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Work on Learjet 85 targets environmental performance

Work on Learjet 85 targets environmental performance

Posted Tue, 04 Jan 2011 13:40:37 GMT by John Dean

Bombardier Aerospace is pressing ahead with development work to improve the environmental performance of its Learjet 85 aircraft. The Canadian company has been working on composite wings that make a plane lighter and, therefore, more fuel efficient.

Work on Learjet 85 targets environmental performance

Unsanitary conditions harming India's growth says World Bank report

Unsanitary conditions harming India's growth says World Bank report

Posted Mon, 03 Jan 2011 10:01:23 GMT by Paromita Pain

A World Bank study released on December 31 has rated that poor sanitation pulls India's GDP down by 6.4% and has said that the economic loss thanks to a the lack of toilets and sanitation facilities in the country can be quantified at $54 billion. This has a severe impact on the country's economy and natural resources.

Unsanitary conditions harming India's growth says World Bank report

US electric vehicle firm looks to China

US electric vehicle firm looks to China

Posted Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:51:00 GMT by John Dean

Fisker, the California manufacturer of electric vehicles with extended range, says it has partnered with the China Grand Automotive Group (CGA), the car trader based in China. The deal would allow Fisker to have its vehicles distributed, marketed and serviced in China; CGA has a network of more than 200 retail stores with a strong emphasis on the luxury vehicle market.

US electric vehicle firm looks to China

Order placed for 'green' aero engine

Order placed for 'green' aero engine

Posted Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT by John Dean

Airline Deutsche Lufthansa has placed a $300 million order with a US-European manufacturer for an aero engine that reduces carbon emissions. The German airline has chosen the CFM56-5B to power 21 Airbus A320 and two Airbus A321 aircraft, attracted by improvements in the engine's operating performances.

Order placed for 'green' aero engine

Investment in high-speed rail makes environmental, as well as economic, sense

Investment in high-speed rail makes environmental, as well as economic, sense

Posted Tue, 14 Dec 2010 18:03:01 GMT by David Hewitt

As Europe's high-speed rail revolution continues apace, a new study has put a figure on the environmental benefits of train travel. The upcoming launch of a new high-speed rail service between Madrid and Valencia has, unsurprisingly, been welcomed by Madrilenos keen to escape winter chills in the Spanish capital and be lounging on a Mediterranean beach just 90 minutes later.

Investment in high-speed rail makes environmental, as well as economic, sense

The J.D. Rockefeller of Cleantech Energy

The J.D. Rockefeller of Cleantech Energy

Posted Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:11:02 GMT by Simon Kent

A report from global management consultant firm A.T. Kearney has sought to identify the route to success for chemical companies in the cleantech energy sector. A report by A.T.Kearney entitled 'The Race is On' asks who will be the 'John D. Rockefeller' of clean energy supply and dominate this sector.

The J.D. Rockefeller of Cleantech Energy

US airport signs solar power deal

US airport signs solar power deal

Posted Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:10:09 GMT by John Dean

Tucson Airport, in the United States, has agreed a deal which will allow some of its land to be used for the generation of solar power. The Tuscon Airport Authority (TAA) has approved a 20-year lease with Tucson Electric Power (TEP) for 50 acres south of the terminal to allow construction of a 5-megawatt photovoltaic array.

US airport signs solar power deal

Rolls Royce secures $420 million engines contract

Rolls Royce secures $420 million engines contract

Posted Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:05:02 GMT by John Dean

Rolls-Royce has won a $420 million contract to provide aero engines that will help Hawaiian Airlines improve its fleet's environmental performance. The company will provide Trent 700 engines for six Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330 aircraft.

Rolls Royce secures $420 million engines contract

The World's First Mass-Market Electric Car

The World's First Mass-Market Electric Car

Posted Mon, 06 Dec 2010 10:33:05 GMT by Michael Evans

The zero emission Nissan Leaf, the first mass-produced and mass-market electric car, has been described as a major milestone in automotive history.

The World's First Mass-Market Electric Car

Raising a glass to the success of organic alcohol

Raising a glass to the success of organic alcohol

Posted Mon, 06 Dec 2010 09:14:00 GMT by John Dean

It's been one of the fastest growing trends in environmental shopping - the time of the organic tipple seems to have well and truly arrived. Research issued today (Monday December 6) by UK-based magazine Ethical Consumer suggests that Britain's drinkers have an unprecedented choice of ethically and environmentally produced beers, wines and spirits.

Raising a glass to the success of organic alcohol

Out of Africa: Green Code to ensure the sustainability of buildings

Out of Africa: Green Code to ensure the sustainability of buildings

Posted Fri, 03 Dec 2010 18:33:00 GMT by John Dean

Experts from the North East of England are helping to develop a Green Code to ensure the sustainability of buildings in Egypt. Northumbria University's Sustainable Cities Research Institute is working with the Housing and Building National Research Centre in Cairo to develop the ratings system...

Out of Africa: Green Code to ensure the sustainability of buildings

Management of Environmental Disasters

Management of Environmental Disasters

Posted Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:40:03 GMT by Titus Manickam

Environment disasters are taking place because we do not have appropriate management system to oversee and manage such disasters effectively. It is imperative to have a high powered global authority to manage environmental disasters.

Management of Environmental Disasters

Recycling Label Hits a Century

Recycling Label Hits a Century

Posted Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:06:23 GMT by Simon Kent

The British Retail Consortium's recycling label has signed up its 100th company. Now it is hoped the initiative can reduced the 'collection gap'. The On-Pack Recycling Label (OPRL) scheme launched by the British Retail Consortium in May 2009 has signed its 100th company. The label scheme supported by WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme) enables companies to categorise the materials used in packing their products under three options.

Recycling Label Hits a Century

Green Investment Bank to be set up by UK Government

Green Investment Bank to be set up by UK Government

Posted Fri, 26 Nov 2010 07:30:01 GMT by Ian Youngman

Will the UK government set up the green investment bank, or is it just an idea.. But as it was a Labour idea originally, will it ever happen? The UK government has promised to set up a green investment bank. But as it was a Labour idea originally, will it ever happen? The government recently backtracked on a firm promise to set up the Post Office Bank, another Labour idea.

Green Investment Bank to be set up by UK Government

Hybrid tugboat - environmentally friendly shipping

Hybrid tugboat - environmentally friendly shipping

Posted Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:55:06 GMT by Louise Murray

Shipping is responsible for 4.5% of global CO2 emissions, double the amount produced by the aviation industry, making the development of reduced emission craft a priority. A study by University of California Riverside of the world's only hybrid electric tugboat confirms the effectiveness of the technology.

Hybrid tugboat - environmentally friendly shipping

Prosecutions for Illegally Exporting Electrical Waste to Africa

Prosecutions for Illegally Exporting Electrical Waste to Africa

Posted Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:04:00 GMT by Simon Kent

The UK's Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted illegal exporters of electrical waste. A two-year investigation found 'a network of individuals, waste companies and export businesses' involved in sending waste overseas, and committing offences under the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007 and the European Waste Shipment Regulations 2006.

Prosecutions for Illegally Exporting Electrical Waste to Africa

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