Transportation

More clunker debunkers

Cash for Clunkers brought us ... more clunkers! 13
Posted 3 days, 4 hours ago So how did Cash for Clunkers work out from an environmental standpoint? Don't ask. The most common deals swapped old pickup trucks for new pickup trucks that got only marginally better gas mileage.
Road hogs

NASCAR and the high-octane American dream 11
Posted 1 month ago A tour of America's energy landscape would be woefully incomplete without a visit to a NASCAR race, so Amanda Little trekked to the Talladega Superspeedway to get a first-hand view of the action. Don't miss this third installment in our series of exclusive excerpts from Power Trip: From Oil Wells to Solar Cells—Our Ride to the Renewable Future.
The Right on parking

Free Market Parking From Canada 0
Posted 1 month ago
Does Schwarzenegger care more about tea partiers or the planet? 0
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago Like any Hollywood actor, and like any politician, Arnold Schwarzenegger likes to talk a good game. And on climate, he talks a lot. He loves to promote inconsequential gab-fests like the Governors Global Summit on Climate Change. But when the rubber hits the road, will he actually, you know, do anything about it? Whether a bill on his desk gets a signature will tell us whether he is real or all puffery.
That smarts

MacArthur genius award winners include climate and ocean researchers 0
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago Some of the MacArthur Foundation “genius award” winners are doing work related to climate change. And they now they each have $500 grand, no strings attached.
Leno's shocking conversion

Ford goes Hollywood to tout electric cred 3
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
As part of his new show on NBC, obsessive car collector Jay Leno aims to strike an eco chord in Hollywood ... and then on Main Street USA. Mr. Petrolhead is out to become Mr. Electric Car.
Nearly 1,800 interest groups lobbying on transportation bill 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
A beautiful day in the neighborhood

Neighborhood stores: An overlooked strategy for fighting global warming 7
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago
A revival of small, neighborhood retailers could be an important strategy for countering climate change, enticing people to run errands without driving their cars.
How much is that brainwashing in the window?

Our addiction to cheap stuff has become very expensive, new book argues 24
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Ellen Ruppel Shell, author of Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture, explains the history, psychology, and dangers of the American romance with bargain hunting.
But is it working?

Surprisingly popular Cash for Clunkers program raises hopes—and questions 2
Posted 3 months ago
The sight of car buyers back in showrooms these past two weeks has raised hopes that U.S. consumers are ready, primed by government stimulus, to spend again. But questions remain.
Define 'clunker'

Cash for ... other things! 3
Posted 3 months ago
So Congress approved and President Obama signed an extension of the hugely popular (and not-really-so-green) cash-for-clunkers program. Woohoo! We can think of some better "Cash for ..." programs the government should be funding ...
Making Buses Cool Again 0
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago
The New York Times recently highlighted a promising mass transportation solution: bus rapid transit, or BRT.
Green Acres

How smart is your city? 1
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Cities matter -- to our health, as well as to the health of the planet. How we build our cities can play a very important role in preserving and protecting the environment.
Your train is running late

Phoenix’s light rail project sparks journalism start-up 1
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Last year, Adam Klawonn started sketching out the plan that, this week, landed him a $95,000 Knight News Challenge grant: a news service devoted entirely to Phoenix's six-month-old light rail system. Its working title is Daily Phoenix.
The California Coda

Our peak oil future? Electric vehicle startup unveils Chinese-made, $45K ‘economy’ car 9
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
Open one of those minimalist black boxes that contain a shiny new iPod and you're greeted by five words -- "Designed by Apple in California." In much smaller print would be the phrase "Made in China." That, in a nutshell, describes the strategy of the latest entrant in the electric car sweepstakes: Santa Monica-based Coda Automotive.
Humm-dinger

Advice for the Chinese manufacturer who just bought Hummer 0
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
I can't say as I know exactly what's going through the minds of the top executives at Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company Ltd. who have reportedly just purchased the Hummer brand from GM. I'll say one thing, though. I'm pretty sure they're not Peak Oilers.
You Can Go Your Own Way

California plans no exit from hydrogen highway 39
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Energy Secretary Steven Chu may want to slam the brakes on future hydrogen funding, but California will continue to pay its own way down the Hydrogen Highway, infuriating electric vehicle advocates in particular.
Wheels on fire

Put the book down and get on your bike 1
Posted 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Of all the cycling books to read in honor of National Bike Month, The Cyclist's Manifesto is better left on the bike rack.
Mile high

Electric cars get better mileage 14
Posted 6 months ago
Subway Facts 0
Posted 6 months ago