France Announces Green Tax Plan, €5,000 Bonus for Green Cars
French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced plans to impose a new fuel tax next year on oil, gas and coal to encourage industry and households to cut energy consumption. Sarkozy set the new tax at €17...
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PSA Plans 20% of Green Vehicle Material Content by 2011
PSA Peugeot Citroen has presented the latest developments in its green materials plan, set up to limit the eco-footprint of Group vehicles during their service life. The Group has set an ambitious...
View ArticleQatar Airline Flies Passenger Flight on Natural Gas
Qatar Airways has become the first airline to operate a commercial passenger flight on a 50:50 blend of conventional and Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) kerosene fuel from Royal Dutch Shell. The flight from...
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Green Heating and Cooling Technology Turns Carbon from Eco-Villain to Hero
Researchers at the University of Warwick have devised a novel way to miniaturize a technology that will make carbon a key material in some extremely green heating products for our homes and in air...
View ArticleRussia to Reduce CO2 Emissions by 25 Percent by 2020
Russia made a pledge to cut CO2 emissions at a summit with the EU in Sweden on Wednesday, as the Russia President Dmitry Medvedev said his country would try to reduce greenhouse emissions by 25 percent...
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Reduce Your Carbon Emissions with Personal CO2 Counter
Reduce your carbon emissions – with the Volvo’s personal CO2-counter ‘Commute Greener’. ‘Commute Greener’ is accessed through a mobile phone or a web site on the internet, enabling the user...
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KLM Makes First Biofuel Airline Passenger Flight
Last week KLM, the Dutch airline, made the first passenger flight powered by sustainable biofuel. A Boeing 747, one of four engines powered by a 50-percent biokerosene mix, circled the Netherlands for...
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Audi to Add Solar-Power to Ingoldstadt Plant
Audi will install solar panels on the roof of its assembly plant in Ingoldstadt in Germany, for practical testing of new photovoltaic technologies by Munich-based Green City Energy. Photovoltaic...
View ArticlePresident Obama Announces $2.3 Billion for Clean-Tech Jobs
President Obama announced the award of $2.3 billion in Recovery Act Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credits for clean energy manufacturing projects across the United States. 183 projects in 43 states...
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Mitsubishi, Sanyo Working on Hybrid Car Carrier
Sanyo Electric, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Mitsui OSK Lines are working together to create a hybrid car carrier partly powered by renewable energy. The companies received funding from Japan's...
View ArticleEPA Announces New NO2 Standard
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a new national air quality standard for nitrogen dioxide (NO2). This new one-hour standard will protect millions of Americans from peak...
View ArticlePorsche Adding 2MW Photovoltaic System at Sachsenheim
Porsche is adding 2MW megawatt rooftop solar photovoltaic system on its Sachsenheim central parts warehouse in Germany as part of efforts to support renewable energy. The company is allowing Goldbeck...
View ArticleBritish Airways to Build Biojet-Fuel Plant
British Airways, in partnership with the Solena Group, is to establish Europe's first biojet-fuel plant and plans to use the low-carbon fuel to power part of its fleet from 2014. The new fuel will be...
View ArticleAudi to Invest in Renewable Energy
Audi announced its plans to invest in renewable energy production. In support of this goal, Audi this week signed an agreement with the international consortium "Desertec Industrial Initiative". The...
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