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Environment
Which States Suffer When Gas Prices Rise?
On the heels of my post about gas prices and rural America, here's a map showing how much people would be spending on gas if prices spiked to 2008...
News
High Gas Prices and Rural America
Which states get hit hardest by high gas prices? The rural ones. From Reuters: The five states that are most vulnerable to the higher fuel prices...
Environment
The Price of Gas and the Cars We Buy
Back in 2007, everyone was talking about the "pain at the pump." But did that change what people drive? This infographic by Chris Svetlik looks at...
Environment
In Defense of High Gas Prices
Our friends at Streetsblog found a new report by the EPA that contained the chart below. It shows the dirtiness of the vehicles produced each year...
Cities
Biking Is Way Up in New York City. Again.
And here's another fun chart: According to the most recent data from the New York City Department of Transportation, biking in the city...
News
Sixteen Years and Counting... We Still Can't Raise the Gas Tax
The House of Representatives half of Congress was fighting over transportation funding this week and the big sticking point for House...
Environment
Should We Be Talking About Peak Oil?
And I ask because we're not talking about it much. After a brief moment in the public consciousness when gas prices spiked in 2008, the issue of...
News
The Climate Bill and Your Gas Prices
The NRDC did a little legwork and decided that the American Clean Energy and Security Act*, which passed the House last Friday, would result in...
Environment
China Becomes Electric
China is pushing to drastically overhaul their automobile fleet, replacing it with electric cars. Or at least that's what they're saying. If the...
News
We're Driving Less for the First Time in Decades
The U.S. Department of Transportation released their report on America's driving habits in 2008 last week. Overall it's pretty dry, but the chart...
News
Oregon's Gas Tax Experiment
In Oregon, declining gas tax revenues are prompting the state to look into some wacky new ways of getting money from drivers. The LA Times...
News
Derringer Cycles
Like the idea of biking to work but hate those hills on your commute? Los Angeles's Derringer Cycles has come up with a solution.
Environment
Gas Prices Across The Nation
This nice infographic from the NYT shows gas prices around the nation and where they're taking the biggest toll. It looks like people in...
GOOD Blog
Gas Costs Spur Changes
Gas is expensive. Maybe you've heard? Or paid? And companies are starting to take notice. GM is ramping up construction of small cars and may...
Environment
Black and Green
Van Jones wants to make sure the poorest citizens get a piece of the new sustainable-living boom.
News
Gas Loss
Not only does gas cost $500 a gallon (this is an exaggeration, nowhere in America has gas even reached the $100 a gallon mark), but according...
Environment
Gas Attack
Even though gas prices continue to rise, it seems as though American drivers are really not that interested in doing anything to alter their fuel...
News
Hybrid Frenzy
Hybrids used to be the domain of starry-eyed idealists and kooky environmentalists. But, as gas prices rise and as car manufacturers throw...
