China, thirsty for oil, has turned to an entirely new land mass in an attempt to slake itself. Its new target is Argentina, specifically the…
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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Green Rush | March 15, 2010 1:00PM | 1 Comment »
There is no longer a question mark hanging over the mass uptake of electric vehicles (EVs). The transition appears to be imminent, with the roll…
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Posted by Jennifer Allan in Green Rush | January 28, 2010 4:52PM | No Comments »
I divide my time between the Caribbean and Britain. When you have the option of endless summer, the predictable grey of London may seem an…
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Posted by John Rapley in Green Rush | January 20, 2010 2:55PM | No Comments »
Kieron Bryan attended the UN’s COP-15 climate change conference in Copenhagen last month. Here he reflects on the mood at the end of the conference,…
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Posted by Kieron Bryan in Green Rush | January 18, 2010 3:15PM | No Comments »
In the city hall square in Copenhagen lies Hopenhagen Live, a futuristic village of glass cabins with green-neon trim, showcasing the greentech innovation that will…
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Posted by Mike Smith in Green Rush | December 16, 2009 3:13PM | 2 Comments »
Environmental and anti-poverty campaigners had hoped that the taxpayer’s majority shareholding in the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) would mean the bank, which has styled…
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Posted by Saoirse Fitzpatrick in Green Rush | December 9, 2009 3:14PM | 2 Comments »
As scientists and now our political leaders insist we ‘go green’ to save the planet, you’d think that coal, the filthiest of all fossil…
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Posted by Kieron Bryan in Green Rush | December 3, 2009 12:47PM | 3 Comments »
The UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen (COP-15) was supposed to be the make or break summit. Gordon Brown gave us “fewer than 50 days to…
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Posted by Kieron Bryan in Green Rush | December 2, 2009 1:37PM | 5 Comments »
Yesterday Warren Buffett, the world’s second richest but most twinkly man, made what one hedge fund manager described as “his last meaningful deal”…
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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Green Rush | November 4, 2009 12:41PM | No Comments »
More baby steps towards those rather daunting UK emissions targets: Centrica, the energy provider, has announced plans to build another off-shore wind farm…
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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Green Rush | October 29, 2009 1:32PM | 1 Comment »
China’s taste for foreign oil continues this week with a trip to Ghana, where they’re jostling with Exxon to buy up a field previously owned…
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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Green Rush | October 13, 2009 11:09AM | No Comments »
For all their UK-shaming investment in renewable energy, like announcing the construction of the world’s largest solar array this week, China’s passage to…
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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Green Rush | September 29, 2009 11:33AM | 1 Comment »