Climate
The Reality behind Saudi Arabia's Climate Commitments
The kingdom seeks to temper rising oil consumption
Stories by Tali Trigg
Sustainability
The Economist Takes a Strange Turn on Science
A geoengineering quick-fix resurfaces as truth
Automotive
Why the VW #DieselGate Is Only the Tip of the Iceberg, Part 4
What the "death of diesel" means for electric vehicles
Automotive
Why the VW #DieselGate Is Only the Tip of the Iceberg, Part 3
How U.S. regulations brought results where Europe failed
Sustainability
The Nepal Scenario
What happens when a country runs out of oil
Automotive
Why the VW #DieselGate Is Only the Tip of the Iceberg, Part 2
The scandal widens for the automotive industry
Sustainability
1 Million EVs Sold Worldwide
More than one million EVs have now been sold worldwide
Health
The Perfect Commute = >0
How travel conditions for commuters are transforming your work-life balance
Tech
Why the VW #DieselGate Is Only the Tip of the Iceberg, Part 1
The Volkswagen #dieselgate took many by surprise, but for others it was a symptom of a broken system, one not limited to diesel cars
Environment
Thailand Breaks World Record for Mass Cycling Event
Group cycling event breaks world record in Thailand
Sustainability
What CityLab Gets Wrong about EVs
How one error keeps tripping up analysis of electric vehicles
Sustainability
Toy Stories and Climate Change
Parents are making increasing demands on the sustainability of toys, now to include reduced climate impacts. Manufacturers are scrambling to respond, and to take the "green" lead...
Sustainability
Less Coal and Better Air Quality: China's New Normal?
Chart shows renewable energy outpacing coal by a wide margin
The Sciences
Cities Where It's Faster to Walk than Drive
Late last year I came across an article noting that traffic in downtown London was now moving at the same speed as that of a horse-drawn carriage, basically the state of traffic a full century ago...
Japan Now Has More EV Chargers Than Gas Stations
For any alternative fuel in transport, the key question is: what about infrastructure? As in, how much does infrastructure cost, what are the environmental effects, and who is actually going to pay for it?...
Sustainability
Indian Railways and Military Go Solar
There's been no shortage recently of big companies going big on solar, nor of middlemen trying to pave the way for bulk buying of solar power, but when the beast that is national procurement gets involved, the ante is upped...
A Tale of Two City-States
How Hong Kong and Singapore Went from Fishing Villages to Urban Lodestars I'm writing this on a flight from Hong Kong where news has just broken that the father of the Singaporean city-state Lee Kuan Yew has passed away...
Sustainability
The Overly Dramatic Demise of the Light Bulb
Remember when the fight against phasing out inefficient incandescent light bulbs was a big deal? Well it seems the sky didn't fall. Just recently, Canada joined the United States, the European Union, and Australia among several countries (see map below) to phase out the production and import of inefficient incandescent light bulbs...
Can Chinese Cities Turn Around Pollution in Time?
China became a mostly urban country in 2011, the service sector became the biggest in 2013, and in 2015 Chinese cities will try to reverse negative trends of sprawl and pollution.
Sustainability
With Cuban Détente, What Future for Its Classic Cars?
I can't seem to go a day without hearing someone say, "Get to Cuba before all the Americans get there." What exactly is it that Americans will change once they get to Cuba?
