1) When squeezed, companies will reduce their investments into research & development and green programs. These are usually not short-term profit centers, so that is what's axed first. Some progress has been made in the past few years, it would be sad to lose ground now.

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NextFest 2008 is currently taking place in Chicago's Millenium Park. It's the place to go to see cutting-edge innovations and futuristic technologies. I had a chance to get in before the general public and put together a series of posts full of photos of what you'll be...

This week I had some fun reviewing a reel mower by SunLawn. It's no secret that I love reel mowers. I still think that grass lawns are a bad idea in most places and that native species of low-lying plants would be a better idea, but...

Transportation has a huge impact on the environment, and figuring out ways to make mobility greener and cleaner is at the top of the priority list. Lets have a look at some of the green(er) car news items from the past week:

After the great success of high-tech bike-sharing program in places like Paris, with its Velib, and Barcelona, among others, it's about time for the US to join the party.

Some cities already had small-scale and/or low-tech bike-sharing programs, but to scale and really make a...

38 -- That's the number of miles per gallon (US gallons) that the average passenger car in the UK is getting according to the British Department of Transport.

22.4 -- That's how many miles per gallon (US gallons) the average passenger vehicle in the United States...

If you look at the numbers from the US Federal Highway Administration (FHA), you'll find that Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May 2008, biggest drop in 66 years. The drop is even more impressive when you consider that pretty much since stats are compiled, the number of...

While Ford is losing billions and watching its market share shrink in the US, it is introducing really efficient cars in Europe, like the 63.6 MPG ECOnetic Diesel Fiesta. If Ford was to introduce this car in North-America, even at a loss, even in small numbers, it would help...

NASA has studied satellite data and concluded that lawns in the US are taking up as much space as the whole state of New York (not the city, the state). That's fifty thousand square miles of grass!

Of course, since most (almost all)...

In the past, the green movement has often been accused of being too "doom & gloom", too serious. That's less the case nowadays, but it's still a good idea once in a while to take things lightly and have some fun. Below are 4 fun green stories, but to remind...

It seems like the next generation of green(er) cars will be with us soon. A slew of announcements for plug-in hybrids and electric car all show the same time stamp: 2010.

Nissan and Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn has recently announced at...

Water Cars: Turn on your BS detector
Oil prices are high, and everybody's looking for a quick fix. People in the media know about this, so they are scrambling to find "energy" stories, and as always, many unscientific ones make it through.

In recent days, a "water-powered car"...

Last week in part 1, I looked at many wind power success stories. This week, we're going to take a closer look at the wind power industry itself.

Wind Power Facts and Statistics
The American Wind Energy Association compiles many statistics on wind power in the US....

In my last piece for HuffPo Green, I looked at how much solar power was potentially available to us. One image I used showed the total number of solar energy hitting the Earth totally dwarfing humanity's current energy usage. But in between was another, smaller but still quite big,...

There's a good chance that you've heard somewhere that "there's more than enough energy coming from the sun to power all of humanity". Today, what I'd like to do is look a bit more closely at that statement to see if it is true, and then put it in perspective.