Can’t keep up with all the latest cleantech news and developments? Don’t worry: Greenbang’s here with your daily review of top headlines:

• Atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide and methane — both greenhouse gases — continued to increase last year despite the global economic crisis, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;
• The US Army has stopped producing “green” ammunition because tungsten in the bullets has been shown to be a carcinogen;
• Gizmodo reports on a US hobbyist who has converted a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter jet into a car that can go 800 miles per hour;
• Bright Automotive has unveiled the IDEA, a 100-mile-per-gallon plug-in hybrid expected to enter the market in 2013;
• Opel International will provide Spain’s BETASOL with additional high-concentration photovoltaic systems for a 2.375-megawatt solar power project;
• Researchers at the Free University of Berlin say climate change will cause Earth’s days to grow longer by about a millisecond by impacting atmospheric circulation and planetary rotation.

• Green technology investors seek safer havens in 2011
• New US consortium plans $1.4bn in cleantech investments
• What does 2011 hold for China, US?
• World Economic Forum: Cleantech rules
• Virtual design speeds green reality
• Opinion: Darling’s green bank idea is laughably small
• Some guys and Holy Grails: 5 rules for spotting ‘cleantech porn’
• Despite some ‘green shoots,’ cleantech VCs see trouble ahead
• Cleantech Connect Awards recognise fast-growing innovators
• Irish cleantech firms seek opportunities in Silicon Valley