Climate Transportation

Critical List: Shell spills oil in the Arctic; the Northwest Passage opens

A Shell oil platform in the Arctic is leaking oil. The company won't say how much but will say that the spill is under control.

The Interior Department is looking into treatment of Arctic scientist Charles Monnett, who is under investigation for his work on polar bears.

Why real world fuel efficiency is so much lower than fuel efficiency standards.

Critical List: Bachmann goes after Pawlenty on cap-and-trade; a bubble shield for wind turbines

At last night's Republican debate, Michelle Bachmann tried to stake Tim Pawlenty on his support for cap-and-trade.

The EPA wised up and banned DuPont from selling Imprelis, the herbicide that was killing trees.

San Francisco could require businesses to let bikers bring their ride inside.

Critical List: Shipping industry objects to E.U. emissions scheme; when horses act like squirrels

Like the airline industry, the shipping industry objects to the E.U.'s decisions to include it in a emissions trading system.

Will the federal government be spending less on disaster response in the future? Somehow “let ‘em drown” doesn’t seem like the best possible debt reduction plan.

Australia's carbon tax, which was so hotly disputed that people were sending climate scientists death threats, would apply to just 400 of the country's top polluters.

Hydro turbines are going into the Puget Sound by late summer 2013.

Heat cycles: how D.C. cyclists rode out the hottest July on record [VIDEO]

Cyclists in Washington, D.C. talk about how to keep a heat wave from breaking your bike-commuting habit.

Coolest bike commute ever

I can't see this type of ad flying in the U.S., where there's already some perception of bicyclists as scofflaws. But in the Netherlands, bike commuting is so commonplace that the Dutch Cycling Association can shake up its image with a super-hot besuited dude doing BMX stunts.

New survey shows Americans think they are great drivers. But …

The majority of Americans consider themselves to be good drivers, according to a new Allstate survey. The rest of the survey reveals a different story

Mississippi cyclist hit twice by driver: Where is the accountability?

The case of Jan Morgan shows how far we have to go when it comes to protecting vulnerable road users.

Mayor of Vilnius takes out Mercedes parked in bike lane — with a tank [VIDEO]

Artūras Zuokas, the mayor of Vilnius, Lithuania, makes his point crushingly clear: Bike lanes are for bikes, not luxury vehicles.

New site shows how far public transportation will take you

Mapnificent lets you see how far you can get on public transportation in a set amont of time, in more than 60 metro areas worldwide. (Above: 15 minutes on bus and rail in Chicago.) It's a new way of visualizing how easy it is to navigate a city without a car. You can use it to check out places where you might want to live or visit, to get an idea of how far transportation will get you and how much of your day it might take up to get where you need to go.

Here's what 15 minutes looks like in a few more cities:

NYC cyclist gets doored by clueless cops

If you're riding a bike and get doored, it sucks no matter what. But what if, like Stephen Mann, you get doored by a cop?

Judging from Mann's account, it's even worse than getting hit by your run-of-the-mill inconsiderate driver.