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2008 AlwaysOn Going Green 100 Awards

Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) and its Global Network of Funds, the most active global cleantech investors, today announced that fifteen of their portfolio companies were recognized as finalists in the AlwaysOn 2008 Going Green 100 Awards

10 Sep 2008

Sustainable Wood Composites Being Made Using Nanotechnology

The European Commission has decided to invest 6.5 million Euro into a large scale project dealing with the development of sustainable wood-based composite materials

10 Sep 2008

Jet Fuel Produced From Algae by Solazyme

Solazyme has announced that it has produced the world’s first microbial derived jet fuel

10 Sep 2008

Daimler and RWE to Open Electric Vehicle Charging Stations for the Smart Electrodrive Electronic Car

This video report presents the new electric version of the Smart minicar, the Smart Electrodrive

9 Sep 2008

Mexico City Smog May Come From Garbage, Not Motor Vehicles

A new report by scientists who are part of the international MILAGRO Campaign indicates that some of the most harmful air pollution in Mexico City may not come from motor vehicles but instead originates with industrial sources – and that the culprit may be garbage incineration

8 Sep 2008

Electric Vehicle Battery Company to List on the Stockmarket

Earlier this month, lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery manufacturer A123Systems sought to capitalize on the interest in electric and hybrid vehicles, filing for an IPO

8 Sep 2008

New Software Package Determines the Cheapest, Fastest or Most Environmentally Method of Transportation

A new software package determines the cheapest, fastest or most environmentally compatible mode of transportation

8 Sep 2008

Biodiesel Shown to Runs Equal to, if not Better than Petroleum

Propel, a leading retailer of low-carbon renewable fuels and Seattle-based The Essential Baking Company, announce the results of a joint study on the impact of replacing petroleum fuel with biodiesel in the company’s delivery fleet

8 Sep 2008

Experts Meet to Discuss Rules for Managing Fragile Polar Regions

Need for better international approach to control polar activities on agenda in Iceland

8 Sep 2008

Understanding the Connection Between Climate Change and Aerosols

A group of scientists affiliated with the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) have proposed a new framework to account more accurately for the effects of aerosols on precipitation in climate models

8 Sep 2008