If love is defined as dropping a bunch of cash on a ultra cool Tesla Roadster for the wife you’ve cheated on multiple times, then Tiger Woods really loves Elin Nordegren. Amid speculation that a divorce is in the works, Tiger and Elin were trying to hang out on the DL over at a dealership in [...]

NASA has put a stop to the landing of Space Shuttle Discovery, which will stay in orbit for another day, due to cloudy weather. The Space Shuttle Discovery was slated to land at Kennedy Space Center, but mission managers in Houston canceled the landing just an hour and a half before the scheduled landing. Discovery has [...]

The Obama Administration has announced new fuel efficiency standards that will boost mileage and cut emissions. Announced today, the new standards call for a 35.5 miles-per-gallon average within six years, up nearly 10 mpg from now. The requirements for the 2012-2016 model years pleased environmentalists as well as automakers. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said, “Putting more fuel-efficient [...]

Starting this month (just in time for Spring), Google has started providing bicycle directions as part of its Google Maps service. The new feature comes with directions for cyclists in 150 cities in the United States. Google already incorporates public-transit and walking directions in addition to automobile driving directions, and the cycling community has been [...]

In 2009, Obama pledged $10.5 billion towards high-speed rail development. It looks like the first state to receive some of that money will be Florida. Obama has designated $2.5 billion to the state to begin the first phase of their train system that will run from Orlando to Tampa. Phase 1 will run along the [...]

Oregon State University (OSU) has an amazing team of wood science researchers that have recently proposed the idea to change the filler currently used in rubber tires. The standard filler is Silica but these researchers suggest changing that to micro-crystalline cellulose which is derived from plant fiber. This change would result in tires that would [...]

Dutch airline company KLM is planning the first biofuel flight on one of its passenger carrying 747′s. On November 23, a Boeing 747 will take a flight powered by a combination of 50% biofuel and 50% jet fuel. The biofuel being used in this KLM flight will be made from camelina, a feedstock that produces [...]

Home of your Sustainability Ninjas, Vancouver, BC is gearing up for the big event – the 2010 Olympic games. In February, Vancouver’s mayor Gregor Robertson announced the Greenest City Action Team, a program that he hoped would advance green economic initiatives in an effort to make Vancouver the greenest city in the world. However, with [...]

After some wavering, it looks like the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will reopen today after all. The bridge was closed down after a 2-inch-thick crack in a steel link was discovered while the bridge was shut down for a routine upgrade. Crews labored overnight to repair the 73-year-old bridge. The reopening of the San Francisco-Oakland [...]

Boston as announced plans to implement a new urban bike sharing system as early as summer 2010. The program when complete, will be the largest in America. The new bike-sharing system will be along the same idea as the programs already being used in cities like Montreal and Paris. Riders can pick up bikes at [...]