What’s off the record at N.H.T.S.A.? Almost everything

The newly appointed head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has put the big hush on one of the government’s most important safety agencies. The agency’s new policy effectively means that some of the world’s top safety researchers are no longer allowed to talk to reporters or to be freely quoted about automotive safety issues that affect pretty much everybody.

Climate – Aug 21

Monbiot: Beneath Heathrow’s pall of misery, a new political movement is born
US castoffs resume dirty career
Greenhouse development rights: climate-clean and fair?
Naked on a glacier to spread global warming message
Warming will exacerbate water conflicts

Transport – Aug 20

Heathrow growth is Plane Stupid focus

PT users unite in call for federal funds

Legal quiz on £5.5m rail platform

Buses threaten strike if trams get the green light

Inspectors told to stay away