You know an industry’s getting hotter than global warming when you can hear the IPO bell ring. Today’s environmental IPO of choice is all about wind. Forbes tells us: “Xinjiang Goldwind Science and Technology Co plans a domestic initial public offering (IPO) on the Shenzhen stock market, according
What? Father Christmas doesn’t exist?! Greenbang suggests you go and wash your mouth out with soap and water for telling lies like that. And Santa-deniers are not the only one in for a good gob scrub: a study has found that 99 percent of ‘green’ claims made on consumer
In a bit of ‘and the lion shall lie down with the lamb’ news, Greenbang has learnt this week that nuclear could apparently be the answer to future shortages of clean water. According to Science Daily, researchers are already on the case using “waste energy” from power stations for desalination:
Betfair, that gambling lot, has always got something cool up its sleeves. Here’s what it’s up to this week… Betfair, the world’s leading betting exchange, has launched a series of innovative betting markets which will provide clear indications of how public opinion views the on-going debate about
In a sort of aviation ‘we will fight them on the beaches’ declaration, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has thrown up its hands, harrumph-ed a little bit and said it will most certainly put up its dukes and fight a planned European emissions trading scheme. The scheme would mean
Greenbang avoided a call she didn’t want to take this morning – saw it come in, recognised the number and ignored it. And because she didn’t want to listen to the resulting voicemail message, she let the light on the answer phone blink and blink, for several hours. And
Greenbang was interested to learn today that Patrick Moore is pro-nuclear. Not the xylophone-playing, right wing astronomer Patrick Moore – but the Greenpeace founder Patrick Moore. He told Wired: “Going back to the early days in Greenpeace in the 1970s and 1980s, we were totally focused on nuclear war and nuclear
Like Coldplay, golf and Marmite, the use of corn ethanol as a fuel source seems to provoke a love it or hate it reaction. Still, it seems, nine US states have got bored of waiting for the Federal government and decided to plough on down the corn route unaided. It’
Carbon neutral? Pah! Old school. Nokia Siemens Networks is now going for a “net positive” environmental effect. Greenbang reckons the company’s staff must all dress in emo clothing and surf web 2.0 sites on their iPhones, they’re that cutting edge. It’s going all energy efficient in
Green buses are on their way to the Big Smoke. And, as well has having a ‘vert’ paint job, they will be good for the environment too. The hydrogen powered beauties will be on the streets of London, whizzing silently over its cobbled roads, avoiding dandies, artful dodgers and the
Don’t blame it on sunshine. Don’t blame it on moonlight. Don’t blame on Greenbang. Blame it on the Government. The blame game is the name where British businesses are concerned according to a new survey by Saga Heartbeat. The findings assure us that whereas most businesses feel
CHINA WATCH Car-owners have been through a bad time in China. First is the four-day car-banning practice, and then it came the no-car day, and now the government plans to charge car owners for their auto emission. “Can those officials just leave us alone?” one of my friends complained. Well,
