The Bentley Hybrid Has Arrived
Bentley is the first luxury manufacturer to unveil a plug-in hybrid car. Debuting at the 2014 Beijing auto show, the Bentley Hybrid Concept demonstrates the fuel-saving powertrain that will feature in the company’s first-ever SUV by 2017. The forthcoming Bentley SUV, which was first teased in 2012 as the EXP 9…
What Will Happen When All the Fish are Gone?
The world’s fishing industry is quickly running out of new ocean fishing grounds to exploit as it depletes existing areas through unsustainable harvesting practices, according to a study published recently. Expansion into unexploited fishing grounds allowed global catches to increase for decades, and disguised the fact that older areas were…
Want Something Green For Christmas?
So the season is getting near and it is time to buy a little something for all those special people on your list. Maybe you should go green this holiday season? Here are some gift ideas from Michelle Lalonde at The Gazette. I always start my eco-friendly Christmas shopping at…
Starbucks 3 Billion Paper Cups Need to Go Somewhere
ssStarbucks is finding new ways to use the 3 billion paper cups its customers use each year, even in cities where recycling is not popular or mandated. This fall, it will send cups used at its Chicago stores to Green Bay, where a Georgia Pacific paper mill will turn them…
China Pushes Green Technology
China is leading a push by Asia-Pacific nations into green technology, which could be their ticket to sustained growth and reduced reliance on Western markets, the United Nations said Thursday. This is much needed because of China’s incredible growth over the past decade. It said environmentally friendly industries could provide…
Cool Stackable Green Cars of the Future
I just love this idea, sort of like taking shopping carts at the grocery store.
What is better than a Mini?
An electric Mini of course!! I just love the mini and if I didn’t have to cart around 5 kids all the time I would definitely own one. Early next decade, BMW of North America plans to sell an electric “megacity car” as a sub-brand of BMW, similar to the…
Wind Power and Charity Together
I love it when green meets charity and here is a case of just that. An elaborate playhouse featuring a gearmotor from Bison Gear and Engineering Corp., St. Charles, Ill., sold for $10,000 at auction, with proceeds used to provide free home repair services for elderly and low-income homeowners in…
Clover is Not a Weed
I’m jumping over a four leaf clover! Once upon a time, before the advent of synthetic weed killers for the lawn in the late 1940s, most American lawns contained white clover. Because no formulation of weed control could be developed that left both grass and clover, but killed everything else,…