Tom Ramstack – AHN News Legal Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Public transportation advocates said at a Senate Banking Committee Thursday that if transit agencies lose federal funding, the entire nation would suffer. Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) chairman of the Banking Committee, said, “It is sometimes forgotten but reliable and accessible public transit [...]
Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Highway deaths last year dropped to the lowest level in more than 60 years, the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration said on Friday. An estimate 32,788 people died in vehicle accidents during the year, down 3 percent from 2009 despite a double-digit [...]
Matthew Borghese – AHN News Contributor Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – A NASA-funded study says droughts in the Amazon rainforest have reduced its “greenness,” and is seen as an effect of negative climate change in the region. With continued deterioration, experts say the region could transition from a rainforest to a woody savanna or [...]
Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The oldest bird in the northern hemisphere is raising a chick, puzzling scientists with her longevity. A Laysan albatross named Wisdom that was first tagged by scientists decades ago has been spotted with a chick in a remote coral atoll near northwestern Hawaii. [...]
WASHINGTON – Mayor Vincent Gray ordered a review of the procurement and use of fleet vehicles, and two councilmembers introduced legislation to require approval on all vehicle leases. View full post on Automobile Stories
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News D.C., Washington, United States (AHN) – The U.S. government announced Monday the grant of a deepwater drill permit to Houston-based Nobel Energy. It is the first new permit for deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico since the British Petroleum oil spill last year. According to Michael Bromwich, director [...]
Matthew Borghese – AHN News Contributor Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Hertz, the largest airport car rental firm, will roll out a nationwide plan to install 2.3 MW of solar power cells in an effort to leave a “greener” footprint on the environment. Hertz initially rolled out a 235 kW solar electric system located [...]
Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – An appeals court has lifted the stay against federal control of the process of greenhouse gas permits in Texas, the only state to refuse to implement the U.S. Environment Protection Agency’s new emissions policy. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of [...]
Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The world’s largest furniture retailer stopped selling incandescent lights in the United States on Tuesday, a year before a federal law banning such energy inefficient bulbs takes effect. IKEA has removed incandescent lights from its shelves but will continue to offer 25-watt chandelier [...]
WASHINGTON – The Alternative Fueling Station Locator, an online mapping tool of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center (AFDC), now provides a new way to search for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, making it easier for drivers to plug in. View full post on Automobile Stories
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