Bikes – Aug 20
Kenya: Levies threaten to push boda bodas off the roads
State of cycling (in NYC)
Beijing to rent out 50,000 bicycles ahead of Olympics
The one-of-a-kind wooden bicycle
Paris goes cycling mad, declares vélorution
Transportation
Climate – Aug 15
The case against expanding Heathrow airport
Crematorium concern over carbon footprint
Carbon market encourages chopping forests
Scientists warn Arctic sea ice is melting at its fastest rate
Transport – Aug 15
Two steps to reduce America’s energy problem
Economist: Clean green flying machine? Don’t hold your breath
The NAFTA Superhighway
Driving down the road of congestion in Melbourne
UK – Aug 14
BAA and police draw up Heathrow battle lines
Zerocarbonbritain – a new energy strategy
Monbiot: ads and the environment
Renewable energy: No policies, no cash
Climate – Aug 14
At World Bank, climate change isn’t part of the equation
We should all be at Heathrow protesting
Climate – Aug 11
Secrecy and terrorist laws at Heathrow airport demonstration
Rising temperatures “will stunt rainforest growth”
Australian coal miners promote action on climate change
Transport – Aug 10
The road fix
Tunnel vision clouds freeway link
Have you driven a Fjord lately?
Aviation and Oil Depletion
Food & agriculture – Aug 8
Food that travels well (food miles)
A truly African green revolution
Ethanol feeds hot market for farmland
Urban farming’s time has come (eliminating restrictions)
Peak oil – Aug 7
Christian Science Monitor on peak oil
Revolutionary report on future of oil (IEA)
Trinidad:
Peak oil – less tourism?
TOD-Canada news roundup
Deep thought – Aug 7
Insurgent American
Sharon Astyk de-constructs
The really inconvenient truth
In dusty archives, a theory of affluence
Biofuels – Aug 6
Boom in biofuels could backfire (climate effects of more nitrogen fertilizer)
National Express quits biofuel experiment
Cruise line signs biodiesel contract
Transport – Aug 4
Why they fight… the Heathrow airport expansion
Japan’s hybrid train hailed as the future of rail travel
$100m a year call to boost pedal power in Melbourne
How arch rivals colluded to hike up cost of air travel
