CHINA WATCH Another piece of green news for the 2008 Olympics: officials say about 50 buses powered by Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries will be put into service for the Beijing Olympics next year, according to Chinadaily. The bus has been tested on the local 121 route for some time, but hasn’
Consultation is about to start on the UK government plans to mandate the use of smart electricity meters (like the one pictured, from Better Generation) to help cut consumer power consumption. The plan is part of the Energy White Paper, published in May, that covers everything from carbon dioxide emissions
Auditors are a bit like dementors from Harry Potter stories – they suck the life and soul out of anyone nearby and turn the air cold. But this could actually be a move for the better… British Gas Business is to carry out in-store energy audits with some of London’s
IBM’s putting its money where its mouth is. Rather than banging on about what it can sell, the folks over at Big Blue have opted to cut their energy bills and make a stand on the green front. As always, you have to ask what came first – the need
Jean Cox-Kearns is lovely. She’s the recycling and takeback manager for Dell Computers. In this five-minute interview with Greenbang, she highlights why the EU’s Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE) is important for companies and what they have to look out for. And we’ll have no
CHINA WATCH Everyone wants to be a little bit “green” nowadays.To such an extent that now even wedding planning companies in Nanjing, the capital city of China’s east Jiangsu Province, are advocating green weddings to the bride and groom, according to the Nanjing Daily. A green wedding is
The German government and its industry partners are to invest in making solar cells cheaper and available in more areas of application. Bosch, the manufacturer of automotive and industrial technology, and BASF, the chemical company, each founding members of the technology initiative of Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and
The chaps that make fizzy drink Pepsi remain the number one buyer of renewable energy in the US for the second quarter in a row, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency. Well done lads. PepsiCo, which has committed to purchase 100 percent renewable electricity, was No. 1 on the
Well, some of them anyway. This article on BBC News says 3,000 of London’s finest black cabs can now fill up on biodiesel, helping to cut carbon emissions and pollution. According to the firm, it is the first biofuel to be specifically created for use in taxis and
The car remains the vehicle of choice for more than four out of every five Europeans, despite professed concerns about environmental impact. And even when they do change their travel habits, 57% still turn their noses up at public transport, according to a new EU survey. But just over half
The UK government’s Climate Change bill shows some progress but not enough, says a parliamentary environmental committee in a new report. The 2010 and 2050 emissions targets needs toughening up, international aviation and shipping should be included and use of carbon credits must be strictly limited and clearly reported.
Not long after noticing Blackle (a black-themed search engine based on Google), others have joined the party. Welcome jabago. It’s all the same concept (with an added tweak of ‘reduced eye strain’), as the site says: Jabago.com provides you with a black Google search portal to reduce eye
