The YikeBike: A Fascinating New Form of Urban Transportation

Two wheeled urban transportation has never been so effortless, portable, or head turning. Hitting streets in carbon-fiber black, the YikeBike , provides an electric drive train that allows users to sit up and take in their commute

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Plant-Based Molecules Could Create More Efficient Photovoltaic Devices

Plants are excellent at harnessing solar power , so it only makes sense that scientists would eventually study them for hints on how to develop more efficient photovoltaic devices. Chemists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are doing exactly that–they have figured out a way to build PV devices inspired by the photosynthetic processes of plants

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Why Haven’t Electric Bikes Caught On?

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Why Haven’t Electric Bikes Caught On?

Sanyo Installs Solar Parking Lots in Japan for Electric Hybrid Bicycles

Solar charging stations for cars? Been there, done that. Now Sanyo has completed two solar parking lot charging stations in Japan for its “ Eneloop ” hybrid electric bikes–and the company is offering 80 bikes for community use at the two spots

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My Year of "E" or, Joining the Electric Bike Revolution

If I hadn’t taken a test drive I’m sure I never would have purchased a Sanyo eneloop electric-assist bicycle . It’s not that I’m not lazy – I am, and many people near to me know that I am a rather wimpy urban biker, as I complain if I have to go too far or haul too much stuff.

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My Year of "E" or, Joining the Electric Bike Revolution

My Year of "E" or, Joining the Electric Bike Revolution

If I hadn’t taken a test drive I’m sure I never would have purchased a Sanyo eneloop electric-assist bicycle . It’s not that I’m not lazy – I am, and many people near to me know that I am a rather wimpy urban biker, as I complain if I have to go too far or haul too much stuff

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My Year of "E" or, Joining the Electric Bike Revolution

My Year of "E" or, Joining the Electric Bike Revolution

If I hadn’t taken a test drive I’m sure I never would have purchased a Sanyo eneloop electric-assist bicycle . It’s not that I’m not lazy – I am, and many people near to me know that I am a rather wimpy urban biker, as I complain if I have to go too far or haul too much stuff.

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My Year of "E" or, Joining the Electric Bike Revolution

San Jose Mercury News Pushes Back On Efforts to Kill California Climate Bill

photo via flickr California has the most ambitious climate plan in the country, known as AB 32, which aims to cut emissions and increase the use of renewable energy to 30 percent by 2020. The bill’s ambition certainly would upset the status quo. Perhaps that’s why polluters and some politicians are lining up against the bill’s implementation

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San Jose Mercury News Pushes Back On Efforts to Kill California Climate Bill

San Jose Mercury News Pushes Back On Efforts to Kill California Climate Bill

photo via flickr California has the most ambitious climate plan in the country, known as AB 32, which aims to cut emissions and increase the use of renewable energy to 30 percent by 2020. The bill’s ambition certainly would upset the status quo. Perhaps that’s why polluters and some politicians are lining up against the bill’s implementation

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San Jose Mercury News Pushes Back On Efforts to Kill California Climate Bill

Life as You’ve Never Seen it on Planet Green

Image credit: DCI Life , premiering March 21, captures the most incredible moments in the plant and animal world—and you can catch the action on Planet Green…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Life as You’ve Never Seen it on Planet Green

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