Although this week’s climate summit in Bangkok has been without any major commitments from the major developed nations, Norway made news today by announcing it would cut its greenhouse gas emissions 40% by the year 2020. This figure is based on 1990 emission levels, but signifies a major step forward.
Canada, one of the biggest per [...]
Filed under: Environment, News on October 16th, 2009 @ 11:27 am
Tagged with: Canada, climate change, emissions, Finland, greenhouse gases, Huffington Post, Norway, Sweden
It seems that just about every week nowadays there is an announcement about some breakthrough in battery technology. Whether that breakthrough applies to the battery technology within the next big hybrid/electric vehicle, or just improved efficiency for the industry staple lithium battery, it’s getting hard to keep up with the headlines.
Today’s news comes by way [...]
Filed under: News, Technology on October 16th, 2009 @ 11:25 am
Tagged with: battery, clean energy, efficiency, lithium, nanotechnology, research, Sweden, Technology
Ever since the Academy Award-winning song “Jai Ho” made it to hit charts, the music world has been wondering if other South Asian talents can go global as well.
Envision Solar, a San Diego-based company known for its solar-powered carports, has announced a new product in line with the company’s goal to make use of solar energy in unconventional places.