On AlterNet: cars

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "cars"

Civil Rights Groups Call on Alabama Automakers to Oppose Harsh Anti-Immigration Legislation

Elena Shore, New America Media. February 8, 2012.

Civil rights groups are turning to a new potential ally in the fight against Alabama’s harsh immigration law: the state’s top automakers.

Obama Brags on Saving Detroit--But Auto Industry Bailout Came on the Backs of Working People

Laura Flanders, The Nation. February 5, 2012.

To make the deal that saved the auto industry, Treasury demanded concessions from workers and a ban on strikes. Now Obama's bragging that he saved workers.

Are Slower Cities Better for Bikers, the Air, and Our Mental Health?

Will Doig, Salon. December 18, 2011.

Cities around the world are considering radical new speed limits on cars -- slowing down in the name of progress.

Four Reasons We Need Less Gas

Lester R. Brown, YES! Magazine. October 20, 2011.

Americans are driving less and less. Here is what that means for the future of our oil dependence.

Should We Launch an All-Out Assault on Car Culture?

Tyler Harbottle, The Tyee. July 8, 2011.

Bring it on say authors of a new book. But you're more likely to find bicyclists and pedestrians working for peaceful coexistence.

10 Reasons to Be Alarmed About Our Catastrophic Oil Addiction

Luke Combellick, AlterNet. May 15, 2010.

War, terrorism, economic instability -- these are just a few of the reasons to be concerned about our addiction to oil.

Want to Prevent Oil Spill Disasters? Stop Driving

Jason Henderson, AlterNet. May 1, 2010.

A submerged oil well is spewing a river of oil toward Louisiana and the Gulf Coast. Birds and fish will die, wetlands and beaches will be ruined -- all because we drive cars.

The GM Truck That Has Been Burning People Alive for 20 Years

Myron Levin, FairWarning. April 7, 2010.

A design flaw causes a GM truck to burst into flames, yet the feds have done nothing about it.

4 Million Fewer Cars on the Road: America's Love Affair with the Automobile May Be Coming to an End

Lester R. Brown, TreeHugger. January 11, 2010.

Surprisingly, the U.S. car fleet has started shrinking, and while this is widely associated with the recession, there are other forces at work.

America Is One Big Clunker and No Amount of Cash Will Buy Us a New One

James Howard Kunstler, Kunstler.com. November 16, 2009.

We continue to be childishly delusional about our dark economic and environmental prospects. Unfortunately, reality isn't amenable to lies and spin.

Why a Car-Free Suburbia May Become a Reality

Lisa Selin Davis, Grist.org. June 23, 2009.

One man in California's East Bay is attempting to build a new car-free community -- and his enthusiasm is catching on.

Free Market? How Detroit Designed Its Own Catastrophe

Michael Tomasky, Comment Is Free. March 31, 2009.

Why don't automakers produce hybrid vehicles that aren't SUVs?

How to Save Motor City

Marissa Colon-Margolies, The Nation. December 1, 2008.

Letting Detroit fail: catastrophic. Transforming it into a lean green machine-maker: visionary.

Why Bail Out the Car Companies When They Bailed Out on Us?

Joseph Romm, Climate Progress. November 12, 2008.

Detroit has been lobbying against the future of all Americans who want to end our oil addiction.

McCain Owns 13 Cars, Obama Owns 1

Rachel Weiner, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. September 22, 2008.

This is not help McCain's as he tries to fool folks into thinking that he is a man of the people.

Dirty Politics: Republican Congressman from Florida Caught in Corruption Scandal

Harry Hanbury, American News Project AlterNet: Video. August 20, 2008.

Charges of fraud could ruin Vern Buchanan's dreams of reelection.

How Toxic Is Your Car?

Heather Gehlert, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. July 26, 2008.

Don't let that "new car smell" fool you. Your car might be an indoor air pollution trap.

Living Without a Car: My New American Responsibility

Andrew Lam, New America Media. July 24, 2008.

Giving up a car isn't easy -- even amid the gas crisis. But the covetous American way of life has become unsustainable.

Your Asphalt Parking Spot Can Become a Blooming Garden Plot

Ruben Anderson, The Tyee. April 7, 2008.

We can pave our streets green: Wouldn't you give up your extra parking spot for a garden plot?

Will We Have a 100-mpg Car Soon?

Ron Scherer , Alexandra Marks, Christian Science Monitor. March 28, 2008.

A $10 million contest may get us there quicker then you think.

Truck Designers Wear Skirts to Build a Better Car For Women

Jessica Valenti, AlterNet: PEEK. September 10, 2007.

Jessica Valenti: What better way to find out what women want in a car then to dress in skirts, heels, and throw on some fake nails?

SUVs continue to maul passenger cars

Deanna Zandt, January 5, 2006.

A new physics study warns of the gas monsters' dangerous presence on the road.