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Shippers Make Changes To Counter Higher Fuel Prices

Increasing fuel prices have inspired - perhaps compelled - many companies to restructure their operations in order to diminish erosion of their ...

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Environmental Supply Chain Planning – Expanding Accountability

Regardless of where one stands on the subject of climate change, we are all impacted by rising energy prices. Carbon-based energy fuels ...

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Bombardier Wins Hybrid Locomotive Contracts Worth $485 Million

Bombardier has won orders worth $485 million to supply hybrid locomotives for the transport bodies in New Jersey and ...

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Toyota Executive Calls for More Cooperation

Toyota executive Bob Carter called for greater cooperation among automakers and suppliers as the auto industry faces new regulatory ...

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Honda Prices New Hybrid Lower Than Prius

A top Honda executive recently told AP (via Newsday), that the company's new gas-electric hybrid will cost less than Toyota's Prius ...

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Napa Wines Delivered by Hybrid Vehicles

VinLux Fine Wine Transport will begin using two new Peterbilt hybrids to deliver wines from its Napa warehouse to ...

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Build Cars in 5 Days To Reduce Waste, Emissions

The Intelligent Logistics for Innovative Product Technologies project concluded that it is possible to build cars to order within ...

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British Airline Passengers’ Green Taxes Exceed Carbon Costs

In its Emissions Cost Assessment recently released, the British government admits airline passengers now pay more in green taxes than is needed ...

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U.S. Rail Sells Smaller Carbon Footprint

U.S. railroads have touted for decades that they use less fuel than trucks to move freights and now they ...

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Proposed Nestle Plant Faces Carbon Scrutiny

California Attorney General Jerry Brown recently sent a 10-page letter to the Planning Department of McCloud in Siskiyou County, ...

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Army to Curb GHG Emissions 30% by 2015

The U.S. army is planning to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent in 2015, initiatives include using ...

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ATA Sues Over Clean Trucks Program At Ports

The American Trucking Associations filed suit in the U.S. District Court in California challenging the port “Concession Plans” as approved by ...

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Companies Pass The Buck On ‘Green’ Logistics Costs

Despite many companies' avowed commitment to greening their logistics operations, it seems that most expect their sub-contractors to pick up the bill, ...

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Oakland International Purchases CNG-Powered Shuttle Buses

Oakland International Airport is getting 26 new CNG-powered buses that will be deployed in 2009, replacing older diesel-powered ...

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Green RV Of The Year Award?

In a move that shows just how desperate business is to get a seat on the green bandwagon - and how fuel ...

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60% Of Supply Chain Execs Measure Emissions

Sixty percent of supply chain executives are measuring their transportation and logistics emissions, according to ‘Green Transportation & Logistics North American ...

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