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Land Rover get’s your Chelsea tractor carbon-neutral
Land Rover has today announced the first projects in its CO2 Offset Program to reduce greenhouse gases with projects in Tajikistan and China. The first projects include a hydro-electric power plant in Tajikistan and a wind farm in China. Together these projects will offset 150,000 tons of CO2 a year. Further projects in Uganda, India, Turkey and the Dominican Republic are currently evaluated. Customers of all new Land Rover vehicles sold in the UK from this year on will pay…
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Environment: Yahoo! Auto starts green center
Today Yahoo Auto has launched a new section devoted to alternative-fuel vehicles. To champion environmental protection Yahoo Auto teamed up with the nonprofit Environment Defense organization to give vehicles “green ratings” ranging from one to 100 based on greenhouse gas emissions, polluting exhaust, and fuel economy. The Yahoo Green Center as the web site [...]
Environment: Inc. Magazine’s Top 50 green entrepreneurs
Entrepreneur’s magazine Inc is introducing the Green 50 of entrepreneurial companies that embrace the concept of green business.
Inc. Magazine believes that the current green awakening is driven as much by markets as morality:
…High oil prices, global warming, the sense that chemicals cause real harm and the earth’s resources are indeed finite–these are not [...]
Non-Profit: WWF introduces gift catalog
With his first ever holiday gift catalog the conservation organization WWF has added another possibility to purchase goods that pay back.
The printed catalog that the WWF sends on request to potential donors showcases 38 species of animals available for symbolic adoption. Additionally it features the WWF’s unique Extraordinary Gifts Program that includes gifts [...]
Clean Energy: Solar Systems is building world biggest solar power station
Australian company Solar Systems today announced that it is going to build the biggest and most efficient solar photovoltaic power station in the world in north-west Victoria, Australia.
The power station is estimated to provide 154 MW into the national electricity grid - enough to meet the annual consumption of over 45,000 homes.
Australian Treasurer Peter [...]
Interactive Map: World’s Most Polluted Places
The Blacksmith Institute has created a list and interactive map of the Top-10 worlds worst polluted places.
The list was compiled with the help of a technical advisory board including experts from John Hopkins, Hunter College and Harvard University. The Top-10 were selected from more then 300 potential sites by evaluating where human health is [...]
Full length (updated: was) online: Who killed the Electric Car?
Those of us that did not get a chance to watch Chris Pane’s documentary “Who killed the Electric Car?” when it was released during June 2006 now, thanks to Google Video, got a chance to watch it in full length from our computers.
Wikipedia and IMDb both provide additional information on the movie.
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