http://www.greenbang.com Eco-Tech and Business News Sun, 11 May 2008 20:40:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Greenbang bonus river fact: According to the font of all knowledge that is Wikipedia, the Severn is the most dangerous river in Britain. Greenbang presumes it used to be a bit tasty with its fists and was once an associate of the Krays. That would make it pretty dangerous in ... http://www.greenbang.com/3094/consultants-size-up-severn-for-europes-biggest-tidal-generator/ If Motorola really wants to win big brownie points in Greenbang's book, it should think about stop putting that annoying "hello moto" ringtone on its mobiles. Every time Greenbang hears it, she wants to rip the offending phone out of its owner's hands and beat them with it until ... http://www.greenbang.com/3096/moto-says-hello-to-sustainability/ Much like Russell Brand, it looks like the Department of Energy isn't afraid of sharing the love. (Greenbang's already noted its grant-dispersing frenzy here) It seems that there's little the DoE isn't prepared to fund in terms of renewable energy: hydro, solar, biofuels - a strategy that suggests it's kind ... http://www.greenbang.com/3092/carbon-injection-gets-126-million-funding-injection/ Getting the so-called layman interested in science can be a bit of a thankless task. So hats off to the University of Manchester, who've had a brave stab at describing their latest hydrogen fuel breakthrough in terms Joe Public can grasp: it's a bit like crispy noodles. Yep, you heard Greenbang, ... http://www.greenbang.com/3087/manchesters-crispy-noodles-suck-up-hydrogen/ The last time that Greenbang wrote a letter to an authority figure, she was eight, and the figure was Jim of Jim'll Fix It. She never got a response and to this day, she's never had lunch with a unicorn and the members of Bros. Still, she hopes that the joint ... http://www.greenbang.com/3088/gordon-brown-told-spend-carbon-tax-on-renewables/ The seven dwarves must have a fairly large carbon footprint. For a start, they work in mining, which isn't exactly well known for environmental credentials and they're also a decidedly small business. Apparently, insurer AXA reckons small businesses are absolutely chucking out carbon - some 110 tonnes every year it reckons. And ... http://www.greenbang.com/3073/sme-workers-pay-us-to-go-green/ Four companies are buying half of low carbon investment bank Climate Change Capital Group (or CCC if you're feeling informal). Greenbang's no financial advisor, but she'd recommend the quartet should ask for the 50 percent with the cash vault in, or failing that, the bit with the pens on chains ... http://www.greenbang.com/3075/half-of-climate-change-capital-sold-for-56-million/ As anyone who's watched all six Star Wars films can tell you, the start of a story is often better than the end. Especially when it comes to news stories, let Greenbang tell you. However, Greenbang's going to make an exception today and bring you the story of a green tech ... http://www.greenbang.com/3080/israel-cleantech-ventures-nets-75m-for-first-green-fund/ Bloody hell. While Greenbang was doing busy stirring the pot in honour of the Canadians' decision to spend $13.6 million on fuel cell research, it seems the Canadians were all the time about to open their wallet of whoop-ass on the wind industry instead. Government owned power company Hydro-Québec has just ... http://www.greenbang.com/3079/canada-pours-55-billion-into-shedload-2004mw-of-wind-farms/ Biofuels are starting to remind Greenbang a bit of Britney Spears at the moment. The biofuels fall from grace has been somewhat marked: first everyone loved it, like Britney, then the wheels came off as supporters changed their minds about biofuels brilliance and started slating them, again much like Britney, ... http://www.greenbang.com/3077/neste-oil-now-with-10-percent-added-biofuel/