By Michael Grabell – ProPublica
This story was adapted from “Money Well Spent?: The Truth Behind the Trillion-Dollar Stimulus, the Biggest Economic Recovery Plan in History” which will be published Tuesday by PublicAffairs.
A common criticism of President Obama’s $800...
Jan
31
Airlines Start Flying on Mixed Fuels
The inaugural United flight fueling up. Photo: Courtesy United Airlines
In the past week, United Airlines and Alaska Airlines both debuted limited commercial flights using biofuels.
Although these airlines were the first in the U.S. to use the new fuel, several...
Nov
09
2012 Ford Focus Electric
Ford Motor Company and SunPower announced a program today to offer buyers of the 2012 Focus Electric the option to charge their vehicles using solar generated power. But before you start picturing a solar array on the car’s roof, read on.
The $10,000 option actually...
Aug
10
White House Fuel Standards Infographic. Click to enlarge.
Yesterday, President Obama announced an agreement with a broad coalition of automakers and other stakeholders to dramatically increase fuel economy and reduce greenhouse gas pollution for all 2017-2025 new cars and trucks sold in the United...
Jul
30
New York City's famed Times Square, pedestrianized.
With the average American driver spending nearly an hour a day behind the wheel, and up to 25 percent of income on transportation, the appeal of living and working in a walkable city is on the rise.
Which U.S. cities are the most walkable?...
Jul
20
In this TED video, Shai Agassi explains why all-electric cars are a must for cutting global emissions. Agassi is the founder of Better Place, a company working toward breaking the world’s oil dependency.
Mar
04
Despite the challenges of harnessing renewable energy sources and the challenges of delivering renewable power to power supply grids worldwide, wind and solar are pushed as the solutions for weaning the global economy off of fossil fuels.
Use of renewable energy is key to world economic...
Feb
10
Until fuel prices increase, the best consumer value will remain a used hybrid or fuel-efficent conventional vehicle. And that's a shame.
The economic downturn of the past two years has led to a decrease in worldwide demand for oil and a drop in gasoline prices that may be good for consumers in...
Sep
20
