He’s not just famous for cutting up animals and putting them on display, the Guardian says... Damien Hirst is breathing fresh life into the renewable energy industry by ordering the country’s second largest solar power system. Hirst is to spend up to £1.5m on a 310kw solar
A group of very important people have published a report urging the pricing of carbon. $80 per tonne is the suggestion from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Greenbang’s mate, James Murray has more on BusinessGreen: The IPCC report, published this weekend in Valencia, summarises the findings of
The picture painted from some of the reports being published reinforces Greenbang’s view that climate change is happening much faster than people had thought. This time it’s the International Institute for Environment and Development, which said Asia could be in trouble. This from the Tribune: Worsening weather and
More Videos There were celebrations this weekend for one of Greenbang’s writers, who went to watch the Foo Fighters last night at the 02. It was the band’s last night on tour, but that made the gig even more enjoyable, as Dave Grohl and the boys blasted out
With Christmas fast approaching, Greenbang is reminded today of how it felt to be expecting a bike from Santa and finding a book on rockpooling in the Christmas stocking instead. Granted a very useful present, but not for pulling impressive wheelies. The inspiration for this trip down a festive memory
Greenbang is praying that this story is highly untrue. According to reports from China, apparently used condoms are being recycled into hairbands. Via Yahoo: “In the latest example of potentially harmful Chinese-made products, rubber hair bands have been found in local markets and beauty salons in Dongguan and Guangzhou cities
Greenbang’s interest in the oil industry was founded on a healthy interest in Dallas. The comings and going in South Fork wasted many a pleasant Sunday afternoon, despite the fact that she can’t remember who killed JR in the end. Now reading that OPEC countries are getting their
Jay Leno: Tonight Show host, voiceover artists and comedy shill, if you’re to believe the late, great Bill Hicks. Still, the man has some wise words on energy efficiency, courtesy of Philly.com: “My thing with the green situation is: Even if you don’t believe in global warming,
In what may be Greenbang’s favourite datacentre story this week, it turns out Sun Microsystems has come up with a novel way to save on power and the like: build your datacentre in an abandoned Japanese coal mine. Greenbang is plagued with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Imagine you’re the head of the world’s biggest company. OK, you’ve run through the idea of lighting your cigars with £50 notes and chewing diamonds, what next? Well, it might be time to start thinking green. Wal-Mart has just come out with a report into its own
Greenbang is continually amazed about how one of the world’s largest economies, California, came to be run by a man whose chief claim to fame before taking over as state governor was shouting “Get to the chopper!” Anyhow, if Arnie is still plagued by visions of the Predator and
To quote the enduring music legend that is Morrissey, stop me, oh-ho-ho stop me, stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Head of cheap PC shifter extraordinaire Dell, the eponymous Michael Dell, was speaking about the world of greenness in San Francisco, spreading the message the tech industry’
