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The European car industry is going to be heavily impacted by regulations on pollution limitations and tensions are rising between German manufacturers on one side and the French and Italian car industry on the other. Reason? German cars are much heavier than those made by the French and the Italians and the Germans fear that they will be penalized by new pollution regulations.
New cars by 2012 can only emit 120 grams of CO2 per kilometer at max. Most European cars average 160 grams per kilometer at the moment. The new rules are expected to transform the look and feel of all European cars. Even the smallest and most energy efficient cars are required to undergo design changes so the sector as a whole can reach the new goals.
The World Social Forum takes place annually to provide a meeting ground for civil society organisations, networks and individuals to...[read more]
food riots and the causes behind high food prices.[read more]
If you've ever been on a road trip, you've probably seen this sight at a rest stop: one, or many...[read more]
The tech blogosphere has been aflutter this week with the next, biggest thing to change our lives. Well, perhaps...[read more]
Lately our news feeds about the business sector, government and development activities in Latin America have painted a stark picture;...[read more]
The buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts last week announced a new partnership with Environmental Defense to help measure the environmental...[read more]
If there is any doubt about the promise and feasibility of renewable energy, consider its true source – human innovation...[read more]
Two significant and contrasting news items related to climate change and energy appear in the April 23 edition of the International Herald Tribune: Europe will increasingly rely on coal to meet its growing electricity needs while two US VCs team up with Norway’s ThinkGlobal to manufacture recyclable, emissions-free electric vehicles in California.[read more]
Smart Glass Jewelry has launched a "recycled line." In this case, "Recycled" as in glass accessories form sources as broad...[read more]
Growing concerns about aging and inadequate water and wastewater treatment infrastructure and technology is spurring investment in a wide range of new companies, such as Aqwise, looking to take advantage of natural means and processes to devise new and cheaper means of ecological wastewater treatment and sanitation.[read more]
Next time you bite into fish bought at the deli, think for a moment what brought it to your...[read more]
"How can we make the world a better place? One electric car at a time." That’s the driving force (if...[read more]
Though it’s quickly grown into a multi-billion dollar market and template for other emissions trading systems, the EU’s ETS has exhibited some significant growing pains and continues to generate debate. An interim analysis and report of the ETS Phase I trail period finds that modest emissions reductions were realized and, more importantly, the pathway to greater reductions is being paved. [read more]
For that strange little cross section of environmentalist and videophile, there is a high definition TV out there for you....[read more]
GridPoint Inc.and Duke Energy announced positive results from what is believed to be the first commercial test of utility-controlled “smart charging” for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs).[read more]
Academic institutions in Georgia, Minnesota and New York have been invited to represent their states in a joint US-Swedish renewable energy institute that aims to spearhead development and adoption of renewable energy technology.[read more]
The DoE's National Renewable Energy Lab announced MoU's for two public-private partnerships in the past two days: one on the Hawaiian island of Maui where it will work with UPC to research and develop wind energy resources in line with Gov. Lingle's Clean Energy Initiative, and a second with Conoco-Phillips and Iowa State U. to develop biomass-to-fuel conversion technologies making use of corn stalks, hardy grasses, fast growing trees and other non-food vegetable organic matter.[read more]
Foresters, climatolgists and environmental agencies are devoting much time and effort to figure out a way to include deforestation abatement into the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development and carbon trading schemes. A recently released discussion paper examines the potential effects carbon credits would have on forest conservation and use.[read more]
As is the case more broadly, shares of alternative energy businesses are getting hit hard of late…But the fundamentals underlying the sector provide support and portend that investors may look back on this period and see an excellent buying opportunity, argue analysts at London’s Ambrian Partners.[read more]
“We can once again actually ‘sail’ with cargo ships, thus opening a new chapter in the history of commercial shipping”...[read more]
The potential environment, health and safety risks of nano-engineered materials are increasingly coming under scrutiny as growing numbers of these new and unique materials find their way into everything from high-tech electronics to food. While public interest groups are pushing for new, stronger and separate approval and regulation, governments continue to believe that existing legal statutes and regulatory structures are sufficient.[read more]
Last week I participated in a ritual that's becoming increasingly common these days: replacing a (mostly) functional cell phone....[read more]
Researchers at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute of Integrated Circuits, are developing new thermoelectric generators that tap into the temperature differences between the human body and the external environment to generate low voltage currents that can power small electronic devices.[read more]
I was introduced to the 3form company at a local green gathering recently. The company produces materials for the...[read more]
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