Colorado Tea Party candidate calls bike-sharing a U.N. plot
This spring, Denver launched the first large-scale bike-sharing program in any U.S. city. They’ve got 40 stations around the city, and you pay by the hour to use the cycles. The program is run by an...
View ArticleScots make biofuel from whiskey
There’s a saying that the cure for everything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the ocean. It’s a nice sentiment, but let’s be honest: There are some things that only whiskey can fix. And one of those...
View Article60-mile traffic jam in China takes 3 days to navigate
While I’m sure your morning commute is no fun, it could definitely be worse: A 62-mile traffic standstill on a road leading to Beijing is now in its ninth day, with individual drivers caught in it for...
View ArticleeBay moves to green shipping
Although eBay’s most visible contribution to the world these days, Meg Whitman, is no friend of the environment, the online auction giant will launch a positive contribution to the environment next...
View ArticleSan Francisco’s precarious spot among the best cities for transit
The good news is, San Francisco makes the top 10 — at number 6 to be exact. The bad news is, it comes in behind Salt Lake City and Minneapolis-St. Paul and just before Los Angeles in a ranking created...
View ArticleDance your way to sustainable energy this weekend
At a dance club, as I huddle against a wall with my drink, I feel like a cat person must feel at a dog park: Look at all that energy! Sustainable Dance Club felt the same way, with a slightly more...
View ArticleBiodynamic wine greener than organic?
TGL enjoys a bevvy — especially wine, which highlights the nuances of nature’s bounty. Unless of course your stemware has the carbon footprint of a steam engine. But it’s not easy being a green-ophile...
View ArticleKaiser touts green benefits of electronic health records
A study conducted by Kaiser Permanente and published in a May special issue of Health Affairs devoted to environmental issues, estimates that use of electronic health records, if universally adopted in...
View ArticleScenes from Carmageddon: Bikes beat airplane
In what must have been the single most ecologically destructive and unnecessary, not to mention unprofitable, business gambit of the year to date, Jet Blue decided to offer Angelenos $4 flights from...
View ArticleBike-share programs save lives
San Francisco’s efforts to adopt a bike-sharing program has resembled Congress’s efforts to raise the debt ceiling (not an entirely arbitrary analogy). Despite being one of the greenest cities in the...
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