Proving that Brown can go green, UPS placed an order for seven hydraulic hybrid delivery vehicles to be introduced between 2009 and 2010. Wait, what's a hydraulic hybrid?

A Finnish company has developed a cargo-scanning solution that accurately detects radiation in shipping containers without being sidelined by false positives. That's good news for longshoremen who will finally be able to use the microwave in the galley without causing an international incident.

Carbon trading schemes won't solve the aviation and shipping industries' problem of soaring carbon emissions, a British climate scientist says, and the cuts needed to address global climate change are so deep that both sectors must limit their growth.