BEIJING - As the world's top producer of energy-efficient light bulbs and a potentially massive market for them, China is seen as pivotal to greater worldwide acceptance of environmentally-friendly lighting. While also the largest producer of less-
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - A company is offering Allegheny Power customers in western Maryland the opportunity to get their electricity from wind power. Rockville-based Clean Currents has been offering green power for three years to utility customers, includ
After spending 16 months cycling 18,000 kilometres (11,180 miles) from Brisbane to Copenhagen, Kim Nguyen is taking part in the UN climate talks with a host of eyewitness accounts of the effects of global warming from his odyssey. The first place t
SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Australian winemakers who care about the environment as much as their vintages can now seek formal recognition for their green credentials under a voluntary certification scheme. The EntWine Australia scheme, launched this w
Green campaigners must end a ferocious determination to impose hair-shirt policies to fight global warming, senior Tory MP David Davis has warned.The former shadow home secretary criticised higher taxes on flights and the building of wind farms wh
NEW YORK - Ethanol producer Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. said Monday that Jeffrey Briggs will take on the position of chief operating officer, which has been held by CEO Todd Becker for the last year. Jeffrey S. Briggs will be responsible for
Leading European industrialists believe the future of manufacturing on the continent will increasingly revolve around green products, often backed by government subsidies.Although Europe already has a leading position in wind and solar power, thanks
Volkswagen set itself on course to surpass Toyota as the world’s largest carmaker on Friday when its supervisory board gave the go-ahead for the takeover of Porsche and agreed on a €25.8bn ($38.3bn) three-year investment programme. The German carmak
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