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Murder Incorporated: Big Oil Pleads Immunity from Prosecution for Human Rights Crimes
This fall the U.S. Supreme Court will decide a case that throws a spotlight on the oil industry's toxic influence on our democracy -- and why we need to move America beyond oil as quickly as possible. In the 1990s,...
Tesla Motors Launches Revolutionary Supercharger Enabling Long Distance Driving
Tesla Motors unveiled the first of its six Supercharger stations in six California locations (Folsom, Gilroy, Coalinga, Lebec, Barstow and Hawthorne). The Supercharger stations are powered by a solar carport system made by SolarCity, and will allow the...
Better Place Electric Car Sales Now Open to Public in Israel
After a test trial on about 250 cars Israel's Better Place electric car company has opened its doors to the general public this week. Apart from announcing new pay-as-you-charge deals, instead of the off-putting flat rate, the company offers a new twis...
An Action Plan to Integrate Plug-in Electric Vehicles with the U.S. Electrical Grid
One of the target audiences for the PEV Dialogue Group’s Action Plan is undoubtedly the national network of Clean Cities Coalitions, a key group of alternative fuel supporters affiliated with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Clean Cities Program. Cl...
May is National Bike Month
How do you get to work? Today is national Bike to Work Day and cyclists and two-wheeled commuters across the country have taken to their bikes for today's commute. Begun in 1956 as Bike Month -- an industry event meant to promote bike sales -- Bik...
Stop the Sweetheart Deal to Big Oil
Just in time for Valentine's Day, House Republicans are rushing ahead with a "transportation" bill only Big Oil could love. Once upon a time the Bridge to Nowhere came to represent the most wasteful spending and earmarks in transportation. While...
Better Place Puts 100 Electric Cars on Israeli Roads
After more than four years in the making, media reports and hype, visits to the Better Place Education and Test Drive Center and final delivery prices, Better Place Renault Fluence ZE electric cars are finally on their way to purchasers in Israel. In a...
Biofuel breakthrough: kelp could power cars
Scientists have devised a new way to produce ethanol directly from seaweed, offering the potential to generate biofuels that don't compete with terrestrial food production and won't suck up scarce freshwater, reports a study published today in Science.
Energy Efficiency in 2012: Forecast Is Mostly Sunny
Author: Steven Nadel Looking forward into 2012, I see more reasons for optimism than pessimism. Many states and utilities are committed to ramping u...
How Bikes Can Save Us All
Above is a sample of an infographic that illustrates the great reasons to bike to work. Click here to view the entire infographic. (via The Dish.) Too cold outside? Click here for winter bicycling tips.
