"Oil is the problem. Cars are the solution," says Vijay Vaitheeswaran. For the past decade, Vijay has written for the Economist magazine, covering energy, transportation, and economy. His newest book is Zoom: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of Future, which he wrote with fellow Economist correspondent Iain Carson. Vijay knows he can’t...
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David Orr is a man of hope. Coming from a long line of preachers, Orr’s gospel is the science and sociology of human survival. Chairing Oberlin’s environmental programs department, Orr’s expertise ranges from the built environment to the educational environment. In our conversation, David shared his views on green design, denial over New Orleans’ true...
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This week, Al Gore and the IPCC pick up the prize, the UK gives a green light to the world’s largest offshore windfarm, Google goes transit, and Read more...

This week we recap the events of the Clinton Global Initiative, plus take a look at the plethora of green design competitions that are budding this fall. The city of New York is granting prizes for designers who can envision a...
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This week, president Bush tries to convince the world he’s serious about the fate of the human race, while a new poll finds public satisfaction with climate leadership down in the dumps. With the construction of the world’s highest climate monitoring station, Mexico proudly enters the...
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This week we get the scoop on the radical re-appropriation of the curb called PARK(ing) Day, and we speak with the chairman of Cycling England about the true economic value of bike riding. We also look at a new study that finds a strong bond between cheap gas and poor health, plus get the word from Vermont where a recent greenhouse gas victory was won against the...
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This week, Jasmin Malik Chua looks at how Greenland’s melting glaciers are causing bedrock bounce-back, and what this means for earthquakes and volcanoes on the top of the world. Stan Cox tells how the go-go housing boom left America with an extra large serving of McMansions; and how the...
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The expiration of the Kyoto Protocol is still a few years off, but recent talks in Vienna helped lay the groundwork for a major upcoming climate summit in Bali. And as the climate continues to rapidly shift gears, new NOAA research tries to tease out the exact extent of the human impact from other hectic activity like El Nino. The human hand, needless to say,...
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At TreeHugger we are so fortunate to speak with some of the most lucid minds of the modern green movement. TreeHugger Radio is not even yet a year old, but we've already had the pleasure of spending time with remarkable thinkers, sharing these radical viewpoints on sustainability and human culture. Here is a look at some of the in-depth interviews we've had the honor...
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This week we speak with a lead attorney from Center for Biological Diversity, one of three groups to sue the White House over its refusal to update critical climate reports. The Secretary of Transportation confidently declares that bicycles aren’t actually a form of transportation. We also hear from our tech correspondent about a new self-fueled technology with...
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