Greenpeace storms power station
Protestors from the organisation Greenpeace have seized control of a power station in Kent. Fifty people entered the Kingsnorth plant
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Carbon Trust aims to make solar cost-effective by 2017
Carbon Trust, which invests in low-carbon technologies, recently launched a new £5m R&D initiative to try make solar
The top 10 women in clean tech
Earth2tech has a great story profiling what it reckons are the top 10 women in the clean tech industry. Top
Newsweek tracks the green job boom
Newsweek has a great story about the job boom in the green market. Of course, it’s hard to define
Merrill Lynch launches biofuel indices
We’ve been talking a lot about HSBC’s climate change index, but now Merrill Lynch is getting in on
Meanwhile, M&S launches its first "green" store
Sainsbury’s may be planning to move to a greener office sometime (see story below), but Marks & Spencer’s
Sainsbury's to switch to more eco-friendly HQ
Sainsbury’s plans to check out from its Holborn head offices and move to a more eco-friendly spot in King’
Last week's top stories
Welcome to Monday. The weekend’s over, sigh, and now the week looms. In a new Greenbang feature, we’ll
Win £10,000 for your bright energy idea
E.ON is busy this week: buying into the US market on the one hand, and launching an energy saving
Shell sued over emissions
Oil giant Shell is being sued by the Dutch public prosecutor for not telling authorities fast enough when it accidentally
E.ON takes $1.4bn bet on US renewables
Ze Germans are coming, into the US market at least. Big utility firm E.ON has taken a $1.4bn
Biofuels might increase global warming
Nobel chemistry prize winner Paul Crutzen, the chap pictured here on the left, argues in a new article that biofuels