We conducted a review of FEMAâs activities in response to Hurricane Katrina, which details FEMAâs responsibilities for three of the four major phases of disaster management â preparedness, response, and recovery â during the first five weeks of the federal response.n New Orleans, one ship with a capacity of 2,634 passengers had 2,118 on board (80 percent occupied); another ship with the same 34 DHS OIG Office of Audits conducted an initial review of the decision to use cruise ships to provide housing for victims and first responders.
The Civic GX is powered by compressed natural gasâmethaneâthe simplest and cleanest-burning hydrocarbon available. With an economical 113-hp, 1.8-Liter engine, the EPA has called the Civic the âworldâs cleanest internal-combustion vehicleâ with 90% cleaner emissions than the average gasoline-powered car on the road in 2004. And get this: in Utah, natural gas can be purchased for $0.63 per gallon.
The German car giant has since admitted cheating emissions tests in the US. VW has had a major push to sell diesel cars in the US, backed by a huge marketing campaign trumpeting its cars' low emissions. The EPA's findings cover 482,000 cars in the US only, including the VW-manufactured Audi A3, and the VW brands Jetta, Beetle, Golf and Passat. But VW has admitted that about 11 million cars worldwide, including eight million in Europe, are fitted with the so-called defeat device.