It was the summer of 2011, a summer of eco-friendliness, of solar power, of green coffee. Besspresso rolled into Silver Lake and is changing the way L.A. makes coffee. Housed in an appropriately colored green van, the mobile, solar-powered specialty coffee business serves up fair trade, organic coffee with organic milk and sugar in 100% compostable cups. more ›

Last night, Sundance winner for Best Documentary “FUEL”, a film about... well, could you guess?... fuel... premiered at the ConserveFuel in Brentwood. The film is the culmination of the eleven year journey, by director Josh Tickell, educating the public about biodiesel and other fuel related topics. more ›

Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster and City Councilmember Bonnie Lowenthal greeted members of the press and community for a beachfront demonstration of the City's biodiesel program on Tuesday morning. Biodiesel is a cleaner-burning alternative to petroleum diesel and will reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and smoke particulates. Ten city vehicles, including skip loaders, tractors and dump trucks will be fueled up with a mixture of 80% diesel and 20% biodiesel over the next 3-6 months to test the cost effectiveness and reliability of these fuels. Existing city vehicles can run on this new fuel without needing any modifications, and the horsepower of the engines remains about equal. If the program is as successful as expected, the City will consider the use of biodiesel in as many as 250 additional vehicles. more ›

Oil's gone up in price, and therefore gas. Food has followed including the price of second hand grease from restaurants used for cars after its turned into biodiesel. Eataries used to have to pay to have their grease taken away, but due to the popularity of its use for greener transit, the price has more than quadrupled since 2000. Just like a new trendy crime of siphoning gas from SUVS, the New York Times reports that do-it-yourself environmentalists and other thieves are stealing the what-used-be-waste product in a crime of opportunity -- one Northern California man was caught trying to stealing 2,500 pounds of it. more ›