The Star-Ledger (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Federal transportation officials today announced a new rule aimed at preventing fuel tank explosions like the one that destroyed TWA Flight 800 12 years ago. The new rule, unveiled by Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, applies to new passenger and cargo...
Get Mash (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
AP - A government official says Transportation Secretary Mary Peters is announcing a new rule aimed at preventing airplane fuel tanks from exploding. Read the full story
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
A government official says Transportation Secretary Mary Peters is announcing a new rule aimed at preventing airplane fuel tanks from exploding.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
ASHBURN, Va. — A government official said today that Transportation Secretary Mary Peters would announce a new rule aimed at preventing airplane fuel tanks from exploding.
CBS 4 - South Florida's Source for (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
A government official says Transportation Secretary Mary Peters is announcing a new rule aimed at preventing airplane fuel tanks from exploding.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
A government official says Transportation Secretary Mary Peters is announcing a new rule aimed at preventing airplane fuel tanks from exploding.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
A government official says Transportation Secretary Mary Peters is announcing a new rule aimed at preventing airplane fuel tanks from exploding. Wednesday's announcement comes a day before the 12th anniversary of the destruction of TWA Flight 800, which...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
ASHBURN, Va. -- A government official says Transportation Secretary Mary Peters is announcing a new rule aimed at preventing airplane fuel tanks from exploding.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Nearly 12 years to the day TWA 800 exploded off the coast of Long Island, N. Y., killing all 230 people aboard, U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters...
Biofuels Digest (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
In Washington, US Transportation Secretary Mary Peters announced that the X Prize Foundation had been selected to develop incentives leading to a breakthrough strategy in renewable aviation fuels. “The race to refuel American aviation is on,” the Secretary said, “and our hope is that the X PRIZE will jump-start investment and spur innovation. It will [...]
Bacon's Rebellion (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
Jim Bacon and EMR tune in on different MainStream Media outlets and today they saw different stories and came to different conclusions. Bacon reported on a Richmond Times-Dispatch op ed column by the US Secretary of Transportation (“Mary Peters on Virginia Transportation Policy”). EMR has been reading WaPo . In SundaySource, WaPo splashes a lot of colored ink on “An Airfare To Remember: As the Cost...
Bacon's Rebellion (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
Mary E. Peters, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, has published a column in the Times-Dispatch today that displays a surprising familiarity with Virginia's transportation-policy gridlock. Perhaps, as a federal employee, she is a resident of Virginia, which means she is affected by the actions (or non-actions) of the General Assembly. Or, perhaps her knowledge derives from the fact that Virginia...
Hispanic Business Magazine (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
WASHINGTON (dpa) -- The U.S. plans to offer monetary incentives to the developers of a viable substitute for jet fuel, which could bring down surging petrol costs in the aviation industry, Transportation Secretary Mary Peters announced Thursday....
Market Wire - Government (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
WASHINGTON, DC (MARKET WIRE) U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters announced today that the FAA has selected the X PRIZE Foundation to develop a strategy to create monetary incentives for developing renewable aviation fuels and technologies to stem the effect of pollutants from air travel.
News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
The U.S. Department of Transportation is introducing improved safety ratings for automobiles and better crash tests, Secretary Mary Peters announced Tuesday.The changes include using female test dummies as well as male ones in crashes to show the effect on smaller bodies. A new test will simulate the effect of hitting a tree, and other frontal tests are being added.The new tests will be introduced...
