Citizens in Stirling are aiming to make their town Scotland’s first carbon-neutral city. Some 29 organisations have so far pledged their support to “Going Carbon Neutral Stirling,” an initiative that launched a few weeks ago. The programme hopes to have 120 business members by year’s end and is
Instead of offering UK motorists money to scrap their old cars, the Government should focus on a scrappage scheme for bicycles, according to the Environmental Transport Association (ETA). The bicycle insurer said, rather than offering drivers £2,000 off a new car when a 10-year-old vehicle is scrapped, the Government
algae-based fuels
A new prize is offering $10 million (US) for ground-breaking research and innovations in algae-based fuels. The proposed prize is the work of Prize Capital LLC, which today announced the due diligence phase covering final planning, rules development and schedule for the awardfocused on spurring the development of radically advanced
The environment and health came out as top winners in the 2009 European Inventor of the Year awards, announced this week. Presented by the European Commission and the European Patent Office (EPO), the awards honoured inventors in four categories: lifetime achievement, industry, SMEs/research and Non-European countries. This year’s
greenhouse gases
More than eight out of ten businesses say Government targets to reduce carbon dioxide emissions are unrealistic, according to npower’s Business Energy Index (nBEI), an annual report published today that tracks business opinion on energy use and carbon emissions. The index also finds that significant numbers of firms do
electric cars
When world leaders gather in Copenhagen this December for the UN Climate Change Conference, they’ll also get a first-time look at electric and hybrid cars from the Chinese firm BYD. The financial daily newspaper Børsen reports that BYD will bring its all-electric E6 and hybrid F3 cars to Copenhagen
fuel cells
This past weekend, Daimler took its F-CELL Roadster, a fuel cell-powered car, on a trip through Germany that covered part of the route taken by Bertha Benz during the first long-distance journey in the history of the automobile. In August 1888, Bertha Benz and her two sons made a journey
cleantech
Cleantech news as it happens — check back for regular updates: * Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and Dutch Deputy Prime Minister Wouter Bos will join leading low carbon innovators for a roundtable discussion on designing our low carbon transition, and fast tracking low-carbon technology development; * London’s first ever City
Jurdy commits an eco faux pas …
cleantech
Yes, there are way too many publications, news reports and press releases to follow on a daily basis. That’s why Greenbang provides this daily summary of cleantech headlines you might have missed: * Protestors who dubbed themselves “Climate Suffrajets” gathered at more than 20 Tesco stores to protest a store
global warming
Companies planning to deal with the effects of climate change need to do more than adapt their products and services — they should also consider how a changing climate will affect their staff and the jobs they do, according to a report from the Trades Union Congress (TUC). “Changing Work in
batteries
The University of Glamorgan is collaborating with the Welsh firm Atraverda to develop a lighter, more powerful and more eco-friendly battery. The initiative was announced upon the university’s launch of the UK’s first Advanced Bi-Polar Battery Development research facility. Bi-polar batteries are widely regarded as having the best
