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Taylor Swift Threatens to Sue Student Tracking Her Private Jet, but He's Not Backing Down
Taylor Swift Threatens to Sue Student Tracking Her Private Jet, but He's Not Backing Down

7 Feb 2024, 08:55 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Pop star sends cease-and-desist letter to Jack Sweeney accusing him of harassment and sharing private details, but he maintains he's not doing anything illegal

 
Floyd Mayweather Sends His $50 Million Private Jet to Israel With Supplies
Floyd Mayweather Sends His $50 Million Private Jet to Israel With Supplies

16 Oct 2023, 12:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Air Mayweather gets put to good use, carrying thousands of pounds of vital supplies to Israel, with the champ’s persona staff handling everything

 
Care for the Environment and Don't Drive Often? Buy a Gas-Powered Car, Harvard Study Says
Care for the Environment and Don't Drive Often? Buy a Gas-Powered Car, Harvard Study Says

31 Aug 2023, 12:54 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / EV owners who seldom drive aren't doing the environment any favors, according to this Harvard research that spanned over two and half years

 
Australia Mostly To Blame for BEVs' High Ex-Factory Carbon Footprint
Australia Mostly To Blame for BEVs' High Ex-Factory Carbon Footprint

13 Jun 2023, 15:31 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Automakers are struggling to make EVs more environmentally friendly. Sadly for them and the climate, Australia isn't helping

 
LOL: Private Jet Company Boss Defends Private Jet Flying by Saying Pets Pollute More
LOL: Private Jet Company Boss Defends Private Jet Flying by Saying Pets Pollute More

4 Jun 2023, 00:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / As the CEO Of Luxaviation, Patrick Hansen must defend his company’s existence. But coming for the cats and dogs of the world is not the way to do it

 
EPA Launches ICE vs EV "Comparison Tool," but It Only Looks at Emissions
EPA Launches ICE vs EV "Comparison Tool," but It Only Looks at Emissions

21 Jan 2023, 15:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Bebeselea / EPA launched a website with a comparison tool that shows the CO2 emissions of ICE cars compared to EVs, but it does not tell the whole story

 
The Float Is a Sustainable Floating Home That Proves Simplicity Is Best
The Float Is a Sustainable Floating Home That Proves Simplicity Is Best

26 Dec 2022, 01:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Designed and built by Rotterdam-based architecture firm Studio RAP, The Float is a custom home that uses only two materials for construction: timber and cork

 
Brandalism’s Guerrilla Action Uses Ads to Go After Airliners With Huge Carbon Footprints
Brandalism’s Guerrilla Action Uses Ads to Go After Airliners With Huge Carbon Footprints

3 Oct 2022, 11:03 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / “Subvertising” is Brandalism’s choice for spreading the gospel on how advertising is nourishing the culture of consumption in aviation

 
Vattenfall and CAKE Use a Giant Cube To Help Us Visualize CO2 Emissions for Producing It
Vattenfall and CAKE Use a Giant Cube To Help Us Visualize CO2 Emissions for Producing It

1 Sep 2022, 12:43 UTC · By: Mircea Mazuru / Vattenfall and CAKE are creating the first fossil-free EV and they're helping us visualize the true carbon footprint of producing EVs by filling a cube with CO2

 
Steven Spielberg Burns $116K Worth of Jet Fuel in 2 Months, Is Terrified of Climate Change
Steven Spielberg Burns $116K Worth of Jet Fuel in 2 Months, Is Terrified of Climate Change

23 Aug 2022, 06:53 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Billionaire filmmaker is being called out as an eco-hypocrite, after flight data shows he makes frequent use of his private jet, while lecturing others

 
Drake Criticized for 14-Minute Flight in His Boeing 767 Private Jet, He’s Not Having It
Drake Criticized for 14-Minute Flight in His Boeing 767 Private Jet, He’s Not Having It

28 Jul 2022, 04:20 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The rapper responds to online criticism that he’s destroying the environment by indulging in stupid whims, says plane was being taken into storage

 
Carbon Footprint Reduction Confuses Americans, New Study Reveals
Carbon Footprint Reduction Confuses Americans, New Study Reveals

8 Mar 2022, 21:26 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Living in a world with clean air is shaping up to be a tougher challenge than previously thought. Americans, for example, want change with no real effort

 
Meet the Cannabis Car, the Hemp-Built Renew Sports Car That Is Greener Than EVs
Meet the Cannabis Car, the Hemp-Built Renew Sports Car That Is Greener Than EVs

7 Mar 2022, 08:24 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Inspired by Henry Ford’s 1941 hemp-plastic car, the rebodied Mazda Miata by Bruce Dietzen is three times greener than EVs, can run on electricity too

 
Peak Ghost Flying: Carrier Operates 3,000 Unnecessary Flights to Keep Airport Slots
Peak Ghost Flying: Carrier Operates 3,000 Unnecessary Flights to Keep Airport Slots

7 Jan 2022, 11:15 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Figures show Lufthansa-owned Brussels Airlines has flown 3,000 empty or near-empty flights just so it wouldn’t lose landing and takeoff rights at the airport

 
“Hypocrite” Lewis Hamilton Is Still Flying His Vegan Dog Private
“Hypocrite” Lewis Hamilton Is Still Flying His Vegan Dog Private

13 Aug 2021, 06:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Roscoe is a vegetarian, flies only by private jet, and critics of Hamilton’s activism can’t but notice the apparent disconnect between his words and his actions

 
Kia's EV6 Is the First Korean Car to Achieve Carbon Footprint Certification
Kia's EV6 Is the First Korean Car to Achieve Carbon Footprint Certification

11 Aug 2021, 07:55 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Kia's first all-electric EV6 also becomes the first Korean vehicle to achieve product carbon footprint certification from the Carbon Trust.

 
New Google Maps Feature Live for All Users, Brings Emission Charge Warning
New Google Maps Feature Live for All Users, Brings Emission Charge Warning

7 Aug 2021, 04:38 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Google Maps can warn users when a provided route goes through a low-emission zone, therefore letting them know certain charges might apply

 
A Summer Vacation Dilemma: Sustainable Travel Is a Priority Until It Costs Money
A Summer Vacation Dilemma: Sustainable Travel Is a Priority Until It Costs Money

22 Jun 2021, 06:19 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A year of lockdowns and travel restrictions has taught us to be more mindful of the environment and consider alternative means of travel; money remains a factor

 
You Can No Longer Buy a Tesla With Bitcoin, So Maybe Dogecoin Is Next
You Can No Longer Buy a Tesla With Bitcoin, So Maybe Dogecoin Is Next

13 May 2021, 05:51 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Tesla CEO Elon Musk says that Bitcoin is no longer accepted as payment, less than two months after it was introduced, due to environmental concerns

 
Google Announces a New Google Maps Feature That Makes Perfect Sense Today
Google Announces a New Google Maps Feature That Makes Perfect Sense Today

23 Apr 2021, 03:56 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Google Maps now allows businesses to edit their public information and display the recycling options they support, including things like plastic bags and batter