CleanTechnica » bicycling http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 23:01:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Renewable Opportunities For Cortes Island By 2030 http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/30/renewable-opportunities-cortes-island-2030/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/30/renewable-opportunities-cortes-island-2030/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:26:43 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76958 Editor’s Note: This article is one submission in a live Masdar blogging contest (find out the entry requirements here). Very simply, the focus of the contest submissions is to: “Describe your city in 2030: what will occur due to changes in energy, transportation and water technologies, and how will they transform how you live?” We are sharing this submission here on

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/21/ciclavia-cycles-east-los-angeles/feed/ 0 American Medical Association Highlights Health & Climate Change Link http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/04/american-medical-association-highlights-health-climate-change-link/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/04/american-medical-association-highlights-health-climate-change-link/#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2014 14:02:03 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=72877 Another study linking health and climate change came up this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Jonathan Patz, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute and lead author of the study, presented it live at the Civil Society Event on Action in Climate Change and Health in New York. The American College of Sports

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/16/portland-became-biking-mecca/feed/ 5 Bicycling Is A Very Effective Means Of Preventive Healthcare, Research Shows http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/10/bicycling-effective-means-preventive-healthcare-research-shows/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/10/bicycling-effective-means-preventive-healthcare-research-shows/#comments Mon, 10 Feb 2014 07:10:01 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=62415 While the idea that bicycling can be an effective means of managing one’s health (“preventive healthcare”) is likely to make perfect sense to those of us that actually bike regularly, there are, apparently, people that are unaware of that line of thought. Thankfully, there is now a growing body of research on the subject that

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/10/bicycling-effective-means-preventive-healthcare-research-shows/feed/ 0 An E-Bike From The Future http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/28/an-e-bike-from-the-future-available-today/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/28/an-e-bike-from-the-future-available-today/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:00:11 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=47688 If you dream it, you can do it. Do you dream of an ebike with retractable storage right between your legs? Done. Do you dream of a bike with a built in lock on the handle bars? Done. Do you dream of a foldable bike that looks sleek? Done. Do you dream of headlights that

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2011/01/12/obama-teaches-bush-how-to-create-jobs-creates-more-in-2010-than-bush-did-in-8-years/feed/ 18 Ride a Bike, Help Power the Hotel, & Get a Free Meal in Copenhagen http://cleantechnica.com/2010/04/26/ride-a-bike-help-power-the-hotel-get-a-free-meal-in-copenhagen/ http://cleantechnica.com/2010/04/26/ride-a-bike-help-power-the-hotel-get-a-free-meal-in-copenhagen/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:07:46 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=8881 One of the “greenest hotels” in the world, the Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers, has an interesting new option. If you ride one of its new electricity-generating exercise bikes long enough to generate 10 watt hours or more of electricity (not long), you get a free meal worth about $45. The bikes have iPhones on the

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2010/04/26/ride-a-bike-help-power-the-hotel-get-a-free-meal-in-copenhagen/feed/ 3 Year of the Tiger Brings $1.5 Billion in TIGER (Transportation) Grants http://cleantechnica.com/2010/02/19/year-of-the-tiger-brings-1-5-billion-in-tiger-transportation-grants/ http://cleantechnica.com/2010/02/19/year-of-the-tiger-brings-1-5-billion-in-tiger-transportation-grants/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:01:14 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=5350 [social_buttons] Well, it’s the year of the Tiger, and TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) awards have just been unleashed. The TIGER grant program is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Through it, 51 innovative transportation projects from every corner of the country will receive $1.5 billion in funding. US Secretary of

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