Tweaking the EU's carbon trading model
One of the great successes – politically, at least – has been Europe’s creation of a functioning carbon trading scheme. Technically,
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More evidence supporting the benefits of home working
One of the debates that has been raging for some time is whether or not home working is better for
Firms face eco lawsuits in UK (lawyers say)
And it’s good news for lawyers today. “Directors of companies incorporated in the UK could face action from shareholders
First Minister opens tidal energy plant
It’s all about Scotland today. A new testing facility for tidal energy at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)
Scots fight eco-energy charges
The Scots are lobbying to scrap plans to have “crippling new charges that threaten Scotland’s renewable power industry”. The
UK: power-hogging light bulbs getting the chop from 2008
Hilary Benn, UK Secretary of State for the Environment, says British shops will start removing energy inefficient light bulbs from
Boffins use eggshells to make hydrogen fuel
Greenbang’s seen an amazing amount of things turned into fuels this year, from Patsy’s poo (and milk) to
Cutting the costs of solar power
California hosted a major solar power conference last week, which had a bunch of firms discussing ways to improve the
Green spending to hit $500bn in 2008
Although we can’t find out exactly how the data was gathered, a new survey from PR outfit Cohn &
The electric-solar-hybrid bike boom
Is it just us, or is there a bit of an electric bike boom going on? There’s this oddly
Silicon Valley's clean tech A-list
Tech mag Wired has an intricate flowchart of all the Silicon Valley names getting into clean energy (see left, and
Q&A: Big Blue's big green cheeses
IBM has made a bunch of headlines this year with its various green initiatives, reports and so on. It launched