One man's junk: will the recyclers be coming for your father's Oldsmobile?
Under the looming shadow of the 1990 Clean Air Act and the threat of whopping federal fines if they don't reduce pollution, states are taking a hard look at a symbol of the bad old days--smoke-belching 1960s and 70s cars. But getting the clunkers off the road is no...

Company Watch - Accor Hotels.
Apr 21, 2008 To promote the Eco focus, Accor North America has partnered with the Arbor Day Foundation to plant 15,000 trees in areas in need of reforestation. As part of the Eco focus, Accor North America supports education and the development of a strong community as...

Fee from recycling could pay wages; Center on the road to self-sufficiency.
Byline: Carla Charter HUBBARDSTON - The Board of Health has offered to pay its own wages through a revolving account, thus freeing up $900 to aid the town's budget. The money for the salaries has come from fees raised from the disposal of items at the town's...

2 arrested near recycling firm.
OAKHAM - Police arrested two Worcester men Monday after they allegedly parked their car near Amherst-Oakham Auto Recycling on Coldbrook Road and then walked through the woods toward the business. Police Chief Donald A. Haapakoski found the unattended vehicle just before 7:30 p.m. and called for backup,...

CLEAN, QUIET CONVERSIONS.
Byline: Bill Bishop The Register-Guard Pop the hood on Scott Ankeny's 1986 Toyota pickup truck and you will find a quiet revolution. The truck's electric motor spins in silence. And while General Motors and Ford scramble to develop all-electric vehicles for a growing...

Man dies after car veers off the road; Crash occurs early Christmas morning.
Byline: Mike Elfland WORCESTER - Police are investigating a one-car crash on Cambridge Street early Christmas morning that claimed the life of a 21-year-old Worcester man. Shortly after 2 a.m. yesterday, the driver of a 1992 Pontiac Bonneville was headed east on Cambridge Street and...

Automobiles.
Overview Worldwide, there are 551 million cars on the roads, and we're buying about 44 million new ones every year. The United States invented the car culture and hosts a quarter of the total. (In a few years, China will own another quarter.) There are more U.S....

Batteries.
Introduction Electricity is the most useful form of energy ever harnessed, and the wish to have it always on tap has inspired a long search for storage methods, which have included pumped water, compressed air, thermal devices, flywheels, superconducting magnets, fuel cells, and of course the oddly...

REGIONAL DIGEST.
COLUMN: REGIONAL DIGEST Fitchburg man dies in crash FITCHBURG - A 78-year-old city man died yesterday when his car hit a tree on Electric Avenue, according to police Sgt. Mark D. Jackson. Police didn't release the man's name yesterday because they wanted to...

Mitigating the mercury menace.
Maine has rescued at least 16,896 mercury switches from junked cars since the state approved the nation's first mandatory switch recycling program two years ago, according to the Natural Resources Council of Maine. Maine legislators created the recycling program that asks junkyards to remove the switches, then charges auto...