In a tight battle between 3 electric titans, the 2013 Honda Fit EV has won EPA's title for the most fuel-efficient car. With its 118 MPGe, the car had to run past fierce competitors, such as the Ford Focus...
The state of Hawaii is now officially shunning plastic bags from its markets. Not only putting a tax on them, but banning plastic altogether. Paper bags make no exception: all those that aren't made of at least 40% recycled...
A controversial carbon tax on airlines imposed by the E.U. has been disproved by the U.S., China and Russia and several other countries (>20). Now, the U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, called the tax "lousy."
LaHood also requested that the...
A new study performed by 18 scientists and published in Nature reveals that we should not be at all optimistic when it comes to the integrity of the ecosystem. Their modeling, involving multiple disciplines, suggested that are just a step...
A (kind of) funny piece of news showed up yesterday, saying that the Chinese government is upset because the U.S. embassy is monitoring Beijing's air pollution levels and is retransmitting them via Twitter.
Beijing is one of the most (if...
While Germany, Switzerland and other European countries, along with Japan, of course, want to stop relying on nuclear power, Australia is likely to become world's most advanced nuclear technology owner, says Professor Barry Brook, a University of Adelaide scientist.
Brook...
Last week we've been telling you that Solar Impulse, world's first airplane powered solely by solar power had landed in Madrid, the only stop in the trip to Morocco.
The "man for the job" is Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard, a...
A new electrocatalyst developed at Brookhaven's National Laboratory can finally make hydrogen fuel cell vehicles a viable reality and can bring cheap electricity for all (hopefully). The researchers discovered how a new form of catalytic nickel-molybdenum-nitride can successfully replace...
Used cars usually sell a lot cheaper – but it's not the case for the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf sedan plug-ins. According to NADA Official Used Car Guide, their trade-in values increased by 1 year each and any...
You probably heard about Italy's recent earthquakes and their aftermath. While it's highly possible that the event had natural causes, there is also the possibility that methane extraction facilities nearby the epicenter have something to do with it.
They employ...
