October 5, 2017
Our roads are unsafe. A large number of the cars on our roads are inefficient, polluting, and even dangerous to drive. Many go uninspected, as people thumb their noses at the law, and many more are cheap cars that were damaged and repaired badly, bought secondhand on the gray market. On top of everything else, our commercial-vehicle fleet is in desperate need of renewal.
The crisis we face is dire. It was instigated by a shortsighted government tax policy that financially incentivizes people to keep driving their old cars, and effectively discourages them from buying newer, safer, more fuel-efficient models through the imposition of a high tax on even the most compact and affordable vehicles.
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New York, NY, March 10, 2021 The International Rescue Committee (IRC), Community Jameel, a leading supporter of science and technology-led solutions across international development, and Toyota Motor Corporation today announce a collaboration, which will leverage the three partners’ diverse but complementary resources and expertise in response to global challenges. For the collaboration’s first initiative, the partners have focused on Lebanon, supporting the IRC’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and addressing the long term impacts of the Beirut explosion in August, which left an estimated 300,000 people displaced.
The Beirut explosion came at a critical time when the people of Lebanon were already dealing with multiple crises, including an economic and financial collapse, and a decimated health system as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. With hospitals already near capacity even before the blast, the country has since seen a 5,000% increa
English News and Press Release on Lebanon about Contributions, Protection and Human Rights, Epidemic and Technological Disaster; published on 10 Mar 2021 by IRC