Monthly Archives: July 2010
UPS expands its carbon neutral shipping programme
If the world’s largest package delivery company decides to create a carbon-neutral shipping programme, that means good news. If this company decides to expand the programme to 35 additional countries across Europe, Asia and the Americas, that means great news! [...]
The first electric highway in the Unites States
If you are from British Columbia, Washington or Oregon and you are planning to buy an electric car now it’s the time. Starting this fall and with an investment of $1.32 million the Washington State Transportation Department plans to turn [...]
China and the U.S. are the most attractive countries to invest in renewable energy
“China invested almost twice as much in clean energy projects last year compared with the US, and has emerged as the world’s market leader in installed wind power capacity in 2009”. An impressive opening by the last issue of the [...]
Solar Impulse: 26 hour solar powered flight success
André Borschberg, engineer and graduate in management science, is an ambitious man who has been fascinated by aviation from an early age. Bertrand Piccard, psychiatrist and aeronaut, is a challenges lover who made the first non-stop round-the-world balloon flight. The [...]
And the winner of the 2010 European Solar decathlon is…
Virginia Tech for the Lumenhaus! Among the 17 great solar-powered prefab homes that were participating in the contest, showing that completely self-sustaining shelters can easily become a reality, the American project was the winner. The 17 houses were probed, prodded, [...]
EnduraLED: the first bulb to replace the 60 watts incandescent
Energy efficiency is the easiest and most practical way to help alleviate the world’s energy crisis. Switching to the latest wave of ultra-efficient LEDs is something simple and necessary. Fortunately, Philips recently unveiled the wonder bulb: EnduraLED, a new LED [...]
A climate superb company
‘How does your carbon performance compare?’ This is the question which welcomes the reader of the 350 Index Results Report 2010, a publication that introduces the new FTSE CDP Carbon Strategy Index Series. The FTSE Group (FTSE) announced last week, [...]
Older coal-fired power plants will pass away in Canada
Canada has been frequently criticized by green groups for not doing enough to protect the environment and for allowing emissions of greenhouse gases to rise steadily over the last two decades. Probably they are right to be upset. According to [...]
The telepresence revolution saves emissions and money
It’s a simple decision for your boss. Staying at the office instead of traveling is a good choice for his business budget, but it’s a better choice for our planet. A new study has unveiled the numbers that are behind [...]
After trying 25 times, here is the greener car
It is not the most beautiful car in the world. That’s for sure. But it is one of the most ecofriendly city cars you will find in the streets. At first sight it might look like a toy: a 51 [...]
