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I have been reading negative reports about Prius mileage and cost effectiveness for years. Here is one called "The Hybrid Hoax," written about a year ago. The author propagates misinformation by referring us to another article written in 2004 by a USA Today reporter (Kiley) who drove a Jetta diesel from Detroit to Washington, D.C., and a Prius back from Washington, D.C. to Detroit:

Kiley had to stop to refill the Prius, which ended up averaging 38 miles per gallon, compared with 44 miles per gallon for the Jetta

The high school yearbook photo!

This, via Kos via Pushing String, is the greatest thing ever: See the Pushing String post for an explanation of what the “choom gang” is. Effing sweet.

Oooh. Ahhh.

Have I mentioned that Utah is absolutely beautiful? I grew up in the lowlands of New Jersey, where the closest thing we had to a mountain was a gravel pile out back:

Top ten student teams duke it out for cash, concert

As I reported last summer, mtvU, MTV’s 24-hour college network, and GE buddied up to get students to “green” their campuses. The resulting mtvU GE ecomagination Challenge brought in over 100 entries from university campuses across the country. The top ten projects were announced this week, and the student finalists are now counting on you […]

Alaska’s Ted Stevens gets desperate for ANWR

A while back, I noted with some bafflement that Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) of all people was proposing a boost in CAFE standards. Now his fellow Senator is hopping on board the green train too: [Alaska Sen. Lisa] Murkowski on Tuesday endorsed Stevens’ bill and introduced a companion measure to create tax credits for alternative […]

Opening night film relives 1960s activism, but who even cares anymore?

Not to further the dirty hippie debate any, uh, further, but it’s on my mind here in Utah as I take in what film elites have dubbed the Next Big Things in film. Sundance 2007 officially started last night, with screenings of this year’s most-hyped premier, the animated documentary Chicago 10. The film centers on […]

An NY chef’s searing op-ed on the Farm Bill

Edible Media takes an occasional look at interesting or deplorable food journalism on the web. Ann Cooper, Berkeley’s crusading lunch lady, is not the only chef intervening in the national debate around food and agriculture. New York chef Dan Barber has for years been penning thoughtful op-eds on food politics for the New York Times […]

Good on him

Via Treehugger, I just stumbled on this column from Reason magazine’s science writer Ronald Bailey from back in September. To summarize, he says: I was wrong about global warming, but I wasn’t paid to be wrong. It would be easy to lampoon the column, or jump down Bailey’s throat. The commenters over at TH seem […]

My Dinner With Bob

Intrepid Grist intern follows a climate film to Sundance The Sundance Film Festival kicked off this week with a VIP showing of Everything’s Cool, a humorous documentary about climate change. And where climate change and humor overlap, can Grist be far behind? We sent Kate Sheppard to the scene to report on the raves the […]

Austin Legal

Citizen, environmental groups sue Texas guv over controversial coal plants The big ol’ mess in Texas over TXU Corp.’s plan to build 11 coal-fired plants just got messier: four citizen and environmental groups have sued the state’s governor, Rick Perry (R), for fast-tracking the permit process. Thanks to a swaggerific executive order Perry issued two […]