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Argentina: “New” Trains in Buenos Aires

Posted by Eduardo Avila on 12/04/2008

TBA Me Mata [es] published a video on the “new trains” that have been bought from Spain as used trains and writes, “the tragic thing is that these trains - over there they are waste - they are in better condition than any of the traincars that we travel on a daily basis.”

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Enterprise Opens Green Branches

Posted by Environmental Leader on 11/04/2008

Enterprise Rent-A-Car has designated four of its locations in Atlanta “Green Branches.”Hybrids and fuel-efficient vehicles will make up around 60 percent of the fleets at each location, approximately 30 percent hybrid gas/electric vehicles and 30 percent fuel-efficient vehicles. The l ...

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Malaysia: Airport shoot-out

Posted by Mong Palatino on 11/04/2008

A Malaysian blogger wonders why the closed-circuit television cameras outside the Kuala Lumpur International Airport departure hall were not switched on during the shoot-out in the area.

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Activist Group Uncovers ‘Corporate Spy’

Posted by Environmental Leader on 10/04/2008

UK anti-aviation group Plane Stupid has uncovered what it says is a corporate spy, an “activist” who in reality works as “an analyst” for C2-i International, the UK’s premier “special risk management” and investigation company, The Guardian reports. He wa ...

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Marriott Steps Up Green Efforts With $2M Rainforest Pledge

Posted by Environmental Leader on 09/04/2008

Marriott International has signed an agreement with the state of Amazonas to help protect 1.4 million acres of endangered rainforest. It’s one of the first partnerships between government and the private sector to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation.The company is also taking ...

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