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...Passenger cars account for about 12% of overall E.U. carbon dioxide emissions and emissions from transport are continually increasing," said E.U. Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas. "The aim of the legislation is to reduce CO2 emissions from cars in order to help fight climate change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Resistance to Europe's Emissions Plan | 12/19/2007 | See Source »

...Although few realize it, food transportation contributes to global climate change. It is simply a matter of common sense: the greater the distance a zucchini has to travel before it hits the dinner table, the longer it takes for trucks to transport it there. As those 18-wheelers burn diesel, they release copious amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere...

Author: By Molly M. Strauss | Title: So Fresh and So Green, Green | 12/17/2007 | See Source »

...Transantiago has got very severe problems," says Juan Carlos Munoz, professor of transport engineering and logistics at Santiago's Pontifical Catholic University. "It's got better since it was launched but only very slowly. The main problems are still unresolved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mass Transit System from Hell | 12/14/2007 | See Source »

...problems afflicting Transantiago have, meanwhile, created a vicious circle. Fed up with poor public transport, people use private cars to get to work. That blocks roads, which delays buses, which makes the transport system worse, and prompts even more commuters to travel by car. Car sales have jumped in recent months, while bicycle shops and scooter outlets are enjoying a roaring trade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mass Transit System from Hell | 12/14/2007 | See Source »

...welcome of Gaddafi concerns a bigger ticket issue than human rights - arms deals worth potentially about $5.86 billion and thousands of French jobs. Gaddafi has agreed to negotiate exclusively with France for six months to buy 14 Rafale fighter jets, made by Dassault Aviation, and 35 combat and transport helicopters. For France, the deal is crucial in reviving its faltering arms industry against the United States and Russia. Six years after the first Rafale jet was built, France has yet to sell a single new fighter abroad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: French Defense Execs Woo Gaddafi | 12/14/2007 | See Source »

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