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Cleantech ticker: 4 March, 2009

Cleantech news as it happens — check back for regular updates: A new report from the Geothermal Energy Association finds that the number

Drinking orange juice? Better buy some carbon offsets

Who even thinks about the carbon footprint of a carton of orange juice? PepsiCo does, apparently, and the footprint is a surprisingly large one.

Try the CD cases, hold the soy sauce

As if the food-versus-fuel debate weren’t enough already, along comes some new fodder for a potential food-versus-plastics debate: Victor Creative Media’s new rice-based CD/DVD

Toyota says the “P” word (as in “peak oil”)

Plug-in and hybrid vehicles are taking center stage at this week’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit, and one auto company has actually

Honda unveils Insight, the “more affordable” hybrid

Going green with your choice of vehicle won’t require as much of the other kind of green, as in cash, with the debut this

Fuel cell power in a pinch

Here’s a sweet little discovery I made this week: Medis Technologies’ Fuel Cell Power Emergency Kit. The New York-based company describes the kit as

Motorola unveils ‘carbon-neutral’ mobile phone

Think “carbon neutral,” and two things not likely to spring to mind are “Las Vegas” and “International Consumer Electronics Show.” But those two things

A rechargeable battery with oomph at last?

I try to use rechargeable batteries over disposable ones, but it sometimes seems I spend more time charging than using. So my ears perk

Mobile phone industry pale green at best

While consumers of electronic products might prefer to buy from environmentally responsible companies, the reality is that truly green options are still hard to