Canal boat charts way to greener ships. Meandering along the Birmingham to Worcester canal, the narrowboat Ross Barlow seems an unlikely weapon in the battle against global warming. [News Source]

Segway glides as gasoline jumps. With gasoline prices and global warming on their minds, more Americans are getting out of their cars and riding to work on the once-maligned Segway. [News Source]

Honda rolls out new zero-emission car. Honda's new zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell car rolled off a Japanese production line Monday and is headed to southern California, where Hollywood is already abuzz over the latest splash in green motoring. [News Source]

Single day of free transit rides set for Thursday. Bay Area residents will be able to ride public transit for free Thursday — likely the last day of a free ride program that is running out of money and political support after four years. [News Source]

Steam engine built for clean, green power. The engine can run on almost any gaseous or liquid fuel, including ethanol, biodiesel and propane, and it is lubricated with water rather than motor oil, which also makes it cleaner and cheaper. [News Source]

Motorbike owners taken for ride. They are smaller and lighter than cars, and produce fewer emissions, but their riders pay the same road tolls as the drivers of heavier gas-guzzlers. Now motorcyclists want a reward for having less impact on roads and the environment. [News Source]

Greenpeace declares war on coal. Greenpeace has called for all coal-fired power stations to be shut down by 2030 as part of a radical energy plan. [News Source]

China increases world emissions 2%. China's status as the new king of carbon - having pumped more of the heat-trapping gas into the atmosphere annually than the United States - had been disputed. New analysis from the Netherlands confirms China's rise. [News Source]

Big stink over flatulent sheep. There's no other country in the world that's so clean of chimney stacks yet its animals are the biggest polluters in New Zealand, according to farmer Charlie Pedersen. [News Source]

Projected cost for new Alliant coal plant soars past $1 billion. The cost for Alliant Energy's controversial proposed new coal power plant has soared to a range of $1.1 billion to $1.2 billion, the company stated in a regulatory filing. [News Source]

Group dumps ‘coal’ in front of bank funding ‘dirty’ power plant. Greenpeace activists concluded their occupation of a coal plant site in Iloilo City by dumping 20 sacks of ‘coal’ in front of Metrobank on Monday. [News Source]