Irish cleantech firms seek opportunities in Silicon Valley
The CEOs of 12 Irish cleantech firms are prowling for potential investors and partners in Silicon Valley this week during
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Scotland eyes Europe's largest onshore wind farm
Siemens has agreed to supply Airtricity with turbines for a planned 350-megawatt onshore wind farm — possibly Europe’s largest — in
Wanted: 20 low-carbon community pioneers
The UK government today launched a search for 20 communities that want to “be in the forefront of moving to
Climate-threatened Maldives go underwater ... politically
The Maldives, an nation of islands and atolls that stretches across the Indian Ocean, is also the lowest-lying country in
The next word in plastics: Bananas
What do the banana plant and the 1967 Dustin Hoffman classic, “The Graduate,” have in common? One word: plastics. After
Climate Change Index for week ending 27 Sept. 2009
Launched last week, our weekly Climate Change Index tracks research findings and events directly attributable to global warming. Our aim
Frequent fliers can donate award miles for carbon offsets
Frequent fliers with Lufthansa and SWISS now have the option of using their award miles to make voluntary carbon offset
US 'woefully' underfunding climate-change health research
The US should be spending roughly $200 million on research into climate change’s impact on public health, but actually
Space exploration could benefit from moon water
NASA’s discovery of water on the moon, announced this week, has major implications for the future of human space
Film-maker swallows pill camera for live video performance
The concept of a miniaturised traveller taking a trip through the human body — long the subject of fiction, from the
Jurdy: A new leaf
Jurdy holds out hope for low-carbon cars …
1,000 'intelligent vehicles' to take to Europe's roads
Starting next year, some 1,000 “intelligent vehicles” will take to Europe’s roads in a “first-of-its-kind- large-scale field operational