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The Exorbitant External Costs Caused by the Trucking Industry
2015-06-08 17:49:42| Trucking - Topix.net
A new report from the Congressional Budget Office places the spotlight on the trucking industry in terms of the social, health ,and environmental costs it imposes on society but does not pay for, i.e., externalities. estimates that truck freight causes more than $58 to $129 billion annually in damages and social costs in the form of wear and tear on the roads, crashes, congestion and pollution - an amount well above and beyond what trucking companies currently pay in taxes," writes Because they don't pay the costs of these negative externalities, the firms that send goods by truck don't have to consider them when deciding how and where to ship goods.
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Climate change costs Pakistan $24bn annually
2015-06-08 15:05:17| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Times: Planning Commission Water Resources Chief Naseer Ahmed Gilani said on Sunday Pakistan is facing an annual loss of $24 billion due to the adverse impacts of climate change and environmental degradation. He was addressing to a seminar titled combating climate change impacts arranged by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) in connection with the World Environment Day. Speaking on the occasion he stressed for serious efforts towards environmental conservation with special focus on energy conservation...
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Honeywell Provides Dassault Falcon 5X with New Cockpit Technologies That Enhance Safety, Reduce Fuel Costs
2015-06-08 12:31:10| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
PHOENIX Building on its long-standing relationship with Dassault, Honeywell Aerospace (NYSE: HON) is supplying its advanced Primus Epic cockpit technologies to Dassault's newly unveiled Falcon 5X. Primus Epic's latest enhanced features have been customized for Dassault's EASy III cockpit. The new plane combines...
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Cutting plastic waste save marine life might raise living costs, Queensland MP says
2015-06-08 10:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Queensland opposition has urged the government to resist a scheme to cut marine wildlife deaths by restricting plastic bag use because they say it will raise the cost of living. The environment minister, Steven Miles, raised the issue of plastic waste causing deaths in turtles on Monday, World Oceans Day, while highlighting the governments establishment of an advisory group on ways to tackle the litter issue. Miles said turtles were particularly vulnerable, with 940 being stranded on Queensland...
Subaru raising 'brand value' to offset costs
2015-06-07 06:46:54| Automakers - Topix.net
Subaru is on a red-hot sales tear in the U.S. Now it's time to leverage that popularity to offset the mounting costs of making cleaner cars, the brand's global boss says. In an interview with Japan's Nihon Keizai business newspaper, the head of Subaru maker Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. didn't call outright for higher sticker prices.
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