Filed under: MPG , Legislation and Policy , USA Are you a U.S. automaker? Do you want a billion dollars?

This Super Bowl Sunday the New York Giants will battle the New England Patriots, but here in Denver, we’re still talking about our favorite son, famed Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow.

When he was an Illinois state senator, Barack Obama drove a car appropriate to the office—a Hemi-powered ’05 Chrysler 300C. The car was leased, and in 2007 when he turned it in (for a Ford Escape Hybrid, following ribbing about driving a gas guzzler) it got snapped up as a Presidential collectible.

Tennessee state senator Stacey Campfield has made his name by being the most vocally anti-gay member of the state legislature. Early last year, Campfield introduced the ” Don't Say Gay ” bill, which would make it illegal for teachers to discuss homosexuality with students not in high school

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Th!nk (Think) Ener1, a maker of lithium-ion batteries for electric-drive vehicles and a major investor in now-bankrupt electric-vehicle maker Think , has gone bankrupt itself. Ener1, which was also making batteries for the Norwegian automaker, said late last week that as much as $81 million in debt will be restructured as part of its Chapter 11 filing. The company’s stock was de-listed from the Nasdaq stock exchange in December.

Green-building standards like LEED and SEED help guide and spur environmentally conscious construction. But step outside the door and into the garden, the campus quad, or the street, and there’s never been one set of rules to promote sustainability

Are you ready for more bears, beets and “Battlestar Galactica”? NBC is reportedly giving fans of Dwight Schrute, the character played by Rainn Wilson on “The Office,” acres of reasons to be excited for 2013.

What happens to money after it's too old and worn to be in circulation? Most banks around the globe shred the cash, recycle it, or sell it as a novelty item.

? When I was young, I was fascinated by “Growing Pains”?dad?Jason Seaver’s work-at-home setup. I loved that in between appointments with patients in his home office, the good doctor could pop into the family kitchen and hang with Mike, Carol, Ben and the gang while mom Maggie was out working as a reporter.

This modular design, inspired by vertical gardens, allows for extra green space in small apartments and offices.