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Photo by RTI The Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot (aka EATR) by Robotic Technology Inc. is a proposed military robot that can do all sorts of things according to the company's brochure. It can perform long-range reconnaissance, surveillance,

This week, a massive Baltic storm dumped rain all over Sweden and returned us to the damp and chilly summers we've come to expect. But last week? Last week Sweden

The vehicle--designed like a horse--can climb steep grades and even navigate rocks and boulders. Best part, it finds its own fuel. Using a built-in GPS

Sakarya University students with their hydrogen-powered car. Photo via SAİTEM. Gas prices in Turkey are among the highest -- if not the highest -- in the world, a fact I was rudely awakened to last summer when some friends and I rented a car to drive

Stand out of the line of fire of smoky fumes. Sure, that's the first defense. But what about the dangers of grilled dogs, ribs, and salmon? I've long heard

Who says a green car has to be shaped like a sneaker to save the planet? These 13 hot supercars sure don't.

Swedes are fond of making sweeping proclamations - oil-free by 2050, they promised, and now Skåne, the country's southernmost region, is claiming it will end its dependence on fossil fuels by 2020

We've heard much about the Tata Nano, India's $2,000 car that has over 200,000 Indians lining up to own one. We've also well aware that General Motors USA has filed for bankruptcy, although many of its international subsidiaries, like in China,

Like something out of a sci-fi film, this solar flower (tower) is the first of its kind to combine concentrated solar power with a hybrid-microturbine to ensure production of power 24 hours a

Nancy Gioia is a big wheel at Ford where she oversees sustainable transportation projects. In the second part of our chat, Gioia illuminates the future of diesels, Obama's new MPG standards, and the lackluster promise of the hydrogen highway. She also

"The Better World," the latest album by Soul Majestic, takes an often depressing subject - the state of the world - puts it to a reggae beat, blends in empowering lyrics and helps you get back on that horse to ride another day

In the smoking ashes of Detroit, Ford Motor Company looks a lot like the last man standing, which could have great big implications for the green car race. Nancy Gioia heads up Ford’s Sustainable Mobility programs—she shares with TreeHugger how her

The Chiron Transportation concept transforms between both a big rig and a locomotive. Powered by an algae-based fuel cell engine, the Autobot-wannabe also comes with a satellite tracking system for navigating railways

Waste water pond from Canadian tar sands development. Producing oil from tar sands and oil shale ends up creating several orders of magnitude more carbon emissions than conventional oil sources. Not to mention gigantic waste water ponds. Photo: Rodrigo

Amyris' renewable diesel can be distributed through the existing petro-diesel infrastructure. Photo: ThreadedThoughts via flickr. Amyris Biotechnologies has announced that their renewable diesel (not biodiesel, more on that below...) has been approved

We observed last month that Neil Young is out and about promoting his new album, Fork in the Road.

The oft-touted hydrogen economy may still be a bit over the horizon, but a new $2.1 million grant given to UCLA professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering Vasilios Manousiouthakis will give the university and the

Could this actually be a carbon-neutral fossil fuel source? New Scientist is reporting on research presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society which examines whether methane could be extracted from what looks like regular ice, and