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- Q&A: Car-Centric Urban Growth Fuelled By Subsidies
NEW DELHI, Mar 5 (IPS) - Pollution and road congestion are at crisis proportions in India’s cities. Yet, the government encourages car-centric urban growth, subsidised by public largesse, says Anumita Roychowdhury of the non-governmental Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), which is leading a campaign for cleaner air in Delhi. - ALBANIA: Connecting Itself to the World
TIRANA, Feb 27 (IPS) - Albania's government is engaged in a massive programme to improve transport infrastructure in a move that will integrate the country into the trade and travel routes of the Balkans. But it won't be cheap, or without controversy. - Q&A: 'Investment in Transport Infrastructure Is the Most Important'
TIRANA, Feb 26 (IPS) - Roads, railways, ports and airports are being upgraded in a country where in spite of the challenges posed by poverty, investment in infrastructure has been dramatically increased. - GUATEMALA: Bus Drivers Targets of Organised Crime Killings
GUATEMALA CITY, Feb 8 (IPS) - "Oh, I wish they would stop killing bus drivers, Jesus, I wish they would!" said a woman in tears as she took part in a Holy Week procession in the Guatemalan capital, Ernestina González, a domestic worker who rides the bus every day, told IPS. - INDIA: 'World's Cheapest Car Environmentally Costly'
NEW DELHI, Jan 16 (IPS) - Nothing has generated as much hyperbole in the global automobile industry in recent years as the unveiling, last week, of an ultra-cheap bare-bones car made by the Tatas, India’s steel and engineering giant. - PAKISTAN: Rail Accidents - More Than Nuts and Bolts
KARACHI, Dec 24 (IPS) - While authorities have attributed the Dec. 19 railway tragedy to a possible rail fracture from cold weather, experts say the issue is not about nuts and bolts but a reflection of overall transport policy. - TRANSPORT-SOUTH AFRICA: Culture Puts the Brakes on Women's Mobility
CAPE TOWN, Dec 16 (IPS/IFEJ) - The bicycle has been hailed as having done "more than anything else in the world…to emancipate women" -- the words of 19th century American feminist Susan B. Anthony. But for many women in South Africa, culture and tradition make it difficult to take advantage of the increased mobility and access to social and economic opportunities, not to mention the reduced carbon footprint, offered by bicycles. - UKRAINE-RUSSIA: Gloomy Prospects for Black Sea
PRAGUE, Nov 28 (IPS) - The recent spill of more than 1,000-tonnes of fuel oil into the Black Sea could have severe long-term environmental consequences say ecologists, stressing that authorities are busy trading accusations instead of stepping up cleaning efforts. - ENVIRONMENT-ANTARCTICA: Accidents Will Happen - So Be Prepared
BUENOS AIRES, Nov 23 (IPS) - The second accident this year involving a cruiseliner in the Antarctic is alarming the countries that protect and conserve the frozen continent, which are persisting in their demands for penalties in cases of disasters that cause pollution. - BRAZIL: Biofuel Revolution Reaches Airline Industry
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 10 (Tierramérica) - Biokerosene has the potential to take off on the international market faster than other alternative fuels, even though it is among the newest and faces stricter quality standards because it is to be used in aviation. - SPAIN: Biofuels - Good for Business, Bad for the Poor, Say Activists
MADRID, Nov 9 (IPS) - Making fuels from plants is strongly supported by the business community in Spain, but equally strongly criticised by environmental organisations because of its negative impact on food production. - PARAGUAY: Environmentalists Up in Arms Over Mega-Port
ASUNCION, Oct 22 (IPS) - Residents, environmentalists and local and national authorities in Paraguay are at odds over the pros and cons of a port complex being built by U.S. agribusiness giant Cargill on the outskirts of the capital. - ENERGY-AFRICA: Big Potential and Challenges for Biofuels
DURBAN, Sep 27 (IPS) - Biofuels offer Africa the chance to supply itself with alternative energy sources, and also to become a major supplier of these sources for developed markets. Yet, challenges -- from creating the relevant infrastructure to competition for biofuel crops from food markets -- remain. - ECONOMY-IRAN: Petrol Rationing - Bumpy Ride
TEHRAN, Sep 20 (IPS) - Two months after the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad began rationing petrol to ‘’vaccinate’’ itself against possible sanctions, critics say the plan has failed to cut down gasoline consumption. Instead it has hurt the agriculture, tourism, transportation and other sectors of the economy. - SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Thai Air Disaster May Hit Budget Carriers
BANGKOK, Sep 18 (IPS) - As investigations began to unearth the cause behind Sunday’s crash of a budget airliner in the Thai resort of Phuket, enthusiasm among South-east Asian budget tourists and travellers for low-cost carriers appears to have dampened.
