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Using Hemp as a House Building Material to Tackle Climate Change

Houses made of hemp, timber or straw could help combat climate change by reducing the carbon footprint of building construction

17 Sep 2008

Screen Printed Solar Cells Reach Record Efficiency Levels

Suniva a manufacturer of high value crystalline silicon solar cells, today announced that its R&D team has developed several silicon solar cells in its lab with over 20 percent conversion efficiencies

17 Sep 2008

Graphene Form of Carbon Promises to Revolutionise Storage of Renewable Electrical Energy

Engineers and scientists have achieved a breakthrough in the use of "graphene" as a new carbon-based material for storing electrical charge in ultracapacitor devices, perhaps paving the way for the massive installation of renewable energies such as wind and solar power

17 Sep 2008

Flights Now Being Giving an Energy Label so Customers Can Make Environmentally Conscious Travel Decisions

CheapTickets.nl has attached an energy label to all the flights in its booking system. This new tool now allows passengers to make an environmentally conscious choice when they book their flights

17 Sep 2008

Alliance to Save Energy Asks Drivers to Drive Smarter In Order to Tackle Fuel Prices

The Alliance to Save Energy today urged Americans to "Drive $marter" and less as the most affordable and best way to ride out the current gasoline supply shortages and price spikes

17 Sep 2008

US Energy Bill Called a Sham Before Parliament

House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) took the floor of the U.S. House this morning to call Democrats' bluff on their cynically-written sham energy bill

17 Sep 2008

Greenhouse Gas Inventory Announced by Cornell

As part of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), Cornell University has calculated its first greenhouse gas inventory. This news from the inventory indicates that Cornell will be on course to reduce central utilities emissions by almost one-third – far exceeding the university’s goal of being 7 percent below 1990 levels of carbon emissions by 2012. The university is expected to meet that goal by 2010, two years ahead of schedule

16 Sep 2008