Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Purdue researcher Bryan Pijanowski says vast expanses of parking lots help raise urban temperatures and add to water pollution. Parking lots in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, take up more space than 1,000 football fields.
As commutes begin earlier, new daily routines emerge
Fear and loathing at the airport
Gas costs spark high-speed rail Interest
Developing a hotter L.A.
Exercisers stuck in unwalkable settings
America’s McMansion problem
Lack of play hurting children’s mental health
Turning the ride to school into a walk
Is it normal to let your kids get eaten by a bear?
China is a case study in which rising food prices and natural disasters influence biofuel production, especially ethanol, leading to new regulations for gasoline exports.
Sometime in the next few months, some event is likely to set off a spike in gasoline prices. Be it a hurricane, terrorist attack, adverse geopolitical crisis or some credit crisis development, the realization will dawn that we are extremely short of gasoline and have little hope of remedying the situation over the short term.
Global warming might make rails sing again
EU climate flight plans ‘deluded’
Technical issues stall hydrogen vehicles
Get plug-in cars on the road
What is John Dingell really up to? (carbon tax)
Richardson calls for transportation alternatives
America’s car culture clashes with climate change
Lawmakers ready to revisit energy bills
Reporters preview House-Senate energy conference, upcoming climate talks
Angelo Pelligrini: A man of the earth reaps the good life (local food pioneer)
Dr. Paul MacCready, giant of efficient mobility technologies, passes (1925-2007)
Liberal Democrats aim for a carbon-neutral, non-nuclear Britain
Richard Hawkins on alternative energy technologies
Electric bicycles also known as E-Bikes are becoming more and more common in Chinese cities; they represent wealth, a status symbol for the middle class.
Climate, conscience, and atmospheric carbon (air travel)
YouTube on VĂ©lib’, the bike rental scheme that’s shaking up Paris
Greening air travel
Boeing looks at algae for jet fuel
Back to the future with new flying car
Stuck in guzzlers on road to nowhere (Australia view of U.S)
