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As of 1st of October this year, citizens of San Francisco will no longer be allowed to buy water in small plastic bottles. In an attempt to minimize plastic pollution, and reach one of the most ambitious targets- zero net...
Is there such thing as "clean coal"? Apparently yes, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), who are the biggest supporters of the first ever power plant that can capture and store carbon emissions from coal burning. The...
Automobile density in Paris, France, like many cities, has many leaning toward public transportation as a better option, but not enough, apparently. Because there are so many vehicles in such a crowded space, great cities around the world struggle against...
We often hear about the "next best thing", which can miraculously lower our energy bills. Smart blinds, advanced building controls, you name it. Shame that very often it is the case that the makers of most of these gadgets...
Climate change has taken another victim, the ocean fish. Scientists from University of Aberdeen established that some of the most commonly consumed fish species including herring, whiting, and haddock, have reduced in size by nearly 30% for the period...
You’ve got to hand it to the lawyers on this one. In spite of pretty much everyone’s stance on good health, fracking companies don’t have to disclose what’s getting into the water. Aside from being linked to earthquakes, which are...
Car-sharing companies offer a level of convenience and comfort that not everyone can afford on their own. Car-sharing company vukee Car, sweetens the deal by offering green driving in a Tesla Model S 85 kWh. In today's automotive world, there...
Over the years, the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) has been working hard to enact regulations to reduce emissions in the transportation sector. Of course, the easiest way to reduce vehicle emissions is to improve fuel economy. Improving fuel economy is...
The Tesla Motors direct-sales approach has gathered a lot of criticism across the Nation, not from consumers, but from special-interest groups. Those special-interest groups, of course, are only interested in maintaining the status quo, the monopoly that the automobile dealers...
By 2015, the city of Shanghai, China, expects to have some 10,000 “green cars” on the road, by which I’m guessing they’re referring to “electric vehicles,” judging by a recent announcement. This is a question that has been bandied about...