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Two-seat design study unveiled at British International Motor Show Honda’s low-emission sportscar study model has been revealed at the British International Motor Show, at ExCel, London. The lightweight roadster design study displays one of Honda’s core engineering principles – to design stylish and exciting cars that are also environmentally responsible. Named the OSM (for Open Study Mode

The Government of Portugal and the Renault Nissan Alliance today announced a partnership to promote zero-emission mobility across that country. The partnership was launched today in Lisbon, in the presence of Mr. José Sócrates, the Prime Minister of Portugal, and Mr. Carlos Ghosn, President and CEO of Renault and President and CEO of Nissan. Portugal is [...]

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The first-ever hydrogen-powered car rolled out of a Honda plant Monday in Tokyo. The FCX Clarity is a fuel-cell vehicle, which works by combining hydrogen and oxygen from the air to make electricity. Its only byproducts are water and heat;...

With the petrol prices rising, the energy crisis looming, and the state of the environment deteriorating, I thought it was time to compile a list of zero emission vehicles (ZEVs). First I’d like to say that I’m pretty pissed of that the internal combustion engine is still with us today. I remember when the Australian [...]

Honda is finally building their fuel cell cars and the lucky people getting them: H/T to The Jawa Report Film producer Ron Yerxa will take delivery of the first FCX Clarity in July. The remaining four early adopters for Honda’s...

MSNBC reporting that Honda’s new zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell car rolled off a Japanese production line Monday and is headed to Southern California, where Hollywood is already abuzz over the latest splash in green motoring.   The picture above is 'HOnda FCX Clarity’ which presented to the media in Tokyo last May. The FCX Clarity, which runs on hydrogen and electricity, emits on

TAKANEZAWA, Japan - Honda's new zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell car rolled off a Japanese production line Monday and is headed to Southern California, where Hollywood is already abuzz over the... Your News is the place where wonderful, funny, and amazing things exist. This blog delivers informative news in the easiest way.

MSNBC reporting that Honda’s new zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell car rolled off a Japanese production line Monday and is headed to Southern California, where Hollywood is already abuzz over the latest splash in green motoring.   The picture above is 'HOnda FCX Clarity’ which presented to the media in Tokyo last May. The FCX Clarity, which runs on [...]

Named the FCX Clarity, it claims zero emissions, except for water vapor.  From everything I’ve read, water vapor is a more effective greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.  Has this really solved any problem, or is it more hype to sell cars at the expense of a man-made global crisis? www.chicagotribune.com Tags: carbon, carbon dioxide, chicago, gas, green, [...]

TAKANEZAWA, Japan (AP) — Honda’s new zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell car rolled off a Japanese production line Monday and is headed to Southern California, where Hollywood is already abuzz over the latest splash in green motoring. The FCX Clarity, which runs on hydrogen and electricity, emits only water and none of the noxious fumes believed to [...]

Volkswagen has shown off its Tiguan HyMotion Fuel Cell Concept for the first time in California. The five-passenger SUV, based on the Volkswagen Tiguan, features a hydrogen fuel cell powering an electric motor. The electric motor may also pull power from a 6.8 Ampere-hour lithium-ion battery that is recharged by recuperating braking energy. The VW hybrid generates 107 horsepower under normal condi

Volkswagen Zero Emission Tiguan Debut US - Volkswagen of America, Inc. is showcasing its broad range of near-term and future fuel-efficient powertrain technologies with the all-new 2.0 liter TSI Tiguan, the upcoming 2.0 liter Jetta TDI and the North American debut of the Tiguan HyMotion Fuel Cell Concept.

Volkswagen of America, Inc. is showcasing its broad range of near-term and future fuel-efficient powertrain technologies with the all-new 2.0 liter TSI Tiguan, the upcoming 2.0 liter Jetta TDI and the North American debut of the Tiguan HyMotion Fuel Cell Concept. Originally shown at the Shanghai Motor Show and the 2007 Michelin Challenge Bibendum, the [...]

The new cap-and-trade legislation was short-lived, blocked by by 36 members opposing it on the basis of higher taxes and gas prices. 12 votes short and the greenhouse gas emission cuts were shelved until November. It will be interesting to...

We all know that “green” is the new “black” and social responsibility for climate change is becoming everyone’s duty. The reality is carbon emission reductions and other climate change agenda will be a result of the next financial revolution and windfall profits rather than a social duty to reducing our carbon footprint on the planet. [...]

A zero-emission motoring future has moved two steps closer thanks to environmental commitments from the Renault-Nissan Alliance. For the initial step, Renault-Nissan Alliance will mass-market electric vehicles in Israel and Denmark in 2011 as announced at the beginning of this year. Moreover, Nissan has recently announced its plans to start selling electric vehicles in the US [...]

How green is your Blog or Web site? Alex Wissner-Gross at Harvard and Tim Sullivan at Yale — have developed CO2Stats , a widget that helps you in tracking the carbon dioxide emissions of your website, blog or individual posting.Based on the traffic it receives, the web app calculates the carbon emission of your blog content and offsets that amount of emissions.The widget calculate the total time

All those fans that were looking forward to buy Honda Civic Hybrid should be cautions. How different is the car from normal petrol/diesel run cars? Is it really produced less emission as it claims to be? These questions were raised by auto experts in US who made a study on the aspect. The company claims that Civic Hybrid has one of the lowest car emissions of 109g/hm of CO2. This is even menti

Thermionic Emission A thermionic energy converter is a device consisting of two electrodes placed near one another in a vacuum. One electrode is normally called the cathode, or emitter, and the other is called the anode, or plate. Ordinarily, electrons in the cathode are prevented from escaping from the surface by a potential-energy barrier. When an [...]

As you know road transportation causes air pollution in the cities and it’s the main reason why the monuments in Europe start to be to much degrade. Some countries in Europe have polluting vehicles restriction from entering in some cities areas. Well, some of those countries are charging also those vehicles if they want to [...]

There is this general (mis)conception that CNG (compressed natural gas) vehicles are cleaner than diesel ones. Not necessarily so. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University's Department of Mechanical Engineering carried out a study on 20 CNG taxis and find that running at 70km/h, the CNG taxi emits 9 times as much carbon monoxide than normal diesel taxi. Also, maintenance (or the lack of it) plays a

The data no one wants to include in the news... U.S. is leading the world in emission reductions In 2006, the U.S. economy expanded at the real and robust rate of 2.9 per cent – a decent rate of growth for any advanced economy. Economic growth necessarily requires more consumption of energy, right? Economic growth necessarily requires more greenhouse gas emissions, right? Here's a quick Q&A to test these environmental assumptions. Question: By what percentage did U.S. greenhouse gas emissions increase in 2006? minus 1.5 per cent. In 2006, GHG emissions in the U.S. did not increase, notwithstanding either the revved-up economy or the environmental reputation of Republican President George W. Bush. Rather, they decreased in absolute terms – for the first time ever in t

The WWF and Point Carbon published a report (pdf) earlier this week estimating that power generators in Germany, the UK, Spain, Italy, and Poland will make a windfall profit between 23 and 71 billion Euros in Phase 2 of the EU ETS. The windfall is made when power generators pass the market value of freely allocated [...]

California regulators have drastically cut the number of zero-emission vehicles required to be sold in the state by the year 2014, a decision that frustrated environmentalists but came as a relief to auto manufacturers.  The rules adopted Thursday put the number of electric and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles that automakers sell in California at 7,500 by 2014 [...]

California’s ambition to create a future with the cleanest, greenest cars is facing one of those put-up-or-shut-up moments today. The California Air Resources Board will consider a proposal to substantially roll back requirements on carmakers to put more zero-emission electric vehicles on the state’s roads. Approving it in its current form would be a mistake. California must not backtrack on its pioneering role in clean-car technology. That’s what the air board will be doing if it undercuts the once-ambitious zero-emissions program it started in 1990. A major weakening of the mandate would jeopardize momentum toward the most promising, cleanest auto technologies, which are hydrogen fuel cell cars and battery-electric vehicles. The air board’s staff has proposed cutt

Former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair urged the U.S., Japan and European nations to make ``revolutionary'' cuts to greenhouse gases responsible for global warming.``Since poorer nations will see their emissions rise as they industrialize, and since the world population may well grow from 6 to 9 billion, emissions in the richer nations will have to fall close to zero,'' Blair said at energy and environmental talks in Chiba City near Tokyo.Ministers of the Group of Eight industrialized nations and representatives from 12 other countries discussed how to finance technological efforts to tackle climate change, and the basis for a successor to the Kyoto Protocol that expires in 2012.U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases total 20 tons a year per person, twice as much as in Europe and Japan, Blair s

Buyers, manufacturers and retailers of high-emission cars in Britain are to be hit by a reform of the vehicle excise duty, which will include the imposition of a new first-year rate of as much as £950 per car. The regime announced on Wednesday will take effect in 2009 and apply to the “highest-polluting cars”, Alistair Darling, the chancellor, said. Cars emitting more than 255g of carbon dioxide per km would be subject to the highest rate. Cars that emit less than 130 grams of carbon dioxide per km – the European Union’s target it wants carmakers to reach in 2012 – would pay no car tax at all in the first year, Mr Darling said. “It is right that if people choose to buy a more polluting car that they should pay more in the first year to reflect the environmental cost,” he sai

The Swiss have been known for their outrageous yet creative innovations, and albeit pricey, they surely attract buzz from those who seek to own something fancy and exclusive. From watches to cars, it has been an interesting journey, and their latest offering goes well beyond one's imagination as they develop a Concept Car called "sQuba" which can instantly grant you the "Bond Appeal"!! Remember James Bond’s amphibious car, Lotus Esprit from "The Spy Who Loved Me", the all-in-one fictional... Please Click the Title for the Full Story

Japan, the European Union and the United States would each need to cut greenhouse gasses by more than 80 percent for the world to meet a goal of halving emissions by 2050, Japanese scientists said Thursday.A summit last year of the Group of Eight rich nations agreed to "seriously consider" halving global emissions by 2050 in hopes of halting global warming.To achieve such a goal, Japan -- which is already far behind in meeting its current commitments -- would need to cut emissions by 85 percent by 2050 from 1990 levels, said Norichika Kanie, assistant professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.His joint research with Yasuaki Hijioka, researcher at the National Institute of Environmental Studies, found that the United States would need to cut emissions by 88 percent and the European Un

Smoke belching vehicles definitely have no place in countries with high emission standards. The vehicles sold and used in these places that are under the umbrella of the European Union have to strictly comply with the high emission standards. Some states here in the America are close to following such rules as well. Of course, [...]

The London Low Emission Zone has now officially come into effect. Quite a few readers will doubtless be asking what it is, what it does, and how it will effect haulage companies and owner operators if media reports of the public being unaware of its existence are to be believed.Well, Haulage Exchange to the rescue, because here's a quick rundown of everything you need to know about the London LEZ!What is the LEZ?For those of you that don't know LEZ stands for Low Emission Zone. In London, the scheme has just been introduced to reduce pollution, and it extends to the entirety of greater London - an area of 610 square miles. To enter the London Low Emission Zone, vehicles must either meet specific emission standards or pay a daily fee of £200. Unlike the congestion charge, which charges mot

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II set a new record as the nation’s oldest monarch, surpassing Queen Victoria’s record. Talk about a generation gap! As the U.S.A. Today notes, U.S. President Bush was 6 (!) when Queen Elizabeth took to the throne…though the Queen’s purpose is largely symbolic, I’m guessing she has a different perspective on world politics than the swashbuckler from Texas. Pervez Musharraf might be Pakistan’s unrelenting presidential leader, but behind all his political scheming, Musharraf is a man…and one who prefers “small dogs”?…(Sorry: I had to share this one. Read the full text at The New Yorker.) The E.U. has decided to get serious about auto emissions. Car companies are complaining (no surprise there), but it’s nice to know someone is looking out for clean air. In Poland, the final remnant of the Iron Curtain vanished into ether tonight, when the “once contentious” border between Germ

Exhausting our options Seven months ago, Republican Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jodi Rell, discouraged by the Federal Government's inaction on global warming, co-wrote a Washington Post op-ed that told the Environmental Protection Agency to partner with them in their...

NYSE Euronext plans to offer a market for spot transactions in CO2 allowances and credits together with CDC, with services ranging from trading to settlement. There were also plans to develop derivative products. To make this a reality, they will acquire French energy exchange Powernext's carbon emission business and sell its 34 percent stake in Powernext. "Exchange operators are eyeing a piece of the global carbon trading market as governments and industry step up efforts to reduce pollution. Boston-based research firm Celent expects

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The Civil Society Organization on Forestry Governance and Climate Change believes that Indonesia extended an offer that is too low in terms of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation in Developing Countries (REDD). “Indonesia offered the price of US$4 per matrix ton of absorbable carbon for its forests each year,” Executive Director of the Java Learning Center, Agus Affianto, told the press yesterday (29/11).This is despite referring to the scientific study as appeared in international forestry journals that Indonesia’s forests are worth between US$7 and US$25 per matrix ton carbon that can be absorbed every year.Director of Forestry Governance Program from Kamitraan, Agung Djojosoekarto, agreed with Agus. Moreover, for the compensation process, there are operational costs to be born by the tropical forest owner country, so what will be received is 60 to 70 percent of the total REDD fund.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com

The United Nations, manager of the world's second-biggest emissions-trading system, may change its rules from 2013 to encourage the U.S. to join an effort to stem climate change, an official who... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The United Nations, manager of the world's second-biggest emissions-trading system, may change its rules from 2013 to encourage the U.S. to join an effort to stem climate change, an official who heads the program said. New technology, such as equipment to capture carbon dioxide from power stations and store it underground, may be deemed worthy of generating emission credits automatically, Halldor Thorgeirsson, head of emissions trading at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, said in an interview. That may help reduce U.S. skepticism of UN-generated emissions credits and make investments in new technology more profitable, eliminating barriers for the U.S. to join international emissions-trading to slow global warming. Granting certain ``benchmarked'' technology some credits would ``allow for significant scaling up'' of emission trading, Thorgeirsson said. ``In the tool box of the future, you will need differen

Households in County Down emit the highest levels of CO2 in the UK, latest figures show. Research published today by the Energy Saving Trust (EST) combines its own figures on car emissions with government figures on household CO2 levels to reveal the UK's highest carbon emitters by local authority. County Down in Northern Ireland is the biggest...read more | digg storyAllow Blog Feeds

Japan plans to buy carbon emission credits from Indonesia through micro-hydro power projects that will start operating next year.Japan will buy 30,000 tonnes of carbon credits annually until 2012 from five micro-hydro power projects in Indonesia ’s provinces of Central Java, West Java and South Sulawesi .The agreement is part of the Kyoto Protocol, which binds signatories to reducing carbon emissions by 2012, through the Clean Development Mechanisms and Joint Implementation projects.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com

Gas emissions are one of the normal things that people know as the main contributor towards the whole pollution mess and the global warming fiasco. Aside from making lives unhealthy, they also make the various natural elements in the world declining since their harmful effects are making the world more dangerous to live in. All over the world, all people are doing their part to control and contain this emission problem. We can see penalties and other recourses and gladly, most of them are pretty much on the right track. Source: Seattle reports milestone in cutting emissions biodiesel, fiasco, gas emissions, global warming, Greenhouse Gas, Health and Well being, natural elements, pollution

Florida Governor Charlie Crist announced "bold" new air-pollution targets for the southeastern US state which will include car emission limits similar to the California standards challenged by automakers, says a report by AFP. Crist is scheduled to sign the executive orders at the conclusion of a two-day Global Climate Change conference in Miami. At the start of the gathering which brings together representatives from the government, private sector and environmental groups the governor said that it’s ambitious, and a bold step.The orders call for emission of greenhouse gases in Florida to be cut by more than 25 percent over the next 18 years and by 80 percent by 2050. One copies California requirements to reduce the amount of carbon-dioxide cars release into the atmosphere, an order which automakers are challenging in court."We cannot afford to ignore this issue any longer," Crist said of the impact of carbon emissions on global climate change. He said the issue was crucial in Florid

This is a nifty little Eco-friendly tool for your Windows browser. I, unfortunately run on Macbook, so it’s little of use to me but for you Windows users, you are in luck. You can actually download this CO2 Saver provided by Snap.Com In a matter of seconds you can reduce the amount of energy your [...]

We’ve featured a great many zero emission vehicles here on TFTS of which a few have been pedal powered, but unlike previously featured vehicles this pedal powered car/bike hybrid will seat up to four people – all of whom have the option of contributing to the means of propulsion. The four person pedal car, which is known as the 4Cycle Red and is manufactured by the German company ZEM, is 265cm in length, weighs in at 96kg and is manufactured from aluminium. Features include four independent 7 speed SRAM S7 gear mechanisms (including reverse gears), low resistance tires, four hydraulically operated disc brakes (and a parking brake) and individually adjustable seats complete with seat belts. The 4Cycle Red retails for €5960. [Source | Since1984] Share this Post. ---Related Articles at Thoughts from the Sidelines - Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities:H&S Designer Pedal Boat CruiserThe First Carbon Chassis Velocipede HPVStabilised Unicycle Exercise and Posture Training BikeThe UN

It seems that Silicon Valley is helping to lead a drive to make computers more energy efficient, cutting down on their energy usage and therefore their carbon footprint.Please enjoy this article below. Intel and Google have joined with Dell, EDS, the Environmental Protection Agency, HP, IBM, Lenovo, Microsoft, PG&E, World Wildlife Fund and more than 25 additional organizations have launched the Climate Savers Computing Initiative with the goal of saving energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by setting aggressive new targets for energy-efficient computers and components. The group has set a 90 percent efficiency target for power supplies which the group says could save more than $5.5 billion in energy costs. Urs Holzle, a Google senior vice president, estimated that most PC power supplies currently operate at about 65 percent efficiency. The Energy Star guidelines seek to raise that level to 80 percent efficiency, but the new initiative sets targets to reach 90 percent efficie

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Let’s be frank here, this Electric One Person Car – known as the Electric One Person Car (top marks for creative naming) – is hardly going to win any awards for killer styling. In fact, the more I... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  Launched three weeks ago by LTI Vehicles, the next generation of purpose-built London taxis, the TX4, is now available on Edinburgh streets. The TX4 looks like previous generation London taxis, but under the hood and inside the cab there have been some changes. Most interesting for us is the lower-emissions, Euro IV compliant VM turbodiesel [...]

 This is cereal. "Duke Energy CEO James Rogers is photographed at the company's headquarters in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006. Rogers sees that tackling global warming is a chance for the industry to leave a legacy for future generations, a view a small but growing number of power executives are embracing. Rogers and many other executives are convinced the United States is likely to place limits on carbon dioxide emissions -- perhaps as early as next decade. Some are even setting reduction goals now in hopes of gaining a competitive edge down the road."  Â» original news

Australian government is urged to regulate ethylene oxide emissions from sterilization plants in Australia, as Canada and the US governments have done since the mid of 90’s. Ethylene oxide is known as one of the most toxic chemicals that can cause cancer, miscarriages and spontaneous abortions. It is listed on Federal Government’s National Pollutant Inventory. This case [...]

Sacramento, California According to the reports, the number of zero-emission vehicles that were to be sold by 2014 were cut down by California regulators as the vehicles manufactured had some environmental faults. This decision may have frustrated environmentalists but with the current decision, the auto manufacturers have come to a relief. This ...

 Updated May 7, 2008    Shareholders of Х5 Retail Group (Pyaterochka, Perekrestok, Merkado chains) took advantage of preemptive right and bought 96,5% of the company additional emission out as GDR at around $990 million. Х5 places the rest GDR at LSE. Means received from additional emission sale (it is planned ...