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Solar Powered Plane ‘Solar Impulse’ Makes Maiden Flight

April 8, 2010

Solar Impulse HB-SIA, an emissions free solar powered aircraft, made it’s maiden flight on Wednesday. Test pilot Markus Scherdel flew the plane from a military airport in Payerne, Switzerland. The flight lasted 87 minutes, during which time the plane reached a maximum altitude of 5,500 feet and performed vaious aerial manoeuvers. The aircraft has a [...]

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East Midlands Airport to Grow Their Own Biofuel

March 30, 2010

Just over an hour down the road from us here at Doncaster Robin Hood Airport is East Midlands Airport – and they have just given a clear indication of their plans to become a carbon neutral airport by planting their very own willow farm. The willow farm will span 26 hectares – the equivalent of [...]

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US Start-Up Announce Plans for Carbon Neutral Cement

March 22, 2010

Follwing on from our story last year about professor Pal Mangat’s development of carbon neutral cement, a start-up company based in the US says it has found a way to capture the carbon dioxide emissions from coal and gas power plants and lock them into cement. Calera is trying to capture carbon in the production [...]

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Solar Powered iPod and iPhone Cases / Chargers Released

March 17, 2010

Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch are among the most popular gadgets in the world today, with almost 100m combined units having been sold around the globe in the two and a half years since their launch. However, perhaps the most annoying feature of both gadgets is their ability to burn up the batteries if you [...]

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Paington Zoo to Reduce Carbon Emissions with Elephant Dung

March 8, 2010

Paignton zoo in Devon is hoping to reduce it’s carbon emissions by 10% by utilising one of their home-made resources – elephant dung. The zoo hopes to burn biogas produced by the dung to generate electricity. Both Paignton and its sister zoo in Newquay have signed up to the 10:10 campaign and pledged to reduce [...]

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Marks & Spencer Aims for 100% ‘Eco / Ethical’ Product Porfolio by 2020

March 1, 2010

One of the UK’s biggest retailers, Marks & Spencer are to step up their efforts to sell only products that have at least one ‘eco-friendly’ or ‘ethical’ attribute. The retailer has planned for half of their products to meet this standard by 2015, and by 2020 M&S aims to have that figure at 100%. To [...]

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Green is the New Black at New York Fashion Week

February 22, 2010

Last Thursday marked the end of New York City Fashion Week, which brought together the world’s best designers and brands to showcase the coming trends in Autumn and Winter clothing. Winter Fashion Week 2010 had all the usual hallmarks: big names in design like Vera Wang, Stella McCartney and Jil Sander. But one aspect of [...]

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British Airways Plans Europe’s First Green Jet Fuel Plant

February 18, 2010

British Airways is planning to establish Europe’s first green jet fuel plant that would turn rubbish into carbon-neutral aviation fuel by the year 2014. According to the Independent, British Airways would establish the plant, in collaboration with the US bioenergy company Solena. When it is up and running in 2014, the factory will turn 500,000 [...]

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New Hybrid Honda CR-Z To Make Debut At Geneva Motor Show

February 12, 2010

Perpetual innovators Honda plan to show off their all new hybrid car, the CR-Z at next months Geneva motor show. Honda hope that their new model will shake off the stigma that has been attached to hybrid cars of them being somehwhat dull, ugly and sluggish. From the photos of the CR-Z that have been [...]

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Government To Spend £60m On New Eco-Towns

February 10, 2010

LONDON, UK – The British government has announced plans to spend almost £60 million to build four carbon-neutral towns in England. The so-called eco-towns were chosen from a list of 12 finalists. They are St. Austell in Cornwall, Whitehill-Bordon in Hampshire, North West Bicester in Oxfordshire and Rackheath in Norfolk. The money will be used [...]

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