Emissions

Voodoo Science Blames Climate Change on Immigrants

Angela Kelley | Posted 08.18.2008 | Green


Angela Kelley

According to an anti-immigrant group's new junk-science report, immigrants would ultimately produce less CO2 if they just remained in their "less-consuming, less-industrialized, and less CO2 emitting" home countries.

In US, gas prices mean more riders, fewer buses

AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 08.04.2008 | Business


DENVER — High gas prices almost killed the lifeline to the city for a group of mountain commuters. Park County bus riders recently had to plead...

States Sue EPA Over Pollution, Want Emissions Rules

AP | SAMANTHA YOUNG | Posted 07.31.2008 | Green


SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Five states intend to sue the Environmental Protection Agency if it does not act soon to reduce pollution from ships, aircr...

Beijing Says Traffic Measures Cut Emissions By 20%

Xinhua | Posted 07.25.2008 | Green


An official at the capital's environmental regulator has shrugged off the notion of wearing masks in Beijing for fear of poor air quality, saying mask...

US Allies Demand Global Pollution Slashed By 2050

AP | TOM RAUM and JOSEPH COLEMAN | Posted 07.08.2008 | Home


TOYAKO, Japan — World leaders embraced for the first time on Tuesday an ambitious but nonbinding goal of slashing greenhouse-gas emissions in ha...

Richard Branson: Airlines Should Pay Emissions Tax

AP | ELIANE ENGELER | Posted 06.24.2008 | Business


GENEVA — Virgin Group chairman Richard Branson told a forum on climate change Tuesday that aviation is a dirty business and that airlines should...

Britain's Greenest Car Is A Bike, But If You Have To Drive...

The Guardian | Posted 06.18.2008 | Green


The Ford Focus ECOnetic has been named WhatGreenCar's 2008 green car of the year, beating advanced technology from BMW and low emissions from Volkwage...

The Venus Syndrome (Part Two)

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 06.10.2008 | Green


Patrick Takahashi

Humanity at large, and most of life, would cease to exist within a century, providing a short period to develop solutions for survival, the only rational one being to leave Planet Earth.

Getting Energy From Exhaust Pipes

ENN.com | Posted 06.05.2008 | Green


Researchers are working on a thermoelectric generator that converts the heat from car exhaust fumes into electricity. The module feeds the energy into...

Congressional Leasing List: Cars Congress Can and Can Not Drive

TreeHugger.com | Jeremy Elton Jacquot | Posted 06.03.2008 | Green


After a two-year long uphill battle, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) succeeded in getting his pet project, a fuel-efficient tweak of the federal vehicle-l...

Bush/Nero Climate Speech: "Let's Fiddle Until 2025"

Joseph Romm | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics


Joseph Romm

Bush's call for utility emissions regulations is a rehashing of a 2000 campaign promise that he reneged on seven years ago. He is all hat and no cattle.

Friday Talking Points [21] -- Bash Bush Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.29.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Happy Leap Day! Because we are given an extra day this year, I would like to spend it in a good old fashioned Bush-bash. Maybe it's because everyone'...

Car-Pooling -- An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Ben Rosen | Posted 01.12.2008 | Politics


Ben Rosen

The key to success in car-pooling is "dynamic." This means that if the universe of users is large enough, there is a very high probability of matching a rider and driver at any time. In other words, No Rider Left Behind.

The Green Zone: The Military's Addiction To Oil

Barry Sanders | Posted 10.29.2007 | Politics


Barry Sanders

Military vehicles have no respect for CAFÉ (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standards, or fuel standards of any kind. After all, we are at war; fuel economy is a luxury.