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Living Vehicle 2020, the Camper Trailer That Promises Luxury Unplugged
Living Vehicle 2020, the Camper Trailer That Promises Luxury Unplugged

1 Apr 2020, 10:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Completely self-efficient, built with extra attention to quality and details, the mobile home is also fully customizable and 4-season, all-terrain compatible

 
Eather One Electric Plane Uses Air Friction to Generate Power
Eather One Electric Plane Uses Air Friction to Generate Power

1 Apr 2020, 04:56 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Industrial designer Michal Bonikowski imagines an electric airplane that would need the smallest battery banks and would be self-sufficient while flying

 
Ford Goes Green With Grease, Approves Use of HVO in Transit Vans
Ford Goes Green With Grease, Approves Use of HVO in Transit Vans

27 Jan 2020, 13:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil, aka renewable diesel, considerably reduces greenhouse gases and NOx emissions, helps vehicles start quicker in lower temperatures

 
Silent 55 Catamaran, the Dead-Quiet Cruiser With Unlimited Range
Silent 55 Catamaran, the Dead-Quiet Cruiser With Unlimited Range

26 Jan 2020, 03:44 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Silent Yachts, producer of oceangoing solar-electric production catamarans, offers seafarers the chance to cruise blue waters without guilt or noise

 
Zero-Emissions Passenger Plane HER0 Could Be the Tesla of the Skies
Zero-Emissions Passenger Plane HER0 Could Be the Tesla of the Skies

23 Jan 2020, 19:00 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / NYC designer Joe Doucet imagines an electrically-powered propeller plane that would not contribute to the climate crisis, ideal for short-haul flights

 
DutchCraft 25 Tender, the Swiss (Fully Electric) Army Knife of Tenders
DutchCraft 25 Tender, the Swiss (Fully Electric) Army Knife of Tenders

23 Jan 2020, 13:26 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / DutchCraft introduces luxury boat that’s as versatile as it’s robust, dead quiet but still impressive in terms of performance. Pricing starts at $305,000

 
Despite Time Award, Trump Says Greta Thunberg Should Chill
Despite Time Award, Trump Says Greta Thunberg Should Chill

13 Dec 2019, 18:05 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / President Donald Trump takes to Twitter to say Time Magazine recognition is “so ridiculous” because the young activist is a teen with anger management issues

 
SUV Growing Popularity Is Foiling Efforts to Switch to Electric
SUV Growing Popularity Is Foiling Efforts to Switch to Electric

11 Dec 2019, 15:10 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Overall exhaust emissions from new cars has been increasing in the past 3 years instead of declining, blame increase in SUV popularity

 
Extinction Rebellion Activists Sabotage 3,600 e-Scooters in France
Extinction Rebellion Activists Sabotage 3,600 e-Scooters in France

10 Dec 2019, 15:42 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The e-scooters are billed as “soft” and “green,” but in reality they’re “ecological disasters,” protesters say. “We don’t want them in our cities!”

 
Living Close to Heavy-Traffic Roads Can Increase the Risk of Lung Cancer
Living Close to Heavy-Traffic Roads Can Increase the Risk of Lung Cancer

26 Nov 2019, 14:29 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Paper warns that living within a 50-meter area of a major road could boost risk of lung cancer by as much as 10 percent, have significant impact on health

 
Qantas Airlines Promises to Behave: Net-Zero Emissions by 2050
Qantas Airlines Promises to Behave: Net-Zero Emissions by 2050

13 Nov 2019, 13:59 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Qantas becomes third major airline to pledge to go carbon-free, with the caveat that it wants to do more and is also investing in sustainable aviation fuel

 
Oceanco’s DreAMBoat Is a Dreamboat for Multigenerational Groups
Oceanco’s DreAMBoat Is a Dreamboat for Multigenerational Groups

11 Nov 2019, 13:06 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The luxury yacht comes with plenty of entertainment options and marks the first time designers Terence Disdale and Espen Øino worked together

 
Used Renault EV Batteries Can Now Carry You on the Seine in Paris
Used Renault EV Batteries Can Now Carry You on the Seine in Paris

7 Nov 2019, 14:41 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Renault partners with Seine Alliance and Green-Vision to create the world’s first passenger boat to use second life batteries. Black Swan will debut in 2020

 
World’s First Hybrid-Powered Cruise Ship Is on Its Maiden Voyage
World’s First Hybrid-Powered Cruise Ship Is on Its Maiden Voyage

6 Nov 2019, 22:41 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The MS Roald Amundsen is on its way to Antarctica, carrying 450 guests. It’s the first cruise ship to combine luxurious design with a focus on sustainability

 
Carbon Offsetting Is Just Fancy Window Dressing
Carbon Offsetting Is Just Fancy Window Dressing

30 Oct 2019, 21:10 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Paying for the damage you cause is a means to a lighter conscience but not a genuine solution to a problem. Not flying is the actual solution

 
Here Are the Celebrities With the Largest Carbon Footprint from Flying
Here Are the Celebrities With the Largest Carbon Footprint from Flying

24 Oct 2019, 15:50 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Bill Gates, Paris Hilton, Jennifer Lopez and Emma Watson continue to fly all over the world and inspire others to do the same

 
Extinction Rebellion Protesters Are Getting Quite Silly With Glue
Extinction Rebellion Protesters Are Getting Quite Silly With Glue

15 Oct 2019, 13:33 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The number of protesters is growing, as is the degree of disruptions they cause. Gluing themselves to trains, streets and airplanes seems to be thing right now

 
Do as I Say, Not as I Do: Unmasking the Hypocrisy of Eco-Warriors
Do as I Say, Not as I Do: Unmasking the Hypocrisy of Eco-Warriors

11 Oct 2019, 14:42 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Celebrities, CEOs and public figures love to preach, but they also love to travel comfortably, which goes against their preaching

 
Dutch Farmers in Tractors Create Worst Ever Rush Hour: 700 Miles of Traffic Jams
Dutch Farmers in Tractors Create Worst Ever Rush Hour: 700 Miles of Traffic Jams

2 Oct 2019, 12:44 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Farmers protest against proposed measures to half livestock to reduce pollution, say they’re being turned into scapegoats while airlines get off scot-free

 
Arnold Schwarzenegger Once Offered to Lend Greta Thunberg His Electric Car
Arnold Schwarzenegger Once Offered to Lend Greta Thunberg His Electric Car

27 Sep 2019, 23:03 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The actor has made no secret of being a big fan of the climate activist, but he also tried putting his admiration into action by offering to help her