So, the eagle has landed. Slap. Like a big pile of papers that everyone knew the content of before they were officially released. For that is what happened. The Climate Change Bill can be found at Defra – peruse at your discretion. Greenbang sees it in one of two ways: 1)
Greenbang has a sore throat. Everyone around here has one at the moment. ‘Here’ in this instance refers to the sprawling urban metropolis that is London. The UK’s Capital City, once renowned for smog and bowler hats, is now known for gun crime and Polish immigrants. Or, at least,
Robots have often been called on to save the world, as anyone who has watched Terminator 2 or Transformers will tell you. Now, they’re being deployed to watch the world’s oceans. From Associated Content: “Dubbed the Argo project, the internationally supported research program is aimed at helping scientists
With green tech developing faster than a greased eel down a drainpipe, the English language is doing its best to evolve in tandem. A nice neologism that seems to be appearing with more frequency: Greenwash, which urbandictionary.com defines as: Political term, meaning a whitewash except over something ecological. You
A pair of US lasses have come up with a range of bags which sport solar panels — the idea being that happy shoppers leave the bags by a window and use the resulting power to charge up their mobiles or iPods. You can read more about them here, if you’
Honda, apparently, is about to start leasing its hydrogen powered cars to some Stateside drivers this month. But – and there’s always a but, as Sir Mixalot will tell you – is this, courtesy of Business Week: “Ford Motor Co. President and CEO Alan Mulally said Tuesday that his company is
Offsetting all the diesel… A couple of mates have gone to Paris today on the Eurostar’s maiden voyage from London St Pancras Station. Eurostar tells us the journey: * Is a 186 mph service from a wonderfully restored station using High Speed 1 signal a new era in short-haul travel
Greenbang has for a long time wondered why Microsoft isn’t putting more effort into climate change reduction. We’ve seen press releases that claim “Windows Vista can cut carbon footprints”, despite the fact it runs on chips that require more power. But really this approach is about selling more
Greenbang’s just had a result – he was walking down the street when who should be walking the other way but 4th Doctor Who, Tom Baker. This was the moment Greenbang had waited for since he was a boy – Doctor Who was his hero. “Hello Mr Baker,” Greenbang said, wondering
Carbon can do many things. Make diamonds, and graphite in pencils, to name but two. And… well, you know, many things. Unfortunately, according to the Associated Press, it’s not the environmental equivalent of Superman that some folk had hoped, with only one third of carbon emissions being offset. From
Apparently, if a couple put 10p into a jar for every time they have sex before marriage, and take out 10p for every time they have sex after marriage, the jar will never be empty. If, however, you fancy making money without contemplating the miserable state of your dwindling sex
You’ve recycled your plastic bags (of course you have), you’ve put a hippo in your loo (you wouldn’t dream of doing anything else) but do you ever wonder if you could do more? Well, Greenbang just bets you haven’t thought of using algae to eat power
