Microsoft – led by this man – has formed a five-year alliance with the European Environment Agency to “inform Europeans on changes to environmental conditions in real time — and empowering citizens to play their part in data gathering.” The move is part of EEA’s broader vision to build a Global Observatory
Prince Charles has made an impassioned plea for an end to deforestation as the most effective means of halting climate change. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this morning, the Prince said it was crazy that the rainforests should be worth more dead than alive. He said he
Pepsi-Cola, “a recognized leader in sustainability” according to its publicity machine, has managed to produce its lightest bottle yet to hold its ‘flavoured non-carbonated beverages’ (that’s ‘still drinks’ to you and me). Why should you care? Well, it means the 500ml contained will actually contain 20 percent less plastic
The shock-horror headline “Concern over recycled polyester” was enough to stop Greenbang in her tracks. Were people spontaneously combusting as their thighs rubbed together? Were wearers of the stuff being thrown out of their communities for having no shame (or fashion sense?) The truth was far worse. As the story
Steptoe and Son could have made a killing if they were around today. Greenbang remembers the episode where the son (Steptoe Jnr) bought 200 pairs of used false teeth. That pretty much fuelled his reasons for never watching the dirty pair again. But – the rag and bone trade ain’t
Greenbang wouldn’t normally write about insurance companies, but one news release struck us as an interesting indicator of the trend towards alternative energy sources. The news came from GCube, a British insurance company specialising in renewable energy which has been going for 20 years (though only under the GCube
Car companies are falling over themselves to be clean and green. Rather late in the day VW is joining forces with Sanyo Electric to develop a lithium-ion battery (yes, like the one that powers your laptop but rather bigger) to drive its hybrid and electric cars. According to reports, though,
Congratulations to Together, the climate campaign (in fact “the UK’s biggest climate campaign”) which aims to show us all how we can do our bit to save the planet by installing energy-saving lightbulbs and running the washing machine at 30 degrees….and a few other things as well. Anyway,
Greenbang was greatly pleased to see that John McCain, the Republican hopeful with his eyes on the White House, has broken ranks with his predecessor and actually admitted that climate change might be a problem that we can do something to fix. He made a big speech this week saying
We’ve seen all manner of figures for investment totals in clean tech. This one comes from the “Global Trends in Sustainable Energy Investment” report from the UN. “Global Trends in Sustainable Energy Investment includes data showing that investments in renewable energy and energy effi ciency industries set a new
It’s not what Greenbang usually covers, but our reporter Yan Yan was caught up in China’s earthquake today. Here is her account… Busy Monday afternoon. I was sitting at the office and working as usual. All of a sudden, I felt kind of dizzy, and after a few
As if he didn’t already have enough on his plate with the 10p tax rate and John Prescott and Cherie Blair putting in the boot, Gordon Blair may soon have another little problem to deal with. As the Telegraph reports, a plan to build a shiny new eco-town in
