Flooded highways, railroads and airport runways are among the transportation snarls looming as the world’s climate changes, and officials should plan with this in mind, a U.S. study says.
“We’re not just concerned about gradual changes in temperatures,” said Henry Schwartz, who chaired the National Research Council panel that wrote the report. “We’re mostly concerned about […]

America is not the only political battle grown over fuel efficiency standards. A large Diplomatic spat is growing in Europe between France and German over the issue.
France is trying to put the brakes on the German effort to skew European fuel efficiency legislation in favour of heavier cars amid fears that it would price the […]

Former CIA Director, James Woolsey has told a biofuels conference that it is in the U.S.’s national security interest to continue developing transportation fuel derived from agricultural products because the country has become dangerously dependent on foreign oil.
Woolsey said the US needs to significantly reduce its reliance on foreign oil. “The people who produce large […]

General Motors is to give drivers the chance to try out hydrogen-powered vehicles, although it will help if you are a celebrity. As part of “Project Driveway“, GM will put more than 100 fuel-cell vehicles in the hands of customers before the end of the year.
Ironically, the cars will be based on the Chevrolet Equinox […]

So New York plans to follow Oslo, Singapore and London in introducing a “Congestion Charge” for driving into the city.
Michael Bloomberg, the city’s mayor, has unveiled plans for a congestion charge on cars entering the busiest parts of Manhattan. Compared with London’s $16, New York’s proposed charge will be a […]