Everyone’s eyes are on China. It is growing faster than rabbit make babies and it looks to many of us that it is leapfrogging the U.S. and maybe even Europe as well on clean tech. Nonetheless, it still has huge…
Community Composting and Recycling by Bike [VIDEO]
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This is a great-looking bicycle composting and recycling service, and what is greener than biking, composting, and recycling? As Rory Woods of sustainablog writes, “Motivated by their love of bike culture and the environment, this enterprising group has built a…
How to Save $9,515 a Year
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) releases figures regarding how much people save by riding transit in the U.S. every month in its Transit Savings Report. It calculates how much the average American saves as well as how much an…
Portland to Get a Transit- & Bike-Only Bridge
Cars have gotten a hugely disproportionate bulk of transportation funds in the U.S. for decades, over half a century even. But with more and more people realizing this is bad for our health, bad for our pocketbooks, bad for the environment,…
New York City Cyclists Getting Nearly $1 Million for Wrongful Arrests
Cyclists get mistreated, illegally ticketed, and poorly protected on roads all over the U.S. Why people don’t realize that cyclists save them time (while a biker may block your way for a short time, he or she does so much…
Peru to Add 200 MW of Renewable Energy in 2012
Peru is not a renewable energy giant, for sure. But it, like many countries around the world, is taking climate change and peak oil seriously and is looking to do its part. Peru is planning to implement 6 renewable energy…
China’s Fastest Train (Fastest Train in World) Now in Operation
I just wrote on the high-speed rail (HSR) network being planned in California earlier today, which will have trains that can travel up to 220 mph (354 kph), bringing people from LA to San Francisco in less than 2.5 hours.…
California High-Speed Rail Video
One of my friends from my city planning graduate studies just tipped me off to a new video for the California high-speed rail (HSR) project that her company, PBS&J (an Atkins Company), is a part of. It is a great,…
Native Americans Going Solar, and Winning Awards
The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) announced the winners of its 2010 Innovation Awards recently. One of the well-deserving turned out to be Lakota Solar Enterprises, a renewable energy company owned entirely by Native Americans. Jeanne of CalFinder Solar reports: Lakota…
Solar Roof in Wooster, Ohio to be Largest College Solar Roof in U.S.
The College of Wooster has plans in place and a contract signed to install a 20,000 square foot solar roof on top of a new student recreation and athletic facility under construction, the Scot Center. “The solar rooftop installation will be…