Sentences with phrase «cars from»

If all American households changed from traditional incandescent light bulbs to LED, CFL, or halogen incandescents, the decrease in pollution would be the same as removing a whopping 1.3 million cars from the road.

If every American dropped just one serving of chicken from their diet per week, it would save the same amount of CO2 emissions as removing 500,000 cars from the road.

Likewise, most of the world's megacities are expanding initiatives to clean up their air, including prohibiting dirty cars from entering certain zones, fees to drive in congested areas and promoting use of public transportation.

ShakeAlert ™ can give enough time to slow trains and taxiing planes, to prevent cars from entering bridges and tunnels, to move away from dangerous machines or chemicals in work environments and to take cover under a desk, or to automatically shut down and isolate industrial systems.

In 1999, I signed two landmark clean air bills that will reduce industrial air emissions an estimated 250,000 tons annually — the equivalent of removing 5.5 million cars from Texas roads and highways.

We have an armed force of 1,400 men to patrol the provinces, and we managed to get some cars from the State Department and about 45 cars from Unesco.

Recently, the Commission's environment department has taken a strong anti-road stand, as in a recent study which recommended banning cars from most European cities.

Renault, the French car - maker, last month removed its cars from a parking site at the French port of Le Havre after a mysterious air pollutant damaged paint on a few hundred vehicles.

In the future, Yu hopes to collaborate with industry and funding agencies to implement the security protocol in commercial vehicles and protect cars from hackers.

In addition to cutting energy use by 10 percent in five years, such improvements are also projected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 6.5 million tons per year, which the energy department says is akin to removing nearly 1.3 million cars from the road annually.

The system could be placed in between the positive and negative nodes of lithium - ion batteries, which will hopefully prevent self - driving electric cars from meeting the same fate as those flammable hoverboards of Christmas - past.

Tank cars from a derailed oil train were still on fire in West Virginia on Wednesday, two days after an explosive accident in which 25 cars went off the rails, a CSX Corp spokeswoman said

U.S. drivers covered 1.54 trillion miles in their cars from January through June, besting the previous record of 1.5 trillion miles set in June 2007.

NEW YORK, Feb 18 (Reuters)- Tank cars from a derailed oil train were still on fire in West Virginia on Wednesday, two days after an explosive accident in which 25 cars went off the rails, a CSX Corp spokeswoman said.

Boosting average fuel efficiency in 50 percent of cars from 20.8 miles per gallon to 30.7 mpg — and there are at least 26 vehicles available today that would do that, ranging from compact cars to sport utility vehicles — would save roughly 30 million metric tons.

At least 20 prototype hydrogen cars from Shanghai Volkswagen will be at the Olympics.

Biello: Well, I started off the trip in Beijing and obviously Beijing was very caught up in Olympics fever, everything from extending the subway lines to banning cars from the streets, attempting to rain in some of the woeful air pollution that they have there.

Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg said that efforts to remove cars from Central Park began five decades ago, when traffic hours were first reduced.

Weprin said the mayor originally characterized the plan as one that would discourage cars from clogging the streets and thus decrease pollution, but Weprin said the plan had the potential to send those cars to the outer boroughs instead.

The park is «packed with cars, cyclists, and runners all vying for limited space; removing cars from the loop will dramatically reduce the risk of dangerous collisions,» the councilmembers said in a joint statement.

Following a cease and desist order issued last month, Berkshire Hathaway announced they would pull their cars from the tracks.

Congressman Charles B. Rangel rolled through upper Manhattan in a honking cacophony today, leading a caravan of Green Cabs and livery cars from Central Harlem to Inwood.

The saga of the missing cars at the Presidency was revived after Mr. Mahama refuted allegations that members of his administration stole cars from the presidential fleet during an interview on GTV on Tuesday.

«I am simultaneously writing to both of you through your representatives since each of you have expressed your deep concern for matters of auto safety in the US and have similarly expressed your support for legislation to strengthen the FTC's role in protecting purchasers of used cars from the dangers of acquiring vehicles that have defects that are subject to a safety recall, and, in many cases (the purchasers), have not even been made aware of these defects.

The guards, which are already required on the back of trucks, would help prevent cars from sliding under truck trailers.

On Wednesday, reports emerged that alleged national security operatives seized five cars from Mr. Adams home whilst he was overseas in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Plans to remove old tanker train cars from a rail line in the Adirondacks have been halted by Hudson River flooding.

Kwame Baffoe, who is also known as Abronye DC has been leading an Assets Retrieval task force set up by the presidency to retrieve allegedly stolen state cars from former government officials.

As the Saratoga and North Creek Railway plans to bring in revenue by storing train cars from other companies, environmental organizations are calling for the state to reject the plan in the interest of preserving the Adirondack Park.

Launching his campaign in Brixton, he said he was considering a range of options to reduce congestion, from the «nuclear option» of banning all cars from central London to increasing the daily congestion charge to # 20.

In a petition filed with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, AG Eric Schneiderman sought reduced limits on the vapor pressure of oil shipped in tanker cars from the Bakken hydrofrack fields of North Dakota to coastal refineries.

The Adirondack Council is calling on billionaire investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett to remove his oil tanker railroad cars from the fragile, protected public forests of New York's Adirondack Park.

Ford Motor Co. scrapped a plan to build a $ 1.6 billion small - car factory in Mexico that Trump had slammed, a move announced just hours after the president - elect knocked General Motors Co. on Twitter for importing compact cars from Mexico to sell in the U.S.

As I understand it, the lawsuit was about forcing the cities to impose more drastic measures (e.g. ban diesel cars from cities) to stay within the «self imposed» nitrogen dioxide EU limits.

But in one new matter Thursday, defense lawyers questioned Howe about five different incidents in which he rented cars from different companies — Hertz, Avis, Budget — that ended in disputes about whether they had been returned, only to be found days or weeks after they were due back.

Ms. Mark - Viverito noted the bill would not impact Uber and Lyft drivers already on the road, simply stop new cars from entering the system.

The governor was brought in through the back door at about 5:30 p.m., while the New Yorkers arrived in small groups in several black cars from the nearby train station.

EDF Energy expects that the life extensions referred to increase the amount of CO2 avoided by a significant 340m tonnes, equivalent to removing all cars from UK roads for nearly five years.

Rich men get their ties from Brooks Brothers, their cars from Maybach, and, apparently, their $ 1,200 - an - hour call girls from madam Kristin Davis.

Cuomo took some hits on Twitter for touting self - driving cars from NYC residents who would like to see him focus on fixing the subway system.

RP2 requires lengthening all Pendolino trains to 11 cars from the current mix of 9 and 11, replacing some commuter trains with 125mph stock so as not to delay faster trains, dealing with bottlenecks at seven specific points along the line, adding platforms at Euston and Manchester, and laying more track into Birmingham.

Every Saturday night from 5:30 p.m. - 10 p.m. is Cruise Night where they have cars from all over, new and old, in their lot with music.

Wooden toys, like these neat cars from Hape, are a durable and more eco-friendly addition.

In response, Congress passed a law directing the U.S. Department of Transportation to issue new safety standards, including auto - reverse for power windows, additional mirrors, back - up cameras and sensors to reduce blind zones, and brake transmission shift interlocks, which prevent cars from being shifted out of park without the brake pedal.

Fed up with the city «s broken promise to remove abandoned cars from a lakefront parking lot, the president of the Chicago Park District board wants to withdraw an offer to the city to use the lot for holding cars towed under winter parking restrictions now in effect.

The 25 - year - old endured a tough upbringing on the streets of Tocopilla in Chile - playing football bare - footed, growing up in a single - storey iron shack and having to wash cars from the age of six.

Bernie will be attending the Festival of Speed for the first time and is bringing with him a wide variety of historic Grand Prix cars from his own personal collection.

Things were equally as exciting in the GTLM class as cars from Ferrari, Ford, Porsche and Corvette were locked in a thrilling battle for the lead.

There are also four rolling chassis show cars from 2015 and 2016 up for sale, so there could well be a few cheap F1 cars up for grabs.

Owner Bob Germain switched manufacturers from Toyota to Ford, buying cars from Roush Fenway and leasing engines from Roush - Yates.