As rising fuel costs drive up the cost of transportation, the transportation industry itself is being forced to change. America's biggest carmaker is closing factories where its largest vehicles are made, and expanding plants that build small cars....
Kenya is joining a long list of countries planning to produce diesel fuel from the poisonous-but-oil-rich seeds of the jatropha tree, a plant indigenous to South America. The tree is at the heart of a five-year strategy to develop a bio-fuel industr...
For something that could revolutionize the world, its come along very slowly. The fuel cell was invented in 1839, but there was little development until the 1950s when NASA started to use them in space where they are still used today. Now, after yea...
A week-long transport strike in Ivory Coast has ended after Prime Minister Guillaume Soro announced the government will lower fuel prices. Brent Latham reports from our West Africa bureau in Dakar, the government promises new fuel subsidies. People...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 17 June 2008 South Korea's biggest labor confederation says its members will go on strike, next month, to protest the policies of the country's president. The labor troubles heap new crisis on an administration facing mass street...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 28 April 2008 A senior United Nations official warns that economic inequalities in the Asia-Pacific region could worsen as energy costs rise. As Ron Corben reports from Bangkok, energy security and poverty reduction are key them...
By Tony Budny Washington 27 March 2008 An upstart car company in the United States is seeking to take advantage of rising oil prices. Aptera has produced a three-wheeled vehicle that can reach speeds of 136 kilometers per hour and operate on little g...
By Paul Sisco Washington 24 March 2008 US airlines, facing sharply higher fuel prices this year, have announced a series of cutbacks in service and staffing, in order to reduce costs. One of the country's largest carriers, Delta Airlines, is offering...
By Liam Cochrane Kathmandu 19 February 2008 Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, has almost run out of gasoline, because political protests in southern districts have blocked deliveries for six days. The fuel shortage is causing long lines at gasoline pumps a...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 22 January 2008 Israel has allowed a one-day delivery of food and fuel to the Gaza Strip, partially lifting a nearly week-long blockade of the territory. VOA's Jim Teeple has details from our Jerusalem bureau. Israeli official...