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[Press Release Green Growth Leaders by Per Meilstrup, 13th of April 2011]
Confronting global warming through green investments need not harm the economy – it can drive job creation and additional economic activity, concludes a new study, the first to investigate the evidence behind promises of “green growth”.
As economies all over the world are struggling to …
by Derek Singleton
ERP Analyst, Software Advice
Jul 07, 2011
The buzz of innovative ideas on how to build cheaper, greener roads is all around us. These ideas range from using scrap construction materials and rubber tires to using recycled glass to reduce our reliance on asphalt. While these brainstorms are laudable, they’ve yet to prove themselves in …
[Press release Earth Techling filed by Nino Marchetti on the 6th of July, 2011]
GE recently announced plans alongside venture capital partners to invest $63 million into 10 home energy technology companies as part of its $200 million ecomagination Challenge. This is the second such cleantech event completed by GE and its partners – last November …
[Press release HUFFPOST GREEN filed by Travis Donovan on the 22nd of June, 2011]
AMSTERDAM — Dutch airline KLM plans to use recycled cooking oil as biofuel to power flights to and from France in a move aimed at cutting carbon emissions.
Starting in September, KLM will begin more than 200 flights between Paris and Amsterdam using …
[Press release The Huffington Post by Joanna Zelman, 29th of June, 2011]
Google made two major announcements yesterday. One was about a new Google social network, Google +, expected to compete with the likes of Facebook. The other announcement was that saving the world could also save us a lot of money. The latter revelation somehow …
R.Paul Herman 06/23/11 11:52 AM ET
[HUFFINGTON POST] What do you do if you suspect your mother is sick? Maybe she just has a cold, maybe a serious disease — wouldn’t you want to know for sure? You’d seek the advice of a doctor, find out what the options are, and make sure she gets any …
[Press release Ernst & Young, June 20th, 2011]
65% of MENA executives polled expect an increase in cleantech investments over the next five years. This is according to Ernst & Young’s MENA survey on Cleantech titled ‘Cleantech matters: Seizing transformational opportunities (Middle East and North Africa outlook)’.
Cleantech encompasses a broad range of technologies that include alternative …
Friday, June 17, 2011 (Oliver M. Bayani)
[ECOSEED] A dramatic increase in solar photovoltaic projects, lower costs and higher efficiencies in the next 10 years could eventually make it more economical than traditional energy sources like coal and natural gas, according to the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
The amount of solar energy hitting the earth is around …
[PRESS RELEASE]
Vattenfall is prepared to invest up to one billion euro in renewable energy in France when the country offers hydropower concessions later this year. France is one of Vattenfall’s growth markets. Earlier this week Vattenfall opened a new office in Paris, thus emphasising its long-term strategic interest in the country.
“The establishment of Vattenfall in …
Brian Handwerk
For National Geographic News
Published June 1, 201
Drivers think more about the gasoline or petrol they pay for at the pump than they do about the motor oil that has to be changed every few months.
But energy companies and environmentalists are focusing on ways to reduce the waste generated by this ubiquitous petroleum product. They’re even …
