The European Environment Agency has released a report that explores the key challenges that climate change poses to cities, the need for urban adaptation, and how urban challenges fit within a larger policy framework provided by regional, national...

The Mineta Transportation Institute has released a report that explores ecodriving. Ecodriving is a collection of changes to driving behavior and vehicle maintenance designed to impact fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in existing vehi...

Chatham House has released a report that explores the opportunities and risks for shipping industry and others that operate in the arctic. The report also focuses on the impact of climate change on the arctic region, energy prices, and the importa...

The Partnership for AiR Transportation Noise and Emissions Reduction (PARTNER) has released a report that examines the extent to which aircraft carbon dioxide emission standards may influence future aircraft fleet development, evolution, and assoc...

The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released a report that integrates research on climate science, disaster risk management, and adaptation to help inform policy discussions on how to reduce and manage the risks of ex...

The Mineta Transportation Institute has released a report that explores the effects of land-use and urban quality of life on transportation patterns.

The World Bank has released a report that explores the outlook for world air transport energy consumption; discusses air transport’s impact on the environment; and highlights potential energy efficiency gains in aircraft design, air service operat...

The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions has released a report designed to help facilitate the development of a common platform to account for greenhouse gas emissions reductions due to capturing and geologically storing carbon dioxide.

The Washington State Department of Transportation has released a report that develops a vulnerability assessment of the risks that climate change poses to the surface transportation infrastructure system in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska region.

VTI (the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute) has released a report that explores second-generation biofuels production technologies, use, energy efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions, and problems of land use. The report is writ...

The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions has released a policy brief that highlights potential opportunities to strengthen efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through multilateral agreements other than the U.N. Framework Convention on Cl...

The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, formerly the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, has released a report that provides an overview of clean energy standards (CESs) and explores federal and subnational options for CES policies.

The European Environment Agency has released a report that introduces a core set of indicators that will form the basis for an annual assessment of developments over the coming decade to meet a greenhouse gas emissions target for transport.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a report that highlights the results of a project in which the EPA, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, and state and local leaders in Iowa worked together to integrate the lat...

The European Environment Agency has released a report that provides an early estimate of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the European Union (EU) 15 and EU 27 for the year 2010. The official submission of 2010 data to the United Nations Framework...

The U.S. Federal Transit Administration has released a report that examines anticipated climate impacts on U.S. transit and current climate change adaptation efforts by domestic and foreign transit agencies. The report also explores the availabili...

The European Environment Agency has released a report that presents an overview of the progress achieved so far by the European Union (EU), its Member States, and other European Economic Area member countries towards their respective targets under...

The European Environment Agency has released a report that presents a retrospective overview of the greenhouse gas emission trends in Europe from 1990 to 2008.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released its annual report that presents an assessment of the outlook for international energy markets through 2035. The report includes a review of energy consumed in mov...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released its climate change adaptation plan, which was submitted to the Executive Office of the President’s Council on Environmental Quality, Office of the Federal Environmental Executive, on June 3, 2011.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has released the latest issue of its annual statistical compendium designed to characterize transportation activity and explore data on other factors that influence ...

TRB conducted a web briefing or "webinar" on September 26, 2011 that addressed procedures that could help state transportation departments prepare a greenhouse gas (GHG) emission inventory of their operations.  This webinar will provide parti...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that examines the current state of climate engineering science and technology, highlights experts’ views of the future of U.S. climate engineering research, and explores the potential...

The Federal Highway Administration has released a report that explores federal interagency efforts to collaborate on a project focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and using scenario planning to assess, mitigate, and adapt to climate chang...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and climate c...

The National Conference of State Legislatures has released a report that describes how climate change assumptions may influence climate change policy and outlines questions that lawmakers can ask to help them better understand the implication...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy program has released a report that provides an overview of trends in the fuel cell industry and markets, including product shipments, market development, and corporate performa...

On July 13, 2011, TRB conducted a web seminar or "webinar" that highlighted the findings of TRB Special Report 307: Policy Options for Saving Energy and Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transportation . TRB Special Report 307 examines the po...

The Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota has released a report that compares the greenhouse gas, economic, and environmental implications of various low-carbon fuel standards policies for vehicles operated on Minnesota ...

The Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) has released the proceedings of a March 25, 2010, conference in Ottawa, Ontario on quantifying and forecasting greenhouse gas emissions. The conference explored the state of practice in Canada and els...

The European Environment Agency has released its annual submission of the greenhouse gas inventory of the European Union to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. The document highlights greenho...

The University Transportation Center for Mobility, part of the Texas Transportation Institute, examines the potential impact of investing in intermodal terminals in rural Texas on roadway maintenance costs, greenhouse gases, and truck traffic in T...

The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has released a report that explores how existing weather conditions may affect the safe operation of commercial motor vehicles (CMV) on the nation’s highways. The report also examines the genera...

The North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation’s Commission for Environmental Cooperation has released a report that suggests that the policies, regulations, and incentives necessary to accomplish sustainable transportation at a contine...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and climate c...

The U.S. Maritime Administration has released a report that describes its marine highway program, which is intended to expand the use of U.S. inland, Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System, intracoastal, and coastal waterways for the transp...

TRB is sponsoring the conference on Rethinking Energy and Climate Strategies for Transportation on August 29-September 1, 2011, in Pacific Grove, California. The conference will explore new strategies and government approaches related to transport...

The Washington State Department of Transportation has released a report that explores the effect of sidewalks on travel patterns. The report also attempts to relate sidewalk availability with vehicle miles traveled and greenhouse gas emissions.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released a report that includes the latest estimates of emissions for carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and other greenhouse gases in the United States.

Texas A&M University’s University Transportation Center for Mobility has released a report designed to develop a greater understanding of decision and policy processes in regard to climate change and adaptation, with a particular emphasis on c...

On April 7, 2011, TRB conducted a web briefing or "webinar" that explored activities that are being undertaken by two state departments of transportation to adapt to climate change . For more details, view a summary of this webinar.  This web...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report that explores key challenges in assessing the quality of different types of carbon offsets that produce reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in one place to compensate for emi...

On March 24, 2011, TRB conducted a web briefing or "webinar" that explored general threats of climate change to transportation facilities and operations, climate adaptation resources , and specific state planning acti vities that address the impa...

The Center for Transportation and the Environment at North Carolina State University has released the final report of a June 2010 workshop that developed research ideas related to four cross-cutting topics: climate change, energy, livability, and ...

The Pew Center on Global Climate Change has released a report that identifies opportunities possible in transportation reauthorization legislation and the use of existing legislative authority that could save oil and potentially reduce g...

The Pew Center on Global Climate Change has released a primer on both federal surface transportation authorization and the main recipient of funding from the legislation, the federal highway trust fund (HTF). The primer is designed to complement a...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels and Advance Vehicles Data Center has released a guide that provides 2011 model year vehicle-specific information that covers vehicle specifications, fuel economy, price, and air pollution and green...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and climate c...

The Pew Center on Global Climate Change has released a report that explores the use of a risk management approach to address climate and energy policy.

The Royal Academy of Engineering has released a report that explores how innovation and new engineering approaches can boost the climate resilience of the U.K.’s energy, water, and transportation infrastructure.

The Center for Clean Air Policy has released a report that explores how application of smart growth principles may improve the bottom line for businesses, households, and governments by increasing property values, cutting fuel and infrastructure c...

The Pew Center on Global Climate Change has released a report that examines the prospects for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S. transportation sector.

TRB’s Environmental Impacts of Aviation Committee will host its annual summer meeting on May 19-20, 2011 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. This open meeting will provide attendees with the opportunity to contribute to the planning of the 2012 TRB 91st...

Resources for the Future has released a report that explores ways for U.S. policymakers to engage China on climate change issues, including emissions reductions and energy conservation.

Resources for the Future has released a report that explores ways to estimate the welfare effects of energy efficiency standards applied to automobiles and electricity-using durables.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) has released a report that explores the activities and accomplishments of Clean Cities coordinators. Clean Cities, part of the EERE’s Vehicle Technologies Prog...

The Pew Center on Global Climate Change has released a report that examines why and how most international regimes evolve gradually, rather than through dramatic step-changes. The report outlines evolutionary pathways within and outside the UN Fra...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and c...

The National Center for Transit Research at the University of South Florida has released a report that explores five transportation planning processes used in Florida to determine how greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions considerations can be incorporat...

The Australian Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency has released a report that identifies the priorities for preparing Australia’s coasts for climate change as identified during the National Climate Change Forum in early 2010. The fo...

The Congressional Budget Office has released a report that examines three mechanisms that could be used as part of a cap-and-trade program to help prevent greenhouse gas emission allowance prices from reaching unexpected highs and lows.

Resources for the Future has released a report that examines opportunities for a national energy policy by examining the effects of oil policy options on transportation, the impacts of policies to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) on the electricity sec...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and c...

On November 3, 2010, TRB conducted a web briefing or "Webinar" that explored the impacts of climate change and methods that can be used by transportation agencies to adapt to a changing environment.  For more details, view a summary of this w...

TRB is sponsoring the conference on Strategies for Meeting Critical Data Needs for Decision Making in State and Metropolitan Transportation Agencies on December 5-7, 2011, in Irvine, California. The conference is designed to examine the key data p...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a minor update to its MOVES2010 (Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator) model, a tool used to estimate emissions released by highway vehicles. The update, MOVES2010a, incorporates new car and ...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has released a report that explores the history of the diesel engine, its current uses in transportation vehicles, and the challenges it faces relative to increasing ...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has launched a new website that highlights the basics about renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies, including how they work, what they're used for, and h...

The Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage has released a report that explores a series of recommendations designed to overcome the barriers to the widespread, cost-effective deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) within ...

North Carolina State University’s Center for Transportation and the Environment has released the final report a 2010 workshop that explores the research ideas collected from the attendees at the meeting. The report also highlights existing and ong...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has released the latest issue of its annual statistical compendium designed to characterize transportation activity and explore data on other factors that influence ...

The Australian Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency has released a report that is designed to help companies and individuals estimate greenhouse gas emissions for their own purposes, voluntary action, and for reference.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that explores the greenhouse gas emission inventories from various economically and less economically developed nations in order to help determine what is known about the comparabilit...

A U.S. Congressional Research Service report has been released that explores the Environmental Protection Agency’s use of its existing authority under the Clean Air Act to promulgate regulations and set standards for greenhouse gas emissions.

An updated version of a U.S. Congressional Research Service report has been released that explores the Environmental Protection Agency’s use of its existing authority under the Clean Air Act to promulgate regulations and set standards for gre...

The Mineta Transportation Institute has released a report that explores how a spatial economic model can be used to evaluate the equity effects of land use and transport policies intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency has released a report that explores global emissions of carbon dioxide.

A Congressional Research Service report explores the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s December 15, 2009, determination that the combined greenhouse gas emissions from new motor vehicles in the United States contribute to an "endangerment" fr...

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has released a report that explores the incentives provided by the biofuel tax credits for producing different types of biofuels and examines whether they favor one type of biofuel over others. In addition, the...

The U.K. Department for Transport (DfT) has released a report that explores good-practice initiatives across a range of different authorities to reduce transport emissions and adapt to climate change. The report examines the challenges, drivers, a...

The Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University has released a report that explores the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission changes that result from individuals participating in a carsharing organization.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and c...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has released a report that explores the results of a December 8, 2009, peer exchange on current climate change adaptation activities and strategic needs. The report summarizes participant presentation...

The National Academies have released a podcast, as part of the Sounds of Science series, that highlights TRB Special Report 298 : Driving and the Built Environment: Effects of Compact Development on Motorized Travel, Energy Use, and CO2 Emiss...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and c...

The American Transportation Research Institute has released a report that explores greenhouse gas reporting tools and emissions models. The report is designed to highlight the efficacy and applicability of the models to trucking industry operation...

The United States Conference of Mayors has released a report that highlights the practices of large and small cities designed to reduce their communities’ impacts on climate change.

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has released its annual report that inventories greenhouse gas emissions within the European Union. According to the report, the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions have picked up the pace of their downward trend.

The International Transport Forum has released a report that explores recent developments in global transport markets and examines what policies seem to have the most potential for stabilizing CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions from light‐duty vehic...

The Royal Academy of Engineering has released a report that explores the challenge of ensuring that the U.K. electricity supply system can cope with charging tens of millions of vehicles while still reducing greenhouse gas emissions from power gen...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that explores regional information on projected climate change effects that are most relevant to the U.S. highway system. The report is designed to help inform assessments of the risks ...

The International Transport Forum has released a report that explores the greenhouse gas emission trends from the transport sector and examines the outcome of the United Nations Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Chan...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and c...

The National Governors Association has released a report that explores the work in 12 states on initiatives to improve energy efficiency, promote alternative energy sources, and lower greenhouse gas emissions.

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has released a report that explores the effects that policies to reduce greenhouse gases would have on employment, including employment in the transportation sector.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has released a report that examines greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions levels and trends from the transportation sector and analyzes the full range of strategies available to reduce these emissions. The report is ...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released a report that examines the level and drivers of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in the United States in 2009. According to EIA, 2009 saw the largest absol...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a report that explores information on how local governments have planned, designed, and implemented approaches that encourage smart growth in their communities.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and c...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency Renewable Energy program has released a brochure that highlights its  web-based collection of tools, databases, calculators, and interactive maps designed to help people driver smarter, use le...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a letter report that explores the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Environmental Protection Agency’s partnership for setting fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standa...

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has released a report that examines the government’s commitment of resources to studying climate change and reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, most notably carbon dioxide. The report explores information o...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that explores the implications of different methods for selling emission allowances, based in part on experiences of the ten northeastern states participating in the Regional Greenhou...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and c...

The Public Policy Institute of California has released a report that examines potential options for reducing motor vehicle emissions.

The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that explores a proposed practice to guide the review of local and metropolitan planning organizations’ strategies to reduce vehicle miles of travel and greenhouse gas emissions relate...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and c...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Office of Transportation and Air Quality has released a report that analyzes lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from increased renewable fuels use. According to the report, lifecycle GHG emi...

A Congressional Research Service report explores the European Community’s five years of experience in designing and operating a greenhouse gas trading system as a potential means to provide some insight into cap-and-trade design issues currently b...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s U.S. Energy Information Administration has released a brief designed to explain the cap-and-trade program concept related to greenhouse gas emissions.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Center has released a report that explores challenges and priority research and development needs associated with various hydrogen fuel production technologies.

The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) has released a report that estimates the energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions on four roadways over a 60-year period. The report is in Swedish with an English summary.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy office has released a guide to 2010 model year alternative fuel or advanced technology vehicles.

The Australian Department of Climate Change has released its framework that identifies national climate change science priorities for the coming decade and sets out ways to harness the nation’s science capacity to help address these priorities.

The U.K. Department for Transportation has released a report that provides the latest information on people’s attitudes towards climate change in relation to transport and to what extent attitudes have changed over time.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and c...

The Association of American Railroads has released a report that explores the fuel efficiency of freight rail.

Australia’s Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics has released a report that explores recent trends in transport demand, energy use, and emission levels; and provides projections out to 2020 about greenhouse gas emissions from...

The International Transport Forum and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Joint Transport Research Centre has released a report that includes the preliminary findings of a work group exploring transport greenhouse gas (GHG...

The Environmental Protection Agency has released a report that explores key trends in carbon dioxide emissions, fuel economy and technology usage related to model year 1975 through 2009 light-duty vehicles sold in the United States.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and c...

On  Wednesday, December 2, 2009, TRB conducted a web briefing or "Webinar" that explored the findings of TRB Special Report 299: A Transportation Research Program for Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change and Conserving Ene...

TRB is cosponsoring a symposium on Climate Change and Ships: Increased Energy Efficiency on February 16-17, 2010, in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. The symposium is designed to explore greenhouse gases and the energy efficiency design index, technic...

A Congressional Research Service report explores the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on June 26, 2009, to the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, which was introduced in the U.S. Se...

The European Environmental Agency of the European Union (EU) has released a report that examines the current and projected progress of EU countries toward their respective targets under the Kyoto Protocol and of progress towards the EU target for ...

The International Energy Agency has released a report that explores trends in energy use and emissions by business sector, country, and region. The special early excerpt discusses ways that the energy sector can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to...

The Institute of Transport Economics (TØI) of the Norwegian Centre for Transport Research has released a report that explores whether or not greenhouse gas emissions would be reduced if improvements were made to Norway’s road network. The report i...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and c...

The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) has released a report that examines the extent to which large-scale financial investment in high-speed railways is a cost-effective way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.   Th...

On October 6, 2009, TRB conducted a web briefing or "Webinar" that explored the actions taken by metropolitan planning organizations and state departments of transportation to address the impacts of climate change.  For more de...

A U.S. Congressional Research Service report explores seven studies that project the costs of H.R. 2454 to 2030 or beyond.

The National Center for Transit Research at the University of South Florida has released a report that explores development of a series of enhancements to the Trip Reduction Impacts of Mobility Management Strategies (TRIMMS) model. TRIMMS is desig...

The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development has released the executive summary of a report that explores ways to abate world greenhouse gas emissions at the least cost.

The Scottish and United Kingdom's Inland Waterways Advisory Council has released a report that explores changes in the use of inland waterways in England and Wales that could contribute to reducing the extent of climate change. The report also exa...

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has released an issue brief that examines regulatory standards and how they could affect the overall cost of implementing a cap-and-trade program in the United States.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and c...

On September 10, 2009, TRB conducted a web briefing or "Webinar" that explored ways to incorporate climate change impacts into transportation system planning. For more details,  view a summary of this webinar. Email Reggie Gillum at...

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has released a report that examines the synthesis and assessment report on the annual greenhouse gas inventories of Annex I Parties of the United Nations. Countries submitted their reports ...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and c...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration has released a report that explores short-term projections for U.S. carbon dioxide emissions of the three fossil fuels: coal, natural gas, and petroleum.

The Argonne National Laboratory has released a report that explores the energy use and greenhouse gas emissions of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has launched a new website designed to highlight strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation.

A U.S. Congressional Research Service report explores the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 as passed by the House of Representatives on July 26, 2009.

The Transportation Research Institute of the University of Michigan has released a report that examines the effects of recent changes in the fuel economy of purchased new vehicles and the amount of driving on carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S.

The U.S. Senate Committee Environment and Public Works held a hearing to examine ways that the transportation sector can reduce greenhouse gas emissions.  Witness testimonies and a video of the hearing are available online.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and c...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has released the latest issue of its annual statistical compendium designed to characterize transportation activity and explore data on other factors that influence ...

The World Resources Institute has released a report that explores the use of biofuels to reduce emissions, and reviews other solutions to providing fuel to meet transportation needs.

On June 30, 2009, TRB conducted a web briefing or "Webinar" that explored the fundamentals of climate change and legislation related to climate change and transportation. For more details,  view a summary of this webinar. Email Reggie G...

The White House has released a report that examines current and pending impacts of global climate change in the United States.  The report, coordinated by the United States Global Change Research Program, is authored by 30 government scientis...

Australia’s Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, and Local Government has released a report that provides a short summary of a diverse range of transport statistics.  Topics include employment, gross domestic product...

TRB’s Environmental Analysis in Transportation Committee Summer Meeting and Conference will be held July 13-16, 2009, in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.  The meeting and accompanying conference will explore climate change in transportation from...

The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Foundation has released a report that explores policy approaches and technologies that have the potential to be used by governments and industry to reduce oil usage and carbon dioxide emissions.

The Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, and Energy has released a report that examines potential ways to connect transportation planning in developing countries with the international negotiations on a post-2012 climate change agreement.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration's Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and ...

The United Kingdom Parliament has released a report that examines greenhouse gas emissions through shipping, the role of the United Kingdom to mitigate emissions, and policy approaches to address shipping emissions.  

The Union of Concerned Scientists has released a report that explores the economic and technological feasibility of meeting targets for reducing global warming emissions, with a cap set at 26 percent below 2005 levels by 2020, and 56 percent belo...

The Transportation and Climate Change Clearinghouse of the U.S. Department of Transportation has released a series of brief reports that provide an introduction to climate change issues. The reports examine climate science and impacts, technologi...

The U.K. Department of Transport has released a report that explores ways to improve new car fuel efficiency standards, as related to a proposed European Union Regulation on car carbon dioxide emissions.

The Mineta Transportation Institute has released a report that examines greenhouse gas emission reduction policies that are being considered in the transportation sector in the wake of more stringent emission reduction targets envisaged in a post-...

The Biomass Research and Development Initiative has released a report that examines the economic analysis of feedstocks to produce biofuels, and its impact on sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions.

The Center for Clean Air Policy has released a report that explores the possible legal and policy issues involved with regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportatio...

On March 26, 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing to explore ways to design climate change legislation to reduce or eliminate price volatility while still achieving specific science-based environmenta...

A U.S. Congressional Research Service report explores the fundamentals of climate change policy, including current understandings and controversies, an update on the status of domestic and international policies, and available tools to address cl...

The Transportation and Climate Change Clearinghouse of the U.S. Department of Transportation has released a report that explores preliminary results of the New Mexico Department of Transportation’s Carbon Sequestration Pilot Program.

TRB is sponsoring the 2009 Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Air Quality Conference July 28-29, 2009, Denver, Colorado.  The conference is designed to explore the latest research in the coordination of transportation, land use, and air ...

The RAND Corporation has released its conference proceedings from three workshops that examined the intersection between climate change mitigation policy and the transportation and energy sectors.  The conference proceedings explore key them...

The United Kingdom’s Commission for Integrated Transport has released a report that examines the use of Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA) systems, and the impact that ISA may have on road safety and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportatio...

A U.S. Congressional Research Service report explores a carbon tax or price control approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and how it compares to the cap-and-trade or quantity control approach.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released the testimony of John Stephenson, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology Subcommittee on Energy and Environm...

The Energy Information Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy has released a report that examines the environmental and energy efficiency attributes of light-duty diesel vehicles.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportatio...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has released the latest issue of its Successes in Stewardship monthly newsletter, which highlights current environmental streamlining practices from around the United States.  This issue explore...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportatio...

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has released a report that describes the context for the department’s sustainability plan and the vision and framework for ODOT’s sustainability goals and strategies.  According to a...

TRB has produced a website designed to serve as a gateway to information on TRB activities and products addressing transportation and climate change.  In addition to information on TRB’s projects, activities, and publications in the ar...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office GAO has released a report that explores the effects of and lessons learned from the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) phase I (2005 to 2007) and the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Develo...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office GAO has released a report that explores the effects of and lessons learned from the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) phase I (2005 to 2007) and the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Develo...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issues of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportati...

The Environmental Defense Fund has released a report that explores the issue of accounting for potential societal benefits associated with reducing global warming pollution as part of federal rulemakings in the area of greenhouse gas emission red...

The European Renewable Energy Council has released a report that explores the transport sector’s energy efficiency potential.

The RAND Corporation has released a report that explores coal-to-liquids and Canadian oil sands technologies, examines possible impacts on fuel costs from future limitations on carbon dioxide emissions, and compares estimated costs of the alterna...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the inaugural issues of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transport...

The International Transport Forum and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Joint Transport Research Centre has released a report that explores how climate change policy may affect competition, prices, and profitabili...

The European Environmental Agency has released a report that explores the impacts of Europe’s changing climate, including an increased risk of floods and droughts; losses of biodiversity; threats to human health; and damage to economic sect...

TRB is cosponsoring the European Transport Conference 2008 on October 6-8, 2008, in Leiden, the Netherlands.  The conference is designed to explore transport policy and operations across a broad spectrum of transportation modes, with a focus...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that explores the possibilities for integrating climate change considerations into long-range transportation planning at state departments of transportation (DOTs) and metropolitan pla...

The Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released a report that explores government policies to promote greater production and use of biofuel.  According to the report, government support of biofuel production in ...

The National Transport Commission (NTC) of Australia has released a report that explores greenhouse gas emissions associated with freight transport and proposes long-term actions for managing and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from freight tra...

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has released a letter report that examines options for offsetting the economic impact on low- and moderate-income households of a cap-and-trade program for carbon dioxide emissions.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report that explores the opinions of experts on actions the U.S. Congress might consider to address climate change and what is known about the potential benefits, costs, and uncertain...

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has released a report that explores policy instruments available to address oil security and climate change.  The report also examines their interaction with measures to manage conge...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration has released a report that explores the greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program that would be established by the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007 (S.2191).  Th...

On April 24, 2008, the United State Senate’s Committee on Finance held a hearing to explore the effects of a carbon dioxide emissions cap-and-trade program on the economy and how such a program might be designed.  Opening statements of...

A U.S. Congressional Research Service report explores the issue of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions offsets as part of a GHG emissions reduction program.  According to the report, an offset is a measurable reduction, avoidance, or sequestratio...

The Victoria, Australia, government has released a report that explores the potential for reductions in greenhouse emissions across the energy, transport, agriculture, forestry, waste, and industrial sectors.  The report examines areas for f...

On March 28, 2008, TRB conducted a web-seminar or “webinar” that explored the potential impacts of climate change on transportation through two major studies released by TRB and by the U.S. Department of Transportation. For more details,  vi...

The U.S. Department of Transportation has released a report that explores the vulnerabilities of transportation systems in the Gulf Coast region to potential changes in weather patterns and related impacts, as well as the effect of natural land s...

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has released a report that explores six projects —implemented in the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and the United Kingdom—that were designed to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and contribu...

Australia’s Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, and Local Government has released a report that provides a short summary of a diverse range of transport statistics.  Topics include employment, gross domestic ...

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has released a brief examines how policymakers’ decisions about allocating CO2 emission allowances would affect the total cost of a cap-and-trade policy to the U.S. economy, as well as the distribution o...

The American Public Transportation Association has released presentations from a January 22, 2008, policy forum that explored public transportation’s role in greenhouse gas reduction and energy conservation strategies, including land use de...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Center for Climate Change and Environmental Forecasting has released a report that explores the potential impact of sea level rise on land and transportation infrastructure in coastal areas of the eas...

The European Environment Agency has released a report that reviews existing information on economic costs of climate change at a European level.  The report also explores methodological issues and uncertainties of cost estimation, examines i...

The Pew Center on Global Climate Change has released a report that explores options for negotiating a post-2012 climate change agreement and examines an integrated multi-track approach in which different commitment types are agreed to in a single...

The World Resource Institute has released a report that explores the potential impact of proposed fuel efficiency standards in both the United States and the European Union on long-term greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light trucks.

A Congressional Research Service-produced report measures each state’s greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity.  GHG intensity is a measure of GHG emissions from sources within a state compared with a state's economic output (gross state produc...

The Pew Center on Global Climate Change has released a report that includes four case studies that explore particular climate vulnerabilities in the Midwest, West, Gulf Coast, and Chesapeake Bay regions.  The report explores the impacts of c...

TRB is sponsoring the Innovations in Travel Demand Forecasting 2008 conference on June 22-24, 2008, in Portland, Oregon.  The conference will explore include linking demand and dynamic network models, approaches to modeling traveler response...

The European Environment Agency has released a report that assesses the progress of European Union (EU) Member States, EU candidate Countries, and other European Environment Agency member countries towards their respective targets under the Kyoto...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released its annual report that inventories the anthropogenic (human-caused) greenhouse gases in the United States.  The report presents the Energy Information Administration’s latest estimates o...

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has released the statement of Peter R. Orszag, director of CBO at the CBO’s Director’s Conference on Climate Change.

The U.S. Climate Change Science Program has published a report that attempts to quantify North America’s net contribution of carbon to the atmosphere and to catalogue sources and sinks of carbon on the continent.   The report anal...

The World Resources Institute (WRI) has released a report that explores recent information and historical trends of greenhouse gas emissions in eight Midwest States--Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin.&nbs...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration has released its annual report of international energy statistics.  The report presents an overview of key international energy trends for production, consumption, impor...

The U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) has released a report that explores the potential effects of climate change on energy production and use in the United States and identifies where research could potentially reduce uncertainties abou...

A recently released report from Environmental Defense on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from cars indicates that the overall per-vehicle CO2 emissions rate dropped in 2005 for the first time in 20 years. According to the report, the drop is partl...

The American Public Transportation Association has released a report that explores the net carbon dioxide (CO2) savings for the United States that is achieved by public transportation’s current level of service.  The report also examin...

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has released a report, prepared at the request of the Subcommittee on Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, th...

The Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP) has released a report that explores how key changes in land development patterns may help reduce vehicle greenhouse gas emissions.  CCAP’s mission is to significantly advance cost-effective and pr...

A U.S. Congressional Research Service report compares several bills in the 110th Congress of the United States that address passenger vehicle fuel economy in general and the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program specifically.  The re...

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has released a report that explores issues associated with preparing the national transportation system to meet future needs.  According to a press release on th...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has released the latest issue of its annual statistical compendium designed to characterize transportation activity and explore data on other factors that infl...

The U.S. National Academy of Sciences has joined 12 other national science academies in calling on world leaders -- particularly G8 leaders, who will meet in June -- to address global climate change and energy-access issues by promoting low carbo...

On Wednesday, May 16, 2007, the U.S. House of Representative Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held a hearing to explore climate change and energy independence issues for surface transportation, public buildings, aviation, and water ...

On May 10, 2007, the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held a hearing to explore proposals from the George W. Bush Administration to address climate changes and achieve energy independence.  Additional background on t...

The United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released the second of three reports planned by the panel of international scientists.  The latest report suggests that climate change is already affecting the global en...

The Center for Clean Air Policy has released a guidebook designed to help state and local officials explore the extent to which policy decisions impact air pollution energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.  A free login is required to view ...

The European Commission has proposed a comprehensive package of measures to establish a new energy policy for Europe designed to combat climate change and boost the European Union’s energy security and competitiveness. The package of propos...

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released a report that it describes as a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the current state of knowledge on climate change.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released a report, which was requested by members of the U.S. Senate, that assesses the impacts of a proposal that would regulate emissions of greenhouse gases thro...

The European Commission has proposed a comprehensive package of measures to establish a new energy policy for Europe designed to combat climate change and boost the European Union's energy security and competitiveness. The package of proposals se...

TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has announced the addition of four projects to those being undertaken as part of its fiscal year 2007 activities.  Detailed project statements formally soliciting proposals for these ne...

The latest issue of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) newsLane newsletter is now available. The BRT newsLane is funded by the Federal Transit Administration and is designed to update BRT communities, industrial partners, bus manufacturers, and stakehol...

The European Environment Agency has released the European Community's initial report under the Kyoto Protocol that sets the maximum amount of greenhouse gases the European Union-15 can emit between 2008-2012 (excluding the Kyoto mechanisms). The ...

The Center for Climate Change and Environmental Forecasting, an initiative of the U.S. Department of Transportation, has released its strategic plan for 2006 to 2010.

The Center for Climate Change and Environmental Forecasting, an initiative of the U.S. Department of Transportation, has updated its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventories to include 2004 data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EP...

The Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP) has released an analysis of the costs and implications of policies, including those in the transport sector, to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) in Brazil, China, and India.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released its annual report that inventories the anthropogenic (human-caused) greenhouse gases in the United States.  The report presents the Energy Information Administration’s latest estimates o...

The Treasury, the United Kingdom's economics and finance ministry, has released a report that examines the economics of climate change.  The report explores the nature of the economic challenges associated with climate change and how those c...

The European Environmental Agency (EEA) has released a report that explores past and projected greenhouse gas emissions from European Union member states and other EEA member countries.

The European Commission has released a plan designed to reduce energy consumption in Europe by 20% by 2020.  The Action Plan on Energy Efficiency, which will be implemented over the next six years, was developed in response to a call for a r...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Center for Climate Change and Environmental Forecasting has released a report that explores exhaust emission factors for carbon dioxide and methane from different heavy-duty compressed natural gas and...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Center for Climate Change and Environmental Forecasting has released a report on the findings of a June 7-9, 2006, workshop that explored the potential impacts of aviation on climate change.  The...

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has released a report that explores qualitative findings from research on the relative efficacy—as well as the appropriate timing—of various policies that might discourage emissions of carbon dioxi...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released the Climate Change Technology Program (CCTP) Strategic Plan, which details measures to accelerate the development and reduce the cost of new and advanced technologies that avoid, reduce, or capture...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration has released a report that analyzes the impacts of the Keep America Competitive Global Warming Policy Act (H.R. 5049), which would implement a market-based allowance program ...

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy and Transport has released a report that examines several scenarios in the field of energy efficiency and renewable energy sources, reflecting policies currently under discussion with...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released a report that provides estimates for U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from different energy sources.  These estimates are considered to be preliminary. More detailed estimates of greenhouse gas e...

The U.S. Department of Energy has released a report that provides an assessment of international energy markets with projections of worldwide energy production and consumption by fuel type and region to the year 2030. The report also provides pro...

The National Association of Regional Councils has released a compendium of information from ten workshops held from 2001 through 2005 on Integrating Air Quality and Transportation.  Topics of the workshops included smart growth and alternati...

The U.S. Department of Energy has released an executive summary of its annual report on estimates of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide emissions.  The report also includes estimated emissions of other gases such as hydrofluorocarbon...

The European Conference of Ministers of Transport has released a report that analyzes the cost effectiveness of carbon dioxide (CO2) mitigation options in the transport sector and compares these with similar options in other sectors.

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration, has released the online version of the latest issues of the Journal of Transportation statis...

Transport Canada has released a report that examines the cost of urban traffic congestion for Canada’s nine largest urban areas--Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa-Gatineau, Toronto, Hamilton, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver.  Th...

In an effort to lay out some of the key questions and design elements of a national “cap-and-trade” greenhouse gas program, Senators Pete Domenici and Jeff Bingaman in February 2006 issued a white paper, Design Elements of a Mandatory...

The University of California–Davis Institute of Transportation Studies has posted presentations associated with the August 23-26, 2005, Tenth Biennial Conference on Transportation Energy and Environmental Policy.  The conference examin...

The Pew Center on Global Climate Change has released what it describes as a comprehensive plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.  The plan identifies both broad and specific policies, combining recommendations on econo...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Center for Climate Change and Environmental Forecasting has released a report that examines the long-range transportation planning process presently being undertaken by state departments of transporta...

Press releases highlighting awards and events at the 85th Annual Meeting, January 22-26, 2006, include the following: 2006 Officers and New Members of TRB Executive Committee Announced Climate Change Expert Ralph Cicerone to Speak at TRB Chairman...

The U.S. Department of Energy has released its annual inventory of anthropogenic (human-caused) greenhouse gases in the United States.

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the Division of Earth and Life Studies (DELS) Committee on Climate Change and U.S. Transportation held its first meeting on October 20-21, 2005, in Washington, D.C.  The committee is examining the ...

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy and Transport has released a green paper that is designed to renew energy-efficiency initiatives at all levels of European society – European Union, national, regional, and loca...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has issued a report that examines federal climate change funding for 1993 through 2004, as reported by the Office of Management and Budget and the Climate Change Science Program.  The report reviews ...

The U.K Commission for Integrated Transport (CfIT) has released a report that examines the effectiveness of existing transport policy in meeting the nation’s commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2010.  The report also asse...

WestStart-CALSTART has released the inaugural issue of its quarterly newsletter that reports on fuel cell and hydrogen technology in transit bus applications. WestStart-CALSTART is a non-profit organization that works with the public and private ...

The Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP) has released the first part its web-based CCAP Transportation Emissions Guidebook.  The guidebook is designed to help users assess the air pollution, energy use, and greenhouse gas emissions benefits of...

The U.S. Department of Transportation Center for Climate Change and Environmental Forecasting has released a report produced in partnership with the New York State Department of Transportation that assesses the transportation-related components o...

The Government of Canada has launched the first phase of Project Green by releasing an updated plan for a healthy environment and a competitive economy.  The plan includes a targeted gas tax transfer of $5 billion of federal funds over five ...

Presentations are now available from the Workshop on Impacts of Global Climate Change on Hydraulics, Hydrology, and Transportation held on March 7, 2005, in Washington, D.C.  The U.S. Department of Transportation Center for Climate Change an...

The Congressional Budget Office has released an Economic and Budget Issues Brief that compares policies that would set a price for United States fossil fuel-related emissions of carbon dioxide with policies that would cap such emissions.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Center for Climate Change and Environmental Forecasting has released a report that estimates survival curves for locomotives and marine vessels--that is, functions that describe the fraction of equipm...

The Congressional Research Service has updated a report that reviews the status of climate science, international negotiations, and congressional activity focused specifically on climate change.

The first results from climateprediction.net, an Oxford University-led global experiment, indicates that average temperatures could eventually rise by up to 11°C - even if carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are limited to twice those fou...

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office(CBO) has released a report that provides an overview of the sources of uncertainty that CBO believes may limit the understanding of climate change and complicate the assessment of policies to address it. The r...

The U.S. Department of Energy annual inventory of human-caused greenhouse gases in the United States is available.  The report presents the Energy Information Administration’s latest estimates of emissions for carbon dioxide, methane, ...

The Pew Center on Global Climate Change has released two reports that examine issues facing governments and stakeholders as they begin weighing options for strengthening the international climate change effort beyond 2012.  The two reports&n...

The U.S. Congressional Research Service has recently updated a report that provides background on the Kyoto Protocol.

The Australia Department of Transport and Regional Services’ Bureau of Transport and Regional Economic has released a report that examines the potential financial impacts of climate change on roadway agencies.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration has released its annual historical data summary for world energy production, consumption, and carbon dioxide emissions.

The Aspen Institute and the Pew Center on Global Climate Change have released the proceedings from their Climate Change Policy Dialogue held on November 14–17, 2003. Those in attendance -- who included representatives of the energy, mining, and au...

The U.K. Department for Transport (DfT) has released a report that examines the impacts that climate change could have on transportation and includes recommendations designed to help ready DfT to address potential impacts.

A letter from the U.S. General Accounting Office to Senators Ernest F. Hollings and John Kerry identifies likely reasons for the differences between the Energy Information Administration’s $397 billion estimated economic costs to the United States...

The U.S. Department of Energy has released a report that presents a portfolio of federal research and development investments in climate change technology development and deployment.

The U.S. Department of Energy has released a report that describes Administration initiatives, as well as other research, development, and deployment activities taking place in the field of climate change technology.

A report released by the Louisiana Transportation Research Center explores the potential greenhouse gas benefits achievable through better integration of passenger ferries with land transportation systems, considering ferry technology and fue...

A report released by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Center for Climate Change and Environmental Forecasting reviews some currently used methods for representing advanced technology vehicles in engineering and market simulation models, and...

A report released by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Center for Climate Change and Environmental Forecasting assesses the potential of gasoline substitutes to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (GHG) by automobil...

Government policies will be critical to the development and adoption of new technologies needed to abate global warming, according to a report released by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. The report, U.S. Technology and Innovation Policies...

A report produced by the Canadian Parliament’s Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry examines the effects of climate change on Canada’s agricultural and forestry sectors and rural communities.

In a letter report to the Ranking Members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, the U.S. General Accounting Office examines how greenhouse gas emissions and the...

Congestion charges should be introduced nationally in the United Kingdom and added on top of fuel taxes to help reduce traffic and pollution, according to a report published by the Institute for Public Policy Research. The report also suggests th...

A report released by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Center for Climate Change and Environmental Forecasting evaluates how states and local areas might contribute to greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction through transportation planning.

The University of California Transportation Center has published the results of a study that examines the environmental and economic costs and benefits of recycling asphalt pavements. Environmental impacts are traced through the related life-cycle...

According to a report released by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change -- U.S. Energy Scenarios for the 21st Century -- mandatory climate change policy is needed to address carbon emissions, regardless of how the future unfolds.

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from U.S. Transportation, a Pew Center on Global Climate Change report, attempts to identify policies and technologies aimed at reducing transportation's greenhouse gas emissions.

The Pew Center on Global Climate Change has released two new reports examining design options for a U.S. greenhouse gas emissions reduction program. One report reviews lessons of emissions trading; the other evaluates multiple options for program ...

A European Union consortium study predicts that the world will have an energy and environmental crisis by 2030 if research activities and policies are not implemented to cut greenhouse gases and better promote the deployment of renewable energies.

According to a Massachusetts Institute of Technology study, hydrogen-powered cars may not perform better than hybrid diesel-electric vehicles, in terms of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, until after 2020.

Encouraging wage earners to use public transport plays a vital role in meeting environment objectives, particularly the challenge of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to report by the European Conference of Ministers of Transport's Roun...

A National Governor's Association report cites expanding transportation choices, conserving greenspaces, and promoting new community designs as effective smart-growth strategies to reduce greenhouse gases.

A new report Transportation in Developing Countries: Greenhouse Gas Scenarios for Chile, prepared for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, addresses changes in transportation, energy use, and greenhouse gas emissions, and other environmental i...

Combined transport, using both rail and road, is not inherently superior to pure road transport in energy consumption and CO2 emissions according to a study jointly commissioned by the International Road Transport Union and Bundesverband G%FCterkr...