Is this the greenest city in the world?: Eco housing, car-free streets and socially conscious neighbours have made the German city of Freiburg a shining example of sustainability. [Guardian]
The Folly of Turning Water into Fuel: Agribusiness and politicians are sucking our country dry with mandates for biofuels. [AlterNet]
How the myth of food miles hurts the planet: Ethical shopping just got more complicated. The idea that only local produce is good is under attack. [Guardian]
X Prize dangles $10 million for fuel-efficient car: More than 60 teams from nine countries have lined up to chase a $10 million prize for making a green supercar that smashes records for fuel efficiency, organizers of the competition said Thursday. [LA Times]
Pollution-Free Hydrogen SUV Hits the Driveway: Like many of her neighbors, Maria Recchia-O’Neill has a sport utility vehicle sitting in her driveway in Rye Brook, just north of New York City. She drives it to work and around town to run errands. But although her vehicle looks like any other SUV, her Chevrolet Equinox gets excellent gas mileage—and it doesn’t emit any pollutants or climate change–promoting carbon dioxide. That is because it is a hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle—one of 40 such automobiles that U.S. carmaker General Motors provided for motorists to road test. [Scientific American]
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