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Do you think large retailers are doing enough to help customers make 'green' decisions?  Are there things you would like them to do differently?

At Appliances Online, we try and give out useful green information, however we can only tell you what we think you want to know.  Needless to say, we think we might be getting it wrong.  And we think that other large retailers will be getting it wrong too.

We want to change this, and give you the chance to influence retailers.  We would love you to fill in a survey and give us your honest and impartial opinions, to try and help us change the way you think green.

“The goal of sustainable transportation is to ensure that environment, social and economic considerations are factored into decisions affecting transportation activity.” – Moving on Sustainable Transportation (MOST) 1999

With everyone starting to pay closer attention to the environment in almost every aspect of daily life, it’s no surprise that sustainability has become an important issue for transportation planning in the United States and around the globe.

PRESS RELEASE

DISMISSAL OF BASELESS LAWSUIT SAFEGUARDS REGIONAL EFFORT TO CUT POWER PLANT POLLUTION

ALBANY, NY (06/14/2012) -- In response to news yesterday that State Supreme Court Judge Thomas J. McNamara dismissed a lawsuit orchestrated by out-of-state polluters and climate change deniers Americans for Prosperity and the Competitive Enterprise Institute, energy and environmental organizations released the following statement:

"The court's dismissal of a baseless lawsuit underwritten by out-of-state polluters is welcome news for New York's environment, public health, and our growing clean energy economy.

OPINION / COMMENTARY

On May 17, I went to the Niagara Frontier Transit Authority (NFTA) Surface Transportation meeting and heard some disturbing things concerning the direction of the NFTA.

My first concern is that the NFTA is planning to use compressed natural gas (CNG) to run all of its buses.  This means that Western New York counties and NFTA riders could be supporting hydro-fracking, National Fuel Gas and other companies who have cruel practices, such as shutting people's heat off in the winter for a $30 bill.  At the meeting it was stated that they have "brought National Fuel Gas in and are coordinating with them" and have buses under contract now which are fully ready to be converted to run on natural gas at this point whenever they decide to "pull the trigger".  They have gotten grants to do so using National Fuel Gas' help.

This was a sudden announcement and news, it seemed, to most or all at the Board meeting and was not questioned by anyone there.  The Buffalo News, which was in attendance did not report it to the public, instead reporting only on the change of chairmanship in its article a day or two after the meeting and on their plans to sell the waterfront property.  The public had no chance to give input as to what their public transit system will run on, even though it is all