? (Part 2)

Electric Cars are Coming – Is it a Good Thing? In part 1 , we looked at why it’s important to get our cars off oil and what the first part of that transition might look like

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With Light Rail Stalled, A Push for BRT in Tel Aviv

A layer of smog hovers over the Tel Aviv skyline (photo by the author). After a decade of fits and starts, the Tel Aviv light rail project finally collapsed last week. Following months of last-ditch negotiations , government officials announced that they were cancelling agreements with the consortium that was supposed to build and operate the first line of the system, leaving the fate of what was supposed to be the largest infrastructure project ever undertaken in Israel unclear..

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