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February 2008
- Siemens Brings Trams to America
  
  Der Spiegel | Feb 22, 08 8:34 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Siemens is importing eco-friendly trams and light-rail transport to gas-guzzling America, Der Spiegel reports. The conglomerate has been making them in Sacramento for 2 years, and is seeing a brisk increase in demand from the almost 30 tram-loving US cities. The California plant has 200 orders already and expects more when another 50 US cities finish building new rail lines. More »
- Future Sunny for Solar Power
  
  LiveScience | Feb 20, 08 1:26 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Don’t sweat the energy crisis, say scientist Ray Kurzweil and Google co-founder Larry Page, who predict that within 20 years we’ll be getting 100% of our energy from the sun, based on current solar technology and growth trends. Kurzweil’s fortune-telling record is pretty good: He foresaw the fall of the Soviet Union, and the Internet revolution, too, LiveScience reports. More »
- During Bust, Green Groups Make Land Grab
  
  Newsweek | Feb 17, 08 12:19 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - As the subprime debacle rips through real estate, leveling home values and clogging the market with unsold property, an unlikely group of vultures is descending, reports Newsweek. Conservation groups and local governments alike, which sat on the bench during the last boom, are snapping up land from would-be developers to preserve for a rainy day as public land. More »
- EcoMoms Talk and Shop for Green Cause
  
  New York Times | Feb 16, 08 3:42 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A gathering of women may look like a book club, sewing circle, or Tupperware party these days—but is just as likely to be part of the 9,000-strong EcoMom Alliance, where mothers talk fluorescent lightbulbs, waste-free school lunches, and local produce. Long essential to America's green movement, young women are now using it to inspire coffee klatches and find environmental approaches to homemaking and parenthood, the New York Times reports. More »
- London Punishes Gas Guzzlers
  
  Times (UK) | Feb 12, 08 5:10 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - London will charge the biggest gas guzzlers on the road $50 a day to enter the city, the Times of London reports. The greenest cars, meanwhile, will pay nothing. Mayor Ken Livingstone revised his car-congestion charge to punish SUVs and sports cars by tripling the cost for them, beginning in the fall. Most cars will continue to pay $16 a day, but hybrids and others that meet strict emissions guidelines get in free. More »
- Arabs Building First Green City
  
  BBC | Feb 10, 08 5:14 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Earth's first carbon-free city is being built in the United Arab Emirates and will take 8 years and $22 billion to complete, the BBC reports. Called Masdar City, it will run on solar power and shuttle residents on travel pods via magnetic tracks. But critics say the $22 billion project, funded by the city of Abu Dhabi, belies the oil-rich emirate's overall gobbling of resources. More »
- Biofuels Will Add to Heating Climate, Studies Say
  
  Washington Post | Feb 8, 08 8:21 PM CST
  
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Siemens Brings Trams to America

Future Sunny for Solar Power

During Bust, Green Groups Make Land Grab

EcoMoms Talk and Shop for Green Cause

London Punishes Gas Guzzlers

Arabs Building First Green City

Biofuels Will Add to Heating Climate, Studies Say