huffingtonpost — Dogs are known to get into things like flower beds, freshly-made beds and even a new pair of shoes -- but what happens when they get into hazardous cleaning supplies? The Pet Collective recently found out that not only is it not a laughing matter, but it is incredibly dangerous...
greencarreports — Ford is rightfully proud of its lithium-ion battery powered 2012 Focus Electric. The automaker notes that it can be charged in half the time of a Nissan Leaf (under the right circumstances), delivers more interior room, and is ranked as more efficient than the Nissan Yet, Ford is being very...
huffingtonpost — The resignation of NRC Chairman Gregory Jackzo puts the issue of nuclear safety smack on the middle of Obama's desk, and then into the presidential race. That's a good thing. The NRC is not doing the job that the law and common sense require it to do. It is a...
myplasticfreelife — I’ve gone commercial! Well, no I didn’t. But I did make a commercial. Okay, not exactly. Filmmaker Alec Bernal, who created last month’s Lunchbox Project video, just finished making me an awesome YouTube video promo for my book Plastic-Free. All I did was show up… and bring along the plastic sea...
grist — By David Roberts Fill ‘er up — with biofuels? (Photo by U.S. Army Africa) The U.S. military’s “going green” is not a singular phenomenon. There are several different things going on under that rubric, with different rationales and different effects. Some of them make such obvious strategic, economic, and environmental sense that...
huffingtonpost — MIAMI (AP) — U.S. forecasters predicted Thursday that this year's Atlantic hurricane season would produce a normal number of about nine to 15 tropical storms. As many as four to eight of those storms could strengthen into...
huffingtonpost — Recently recognized as a finalist at the International Wildlife Film Festival, the documentary My Village, My Lobster tells the harrowing story of an industry and a community in crisis. "I have always been interested in social issues...it was literally over a lobster dinner in Nicaragua that I was first introduced to...
greencarreports — There's kind of a running joke within the electric car world that the next generation of batteries is just a decade away. And the next time you ask, it's still a decade away. Even a decade later. Well, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, the next generation of usable...
huffingtonpost — A male pitbull refused to leave the side of a female pit bull that lay dead on the side of a road in Phoenix, AZ. last Friday, Fox 10 News reports. Now the photo is going viral after it was posted on Facebook. When no one immediately came to collect...
sierraclub.typepad — While watching all the tweets about today's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) public hearings in DC and Chicago on the agency's proposed carbon pollution safeguards, we saw this tweet from the Environmental Law & Policy Center in Chicago: Hmm, is the coal industry astro-turfing again? The coal industry has to pay people...
triplepundit — NASCAR and EPA agree to promote environmentally safe products and support supply chain sustainability.
triplepundit — How do you make a cookstove into a carbon credit? Take a region where charcoal is the cooking fuel of choice, switch it out for a cleaner burning fuel that doesn't contribute to global warming quite so dramatically, then, somehow, track the whole thing accurately enough that it's possible to...
huffingtonpost — HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut River watershed is to be recognized as the first in the United States to be dedicated for conservation and recreation. U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will lead a ceremony Thursday in...
greencarreports — One of the most anticipated cars of the year is the 2013 Ford Fusion, which will be attempting to cater to a much wider audience than the current model thanks to the introduction of three separate variants: regular gas, hybrid and plug-in hybrid. While the plug-in hybrid, or Energi as...
huffingtonpost — It's Memorial Day weekend, the official start of the U.S. summer driving season, when, in an annual rite, Americans get mad as hell about energy. The seasonal one-two punch of a surge in road trips and, typically, a rise in gasoline prices invariably gets Americans griping about an energy system they...
greencarcongress — BMW AG and its joint venture partner, Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd., have opened their second plant in Shenyang, increasing capacity in China to 200,000 vehicles. BMW will invest an additional €500 million (US$630 million) in local sites to prepare for further growth, raising total capacity to 300,000 units per...
greencarcongress — Global CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel combustion reached a record high of 31.6 gigatonnes (Gt) in 2011, according to preliminary estimates from the International Energy Agency (IEA). This represents an increase of 1.0 Gt on 2010, or 3.2%. Coal accounted for 45% of total energy-related CO2 emissions in 2011, followed by...
greencarreports — A funny thing happened around the politics of electric cars. The screaming stopped. We've waited almost two months to write about it, but it would appear that the chorus of right-wing attacks on electric cars--including the Chevrolet Volt--has mysteriously and quite suddenly abated. In late March, there was the remarkable...
treehugger — Christopher Mims looks at the issue of "Path Dependence and the Stupidity of LED Light Bulbs"
huffingtonpost — Sniffing for another reason (besides the obvious health benefits) to ditch your car in favor of a bicycle? Take out your wallet and look inside: you see that piece of paper bearing George Washington’s crinkled face? If you embrace the cycling lifestyle, you could be owning a lot more paper...
environmentalleader — It’s that time of year again when thousands of companies start preparing their annual Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Report. In 2011, more than three thousand organizations participated, and if you are one of them (or plan to add your name to the growing roster), here’s what you need to know: #1....
huffingtonpost — Since the Manhattan Project began in the late 1930s, nations have experimented with nuclear power and fuel refinement. Unfortunately, there have been quite a few mishaps, accidents and tragedies. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) classifies these disasters on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale, a seven-point scale ranging...
huffingtonpost — The following is an excerpt from "Love, Life, and Elephants: An African Love Story" [Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27.00]: The day had begun well. My friend and I were in Tsavo National Park, among the tangled vegetation and wild herds, searching for Eleanor. I was eager to find my most treasured...
grist — By Ozzie Zehner She’s off to school, with helmet on head and doll in tow. (Photo by carfreedays.) A small federal program is punching holes through the unsafe barricade of freeways, busy roads, and rushed drivers that surround the nation’s schools. Yet despite the program’s success, Congress is now threatening to terminate...
greencarcongress — Enova, a developer of proprietary hybrid electric and all-electric drive systems and drive system components for the commercial vehicle market, has begun development of its next-generation drive system, code-named ACUMEN. With the completion of its OMNI drive system (earlier post), Enova is now looking to further optimize its ability to...