The U.S. Department of the Interior has taken to releasing massive amounts of the Colorado River from dams, here's why.

Rivers are people too, you know.

A new study looks at how AVs are part of a much bigger picture of how we get around.

The car changed the design of our houses; the AV will change our houses and the way we live.

Phil Levin thinks it will change real estate completely; Christian Wolmar thinks it is ludicrous tech nerd fantasy.

When you try and go too fast it says, "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that."

Perhaps AVs should have their own lower speed limits until they figure this all out.

People are being killed every day and the problem is the design of our streets as much as the cars and drivers.

They want to build beacons into bikes. Will implants in pedestrians be next?

Judging from what I am reading all over the political map, I suspect that autonomous cars are the new Juiceroo.

They are going to be autonomous taxis. Is this a good idea?

Self-driving cars will likely be big autonomous mobile home theaters.

It may be decades before AVs are good enough, so in the meantime everyone will have to keep out of their way.

In which we learn a new and useful word: techno-chauvinism.

We are wasting too much time, energy and money on autonomous vehicles. We know what to do and it's not AVs.

Survey finds that drivers with a few "smart" features in their cars take a lot more risks.

Researchers at Georgia Tech warn that there is a risk that self-driving cars might be hacked and cause gridlock.

Though it was announced over two weeks ago, perhaps because of Exxon's backing of Synthetic Genomics, Dow Chemical's backing of Algenol Biofuels is getting a bit more play. Together they will develop a pilot-scale algae

Photo from Eco-Rally USA Eco-Rally USA, a grassroots transportation group, is launching a trip across the United States aimed at helping to accelerate clean energy vehicles to become the standard for automobiles rather than the exception. The tour start

The 107 million tons of grain that went to U.S. ethanol distilleries in 2009 was enough to feed 330 million people for one year at average world consumption levels. More than a quarter of the total U.S. grain crop was turned into ethanol to fuel cars

At a time when excessive pressures on the earth's land and water resources are of growing concern, there is a massive new demand emerging for cropland to produce fuel for cars--one that threatens world food

French tire giant Michelin recently held its 10th Challenge Bibendum, this time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event is a chance for Michelin to rally industry players around the flag of sustainable mobility and the future of the automobile. Here's me loo

This year, French tire giant Michelin (yes, the Michelin that made the tires on your car) held its 10th Challenge Bibendum event, this time in Rio de Janeiro. If you've never heard of this thing, don't kick yourself,

The first large-scale commercial operation to produce cellulosic ethanol (the kind of ethanol made not from corn or other grown crops, but from organic waste) in the US just got major backing from the oil industry, and will be online in 2013. The New

Kidney failure is killing sugarcane workers in Central America who supply sugar for both our sweet tooth and demand for ethanol.

The rare metal is now worth US $1,700 an ounce.

The Double Pyramid is an innovative way of portraying how the ecological footprints of our food compare to their nutritional value.

So you want to save the world, do you? Let's get one thing straight.

It creates as much CO2 as a million transatlantic flights. Why isn't this a bigger deal?

Your phone makes it easier and safer.

Cadillac introduces BOOK, which lets you book the car you want when you want it. We should all be so lucky.

Sharing resources and renting just what you need is green, but not much of a business model.

It's got all three: low transportation energy, low embodied carbon, low operating energy.

Architype demonstrates that simple forms and careful window choices are the way to build efficient, affordable homes.

Alice + Whittles makes use of high-quality materials that would otherwise go to waste.

Our well-coiffed photo of the day comes from the rain forest of Ecuador.

Drones can continually monitor active volcanoes to help with advanced warnings of eruptions.

Aiming to raise awareness about e-waste recycling, this photographer used 4,100 pounds of e-waste in these futuristic scenes.

If only we could buy it in North America.

"If a touchscreen must be used, it should be embedded alongside a set of fixed, physical buttons that support muscle memory and single actions."

Don't Blink or You'll Miss It! Google has created a series of video ads called "Search Stories". They're basically short vignettes showing some cool projects that were made possible by people finding the right information (using Google, of course). The

Western Michigan University is installing solar-powered electric car charging. But it has to chop down nine trees to do it.

The evaluation report three years after Double Up Food Bucks started giving incentives to SNAP (formerly food stamp) recipients

Republican Candidate in Michigan blames too much federal regulation. Others might suggest too little.

When cars first began appearing in the late 19th century, some cities moved to ban them -- but there is still one place in the US that has yet to change its mind.

Proposed bill would make burning tires and other industrial solid waste count towards the state’s mandate of generating 10 percent of its energy from renewables.

Ideal Bite: Are you getting very, very sleepy? by Heather Stephenson "You will be if you follow this tip. Conventional anti-insomnia pills work, but if you don't wanna lose sleep over side effects and potentially addictive ingredients, induce

Cut the grass will you?...Are you done edging?....Time to water the

It's the first living painting in London's Trafalgar Square, and maybe the first anywhere. A Van Gogh picture has been turned into a green living vertical wall.

Artists installed a grass carpet through a French town to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its arts and nature trail programs.