Transportation
News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in the transportation industry.
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03-13-08
United Technologies Corp. Scholarship Program to Increase Support for FIRST Robotics Teams
HARTFORD, Conn., March 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) today announced a new scholarship program to support new FIRST Robotics Competition teams. The program opens this year for new high-school teams that have never competed and plan to en...
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03-05-08
Next-Generation GM Hybrid System Announced in Geneva
GENEVA - March 5, 2008 - As another key element in its overall global strategy to improve fuel economy and reduce oil consumption and CO2 emissions, General Motors Chairman Rick Wagoner announced today that GM will introduce a second-generation version of the GM Hybrid Syste...
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02-26-08
United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX) publishes 2007 Corporate Responsibility Report
Cutting carbon emissions is perfectly compatible with increasing returns to shareholders, as United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) demonstrates in its Corporate Responsibility Report 2007, available at www.utc.com/responsibility.
UTC re...
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02-18-08
Abraham Lincoln Goes Green This President's Day
HARTFORD, CT.- February 18, 2008 "“ America's traditional red, white, and blue celebration over President's Day Weekend turns green this year with the opening to the public of the President Lincoln and Soldiers’ Home National Monument. A $15 million rehabilitation gives t...
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12-11-07
Transurban Releases 2007 Sustainability Report
December 11, 2007 - Transurban Group has published its second Sustainability Report. The report covers activities for the financial year 2006/2007 and is available online at http://www.transurban.com.
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12-07-07
Transurban Group (ASX:TCL) publishes Sustainability Report 2007
Transurban Group has published its second Sustainability Report. The report covers activities for the financial year 2006/2007 and is available online at www.transurban.com
Developments covered in the report include:
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10-30-07
GM Launches Strategy to Support China with Energy, Environmental Challenges
SHANGHAI, CHINA - October 30, 2007 - General Motors Corp. Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner announced today a far-reaching collaborative strategy to support the Chinese government's pursuit of energy-efficient and environmentally friendly transportation that will be based on the...
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10-26-07
GM Relief Efforts in Response to Fires in Southern California
THOUSAND OAKS, CA - October 26, 2007 - General Motors and the GM Foundation are putting in place several efforts to help those persons impacted by the devastating fires that have raged across Southern California.
The GM Foundation has contribut...
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10-12-07
CSX and City Year Join Forces to Support Cabbagetown, Reynoldstown
ATLANTA, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Approximately 50 CSX employees, 50 community members and eight City Year corps members will complete more than 430 total hours of community service at Lang Carson Community Center and Krog Street Tunnel entrance tomorrow, Saturday,...
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10-10-07
GM Promotes E85 Ethanol Infrastructure in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH - October 10, 2007 - If the 10,305 owners of General Motors E85 ethanol-capable vehicles in the Pittsburgh area refueled solely with E85 ethanol fuel, they could save an estimated 6.2 million gallons of gasoline every year. Millions of additional gallons of gas co...
