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China's Growth Continues To Dangerously Outpace Innovation

China’s Growth Continues To Dangerously Outpace Innovation

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 | 3 Comments »


Does the UK Risk Missing Out on the Electric Car Economy of Tomorrow?

Does the UK Risk Missing Out on the Electric Car Economy of Tomorrow?

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 | 2 Comments »


Post-Copenhagen, Poverty Equals Opportunity For Third World Nations

Post-Copenhagen, Poverty Equals Opportunity for Third World Nations

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 »


Copenhagen: The Short View

Copenhagen: The Short View

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 »


A View from the 'Hopenhagen Live' Greentech Fair

A View from the ‘Hopenhagen Live’ Greentech Fair

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 »


'Greening' the Royal Bank of Scotland

‘Greening’ the Royal Bank of Scotland

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 | 3 Comments »


The Carbon Capture and Sequestration Experiment

Britain’s Carbon Capture and Sequestration Experiment

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 | 6 Comments »


Ignore the Doomsayers, Copenhagen Could See a Breakthrough on Climate Change

Ignore the Doomsayers, Copenhagen Could See a Breakthrough on Climate Change

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 | 6 Comments »


Warren Buffett's Burlington Deal – Is It Green?

Warren Buffett’s Burlington Deal – Is It Green?

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 | 1 Comment »


Centrica Announces New Wind Farm, While NIMBYs Block A Whole Lot More

Centrica Announces New Wind Farm, While NIMBYs Block A Whole Lot More

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 »


Ghana Courting China For Stake In Oil Field, Exxon Miffed

Ghana Courting China For Stake In Oil Field, Exxon Miffed

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 »


Oil-Hungry China Courting Nigeria, Iran, Iraq, Canada, Venezuela...

Oil-Hungry China Courting Nigeria, Iran, Iraq, Canada, Venezuela…

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 »