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Vanity Unfair

Ask Umbra on license plates 6
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
A devoted green gets a license plate reading PVC -- what to do? Umbra hammers out a number of suggestions.
CAFE serves up tasty emission cuts

Critique of auto standards misses how they save consumers money compared to gas taxes 1
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
Robert Stavins thinks an increased gasoline tax or cap-and-trade would make Obama's tougher auto efficiency standards redundant. This offers an excellent illustration of how even economists who are not market fundamentalists can miss the way well-designed regulation improves economic efficiency.
Radiant Cities: Levittown, India-style

The folks behind the Nano take their vision to suburbia 5
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
What's the next big thing in international architecture? It might be tiny, tiny houses.
The grist list

From Doug to Diaz 1
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
Brad's bro gets into the green game, and Cameron comes clean about her habits.
Coming clean

The scoop on Obama’s new fuel-economy rules 6
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
On May 19, President Barack Obama unveiled new standards to regulate fuel economy and greenhouse-gas emissions from cars and light trucks. Find out what that really means.
Get out of my dreams, get into my car

Obama’s new mileage rules will be first real step to curb planet-warming emissions 18
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
President Obama is unveiling new fuel-economy standards for automobiles -- the first major step by his administration to limit planet-warming greenhouse gases.
So Long, Saturn

I sold my car, and I couldn’t be happier ... I think 20
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago
The road from deciding to ditch your car to actually doing it can be bumpy -- find out how one urban driver navigated her way to auto-freedom.
daft clunk

‘Clunkers’ debunkers attack Democrats’ auto trade-in plan 7
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Support “cash for clunkers” as an auto-industry bailout if you must, but don’t call it green.
Amtrak Joe Says Don't Go

Can you catch swine flu on the subway? 3
Posted 7 months ago
Vice President Joe Biden said he would tell family members to avoid planes, subways, and even cars for fear of contracting swine flu. But the official message is much less dramatic. Who's right?
'Pleased, but not satisfied'

Energy crops up at Obama’s 100-day press conference 3
Posted 7 months ago
President Barack Obama told reporters at the press conference marking his 100th day in office that he is "pleased, but not satisfied" with the progress his administration has made thus far, noting energy among the issues they need to keep working on.
Baracking in the free world

Obama’s green achievements at 100 days 8
Posted 7 months ago
What have Barack Obama and his administration done to meet green expectations in their first 100 days?
Green Light: Charge it

Nissan to bring EV network to Seattle 3
Posted 7 months ago
Like many other urban places, Seattle will welcome an electric vehicle network to the Emerald City.
Brainstorm Green

Policy chatter is on everyone’s lips at Fortune’s green-business conference 0
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
Fortune Magazine's annual Brainstorm Green confab brings together Fortune 500 types (naturally), green tech entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and enviros. As such it's a barometer for the state of green in the Green State.
Guitar Hero?

Taking Neil Young’s latest album out for a spin 1
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
Neil Young's "Fork in the Road" is an eco-themed tribute to America's budding green-car culture. Oh, and a few of the songs are good.
Breaking through the gas ceiling

Eco driving tips for Earth Day 3
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
In advance of Earth Day, PR reps flooded Grist with "save the planet: green your driving" tips and press releases. In keeping with our "Screw Earth Day" theme, we just want to stress the need to drive like every day is Earth Day -- TAKE THE BUS! No, seriously, if you're going to drive, then you gotta know how to drive in an eco-friendly manner.
TerraCab confessions

Emission-free TerraCabs could hit Seattle streets at no cost to you, or the planet 6
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
Lookin' for a free ride this summer? A fleet of TerraCabs could soon provide free -- and emission-free -- rides around Seattle.
Green Light: Do they do everything better in Europe?

U.K. subsidizes EVs, Amory Lovins talks trucks, and more green auto news 2
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
Clear and present endangerment

EPA says greenhouse-gas emissions a threat to public health 25
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago
The EPA has determined that greenhouse gases pose a danger to public health -- a long-expected finding that moves the Obama administration closer to regulating CO2.
Riding a PUMA 0
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago
PUMA at the New York auto show 0
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago