That includes revamping huge state-owned companies, which dominate the country's energy, transportation and natural-resource sectors and also frequently own real-estate and other businesses.

WSJ: China Reform Suggestions Vague on Party Role

The Government of Flanders and the Tides of Time partnership have provided more than USD 3 million to date to help States and site managers face the growing challenges of pollution largely posed by coastal development, unsustainable resource extraction as well as maritime transportation.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

"Fuel economy isn't helped when cross traffic is idling while it waits for an empty bus to go by, " says Steven Arrington, the director of resource development at the Jacksonville, Florida Transportation Agency, which has implemented a trial of the new technology.

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Google has created a 2011 Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami crisis resource centre with emergency phone numbers, a person finder tool and updated public transportation information (in Japanese).

BBC: Resources for travellers stranded by Japanese tsunami

With at least a one hundred year reserve of domestic shale gas in America, a huge price difference between natural gas and diesel or gasoline, and the opportunity for significant energy security benefits offered by a domestic resource, businesses, consumers and governments have realized the need to incorporate natural gas into the national transportation mix.

FORBES: Guest Column: The Shift To Natural Gas Vehicles Is Happening