by Sara Barz
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On EV street
Three minutes in a Tesla 1
Posted 3 months, 4 weeks ago Take a test drive in an all-electric Tesla Roadster. Read More -
On EV street
Tesla speeds past financial troubles, opens retail stores across country 11
Posted 3 months, 4 weeks ago Tesla Motors has rebounded from recent financial troubles and is starting to launch retail stores across the country. This weekend, they opened the doors of their Seattle showroom -- and their all-electric Roadsters. Read More -
App-ily ever after
Grist’s guide to green iPhone apps 4
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago Now that you have the speedy new iPhone 3GS in hand, it's time to test the eco-brains of that smartphone. Try out some of these iPhone apps that can do everything from count carbon emissions to plant trees to advise on what sushi NOT to eat. Read More -
Lowlights from the House climate debate 3
Posted 4 months, 4 weeks ago The Republican Party’s anti-energy/climate bill message, boiled down to 30 seconds. Read More -
A Thoreau report
Anthology features Americans’ personal stories of global warming 2
Posted 5 months ago A joint project by Union for Concerned Scientists and Penguin Classics, "Thoreau's Legacy" explores the subtle and overt ways that global warming is changing the United States. The anthology is available for free online. Read More -
Premature Planting?
Ohio officials tout plans for new nuclear power plant 2
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago Ohio media sources are reporting that Piketon, a small town 60-miles south of Columbus, could be in line to get a new nuclear power plant. Gov. Ted Strickland (D), Sen. George Voinovich (R), Rep. Jean Schmidt (R) and officials from Duke Energy and French nuclear company Areva were in Piketon Thursday to announce plans for the plant. Read More -
Short Answer: Yes
Quiz: Should I see the critically acclaimed documentary ‘Food, Inc.’? 5
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago Food, Inc. is a riveting documentary. Fast-paced and chock full of detail, the film does not shy from shocking, rarely-seen footage. But should YOU, dear reader, go see it? Take our quiz to find out. Read More -
Next, In Car Nation
Slideshow: The plug-ins and electric vehicles of 2009 8
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago Check out these electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles that are either on the market now or will be by the end of 2009. Read More -
A disturbing fish tale
‘The End of the Line’ is a compelling indictment of industrial fishing 2
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago "The End of the Line" does for the fish what Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" did for the climate: scare the pants of the viewer. The documentary deftly makes the case that industrial exploitation of the world's fish stocks will result in the end of seafood by 2048, if not sooner, and that some species may already be in collapse. Read More -
Crude Behavior
‘Sweet Crude’ documents oil exploitation in the Niger River Delta 1
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago In 'Sweet Crude,' filmmaker Sandy Cioffi takes us to Nigeria to show the dark side of oil production. Read More
