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* China - Blue skies usher in cleaner airShanghai,China -Shanghai Daily, by Chen Qian -9 Aug 2006: -- In February, the city has banned highly polluting passenger vehicles from using elevated roads in the downtown area during daytime. As a result, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides from vehicular emissions dropped about 30 percent, the bureau said... Starting October 1, cargo trucks and passenger vehicles that don't meet emissions standards will be prohibited from driving within the area bounded by the Inner Ring Road... Shanghai's latest environmental protection plan calls for new sewage plants and pipelines, further reductions in vehicular emissions and power plant upgrades... (Photo: Shanghai enjoys a record 58 straight days of good to excellent air quality and looks forward to another one today)
* USA - White Co. buses to run on bio-diesel
CLEVELAND,Gainesville,GA,USA -Access North Georgia/WRWH, by Dean Dyer -August 9, 2006: -- It's back to school for White County public school students, and soon their buses will be running on an alternative fuel... According to Thomason, White County is the only county in the area to implement the new fuel mixture... The bio-diesel will consist of a mixture of chicken fat and diesel...
* USA - CATA Unveils Environmentally-Friendly Buses
Lansing,MI,USA -WLNS -Aug 8, 2006: -- The Capital Area Transit Authority is feeling the pain at the pump, but maybe a little bit less thanks to three new hybrid buses set to begin service this month... CATA unveiled the environmentally-friendly buses. They'll emit 90% fewer pollutants through the use of electricity at lower speeds, and as speeds increase, the hybrid models use a blended diesel fuel to get the most efficient use out of their engines...
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