Jul
28
2010
Slightly more than a quarter the existing taxi fleet is made up of hybrid vehicles already. Photo: Brian Snelson via flickr.
A quick (and hopefully not final) update in the ongoing legal saga around New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan to
convert the city's taxi fleet over to hybrid vehicles. As the
New York Times reports, ...
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Jul
25
2010
All images courtesy of Bloomberg Business Week
OK, affordable might be a bit of an overstatement, unless you're
one of the richer tree huggers out there. We've told you before
about Mercedes-Benz's hybrid S400, but here's the interesting news: it turns out, at $88,825, the S400 is the least expensive car in the S-Class line the company has to offer....
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Mar
4
2010
Image credit: Method
The
hybrid car has become the icon of eco; a status symbol of responsibility. Roll up in one and you have instant green cred. There is even a sub-culture of hybridism, talking up the benefits and doling out deals to hybrid owners. But what is the real
intention of all these incentives? Did someone consider the effects of these perks when they were designed?...
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Logging debris or "slash" of the sort often proposed to burned in centralized biomass-fueled power plants. Image credit:Athens Online
I have cleared small plots with axe and saw, and afterward felt a sense of accomplishment. Probably that feeling is not too different if you are a deep-water drilling rig operator feeling you are doing your part to keep the traffic moving and homes heated in winter. So begins my analogy between the risk of extreme oil dependency and the coming growth in biomass fuel dependency - in the Rech...Read the full story on TreeHugger
From the news that a Brazilian Federal Highway Police Officer broke animal protection laws when he shot and killed a bull on a highway road to a new study refuting one of the Japanese whaling industry's justifications for violating the international ban on whaling, a lot happened this week in green. Michael reports on the ground from the Detroit Auto Show on Toyota's FT-CH Hybrid, Honda's CR-Z Hybrid Coupe, Ford's New Focus, and more; Emma visits the Founder of Tom's of Maine's sheep farm where he produces ethical undergarments, and Eva meets penguins, seals, and more on a trip to Antarctica. Find out what else happened in the world of gre...Read the full story on TreeHugger