transportation

Bangkok City Workers Ordered to Work From Home to Avoid Toxic Smog

Bangkok City Workers Ordered to Work From Home to Avoid Toxic Smog

Government employees in Bangkok have been ordered to work from home for the next two days in order to avoid a thick layer of noxious smog covering the city. On Thursday, authorities warned that air pollution levels in Thailand’s capital and neighboring provinces had reached unhealthy levels, reported Reuters. Non-government employees have been urged to […]

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    Hertz Begins Selling Off EVs, Plans to Buy Gas Vehicles as Replacements

    Hertz Begins Selling Off EVs, Plans to Buy Gas Vehicles as Replacements

    Rental car company Hertz is selling off 20,000 of electric vehicles in its fleet, with plans to replace these vehicles with internal combustion engine vehicles.  The company cited high repair expenses and low demand as its reasons to sell the EVs, Utility Dive reported. However, in 2021, Hertz had committed to offering one of the […]

    U.S. Air Pollution Rates Down, but Vary by Demographics

    U.S. Air Pollution Rates Down, but Vary by Demographics

    Air pollution emissions in the United States have decreased considerably since the Clean Air Act of 1970 was enacted, but the benefits have not always been equally felt. According to a new study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, the amount of the improvements is largely dependent on demographics, with socioeconomic […]

    Canada to Announce All New Cars Must Be Zero Emissions by 2035

    Canada to Announce All New Cars Must Be Zero Emissions by 2035

    The Canadian province of Ottawa is planning to announce new automobile regulations — the Electric Vehicle Availability Standard — this week, while the Canadian government is set to unveil a requirement that all new cars must be zero emissions by 2035, according to a senior government source, as Reuters reported. The Electric Vehicle Availability Standard […]

    Denmark Introduces Green Tax on Airline Passengers

    Denmark Introduces Green Tax on Airline Passengers

    Denmark’s government announced that it is introducing a green tax on air travel, to be phased in starting in 2025. The tax will be added to plane tickets, and the country is encouraging other European Union member states to follow its lead, reported AFP. “The transport sector is currently undertaking a rapid green transition, and […]

    Paris Plans an Urban Forest for a Busy Roundabout

    Paris Plans an Urban Forest for a Busy Roundabout

    Paris will plant an “urban forest” at Place de Catalogne, a busy roundabout with close proximity to the Gare Montparnasse railway station. The city will add nearly 500 trees to the roundabout. The new urban forest project will help with cooling to combat the urban heat island effect as well as contribute to an overall […]

    5 Cities Leading the Charge Toward Electric Bus Transportation

    5 Cities Leading the Charge Toward Electric Bus Transportation

    In metropolitan areas around the globe, public transportation is going greener. Many cities are working towards eliminating greenhouse gas emissions by transitioning away from fossil fuels — which are responsible for roughly 75% of climate warming GHGs — to renewable energy, and electrifying bus fleets is a priority.  Diesel exhaust from fossil fuel-powered buses contributes […]