Transportation

Ride the Electric Abu Dhabi Stretch Limo SuperBus

The midnight blue "electric" Superbus comes fully loaded. Backed by Dow Chemicals, is this another example of westerners catering to the whimsy of oil...

Is Car-Free Living Possible in the Suburbs?

How can eco-friendly transportation be improved in the suburbs? When contemplating whether to live in a city or in the suburbs, most people weigh the...

Better Place Reveals Danish Electric Car Prices

Is the Better Place Renault Fluence  worth EURO 27,500? The highly taxed Danes may think so. As we get closer to spring, we may...

Why Masdar’s Personal Rapid Transport Would Have Been Great

When the PRT plan at Masdar was scrapped, what exactly did we lose? The folks at Singularity Hub offer an interesting analysis of Masdar's PRT...

Green Gas Station Meets Stringent New Dubai Building Code

It's still just where the oil fix is dispensed. But greener. Dubai's first green gas station, that we covered here in January is not...

Doha and Tel Aviv Launch Two-Wheel Options for Urban Transportation

  Tel Aviv is preparing to launch a bike-sharing program, joining over 200 cities in the world that already operate such systems. The pessimists and optimists will...

How To Live A Car-Free Existence

Green Prophet's Arwa on her decision not to drive a car and the social stigma that comes with it... Maybe it has something to do...

Reckless Driving Kills 3 in the UAE Every Day

The Suraya Foundation seeks funds to launch a radio campaign to convince governments, non-profits and ordinary citizens to root out reckless driving. Engineer and...

Dubai Municipality To Convert 500 Cars To Hybrid Gas Engines

Dubai's Director Of Transportation is among the first recipients of a compressed gas engine vehicle. Starting with just five vehicles initially, the Dubai municipality plans...

GM Hydrogen Hy-Wire and Sequel Cars Could Power Our Future

The Sequel: A hydrogen-electric hybrid who's time may soon come General Motors, whose Chevrolet Volt electric hybrid is now beginning to roll into Chevy dealerships...

TaxiBot: Airbus and Israel Aircraft Industries Make Tugboat for Planes

TaxiBot, A unique towing system for airplanes to save jet fuel will save billions of tons of greenhouse gases. The idea has been around for...

UAE To Get 300 New Electric Buses Each Year

Abu Dhabi plans to best the US with a bigger, greener line of zero-emission buses. Abu Dhabi never ceases to amaze us with their growing...

White Gold Bentley Upstages Emirati Gold Mercedes – How Ungreen!

A gold Bentley, and white gold Mercedes. What's next - a gold Rolls Royce? In a glitz race to see who owns the most...

Better Place Says UK Not Giving Electric Cars a (Tax) Break

Is the UK's Tax Man still short-sighted in giving incentives for electric cars? The British government is not doing enough to give consumers enough incentives...

Green Cars Are Not New – Let’s Look Back 90 Years

This 1934 streamlined DIY car could go 50-70 miles on a gallon of gas. Not bad, in today's terms. The idea of building environmentally friendly...

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Dinner Venues In Sydney With the Best Views of Opera House & Harbour Bridge

Sydney is best known for the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge. If you’re looking to enjoy dinner with views of these landmarks, here are some great options.

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Climate change traced in sea turtle shells

It's sea turtles which may in the end save islands in the Seychelles. They may also better help us understand climate change. Like rings on a tree, scientists have found a way to read sea turtle shells and how they are impacted by climate change tells a story. 

Sámi shaman drums: why owning one could get you killed in Scandinavia

For centuries, the Sámi shaman drum was one of the most powerful sacred objects in northern Europe, and one of the most feared by church and state. If ISIS looks bad to us today for its religious fundamentalism, Christians were just as fervent. 

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How to Effectively Promote Your Sustainability Progress

Before promoting sustainability progress, companies must ensure their initiatives are genuine and measurable. Today’s audiences are increasingly skeptical of vague environmental claims, particularly as awareness of “greenwashing” has grown.

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Sámi shaman drums: why owning one could get you killed in Scandinavia

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Flying the friendly skies… but can we get out in 90 seconds?

In a real emergency, romance takes a back seat to physics, panic, and how fast 150 people can squeeze through a narrow tube. The Federal Aviation Administration says every aircraft must be evacuated within 90 seconds. That’s the gold standard. But new research suggests that in the real world,  especially as we age, that number might be more aspirational than achievable.

Most of the world’s marine protected areas are polluted by sewage

Research from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the University of Queensland, published in Ocean & Coastal Management, found that nearly three out of four marine protected areas (MPAs) worldwide are exposed to sewage pollution.

Adamah in Los Angeles wants to make Jewish climate action local, practical and spiritual

At a time when climate anxiety can feel abstract and overwhelming, and being Jewish something people may need to hide in big cities, Adamah Los Angeles is trying something different: turning Jewish values into local climate action with dirt-under-the-fingernails practicality.
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