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KPMG Renewable Energy Report Not Too Great For UK

KPMG Renewable Energy Report Not Too Great For UK

Just yesterday we were lamenting how even China, where Hu Jintao probably snuggles up to a lump of coal every night because he…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Green Rush | May 27, 2009 1:45PM | 4 Comments »


BYD In Talks With VW, Looking Ever More Likely To Be King Of Electric Car Market

BYD In Talks With VW, Looking Ever More Likely To Be King Of Electric Car Market

The latest sign that Chinese electric car and battery manufacturer BYD is set to make it globally: it’s in talks to partner with

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Green Rush | May 26, 2009 1:05PM | 4 Comments »


EDF Battles Miliband Over Nuclear Investment

EDF Battles Miliband Over Nuclear Investment

A month ago Ed Miliband announced the next generation of nuclear power that is going to provide a sizable chunk of our energy…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Green Rush | May 26, 2009 10:50AM | 4 Comments »


Toyota And Honda Face Off In Obama-Regulated Hybrid Battle

Toyota And Honda Face Off In Obama-Regulated Hybrid Battle

Toyota has just brought out their new Prius, and they’re trumpeting their 80,000 Japanese orders in the face of Honda, who are their…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Green Rush | May 19, 2009 2:11PM | 1 Comment »


London Array Wind Farm To Be Built, Finally

London Array Wind Farm To Be Built, Finally

London Array, the world’s largest wind farm that has been languishing in bureaucratic NIMBY hell for way too long, has finally got the

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Green Rush | May 13, 2009 11:31AM | No Comments »


Government To Subsidise Electric Car Purchases, Forget About Grid, Renewables, Battery Production...

Government To Subsidise Electric Car Purchases, Forget About Grid, Renewables, Battery Production…

The government has announced plans to give buyers of electric cars up to £5,000 towards their purchase, incentivising people to buy the pricey…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Green Rush | April 17, 2009 12:13PM | 4 Comments »


The Segway/General Motors PUMA - A Rickshaw For Sociopaths

The Segway/General Motors PUMA – A Rickshaw For Sociopaths

General Motors and Segway have clubbed together to create what they hope will be the future of urban transport, in the form of the

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Green Rush | April 8, 2009 11:29AM | 1 Comment »


In Need Of Renewal: A Bad Month For The Green Economy

In Need Of Renewal: A Bad Month For The Green Economy

A couple of weeks ago a conference of nearly 2,500 scientists and economists congregated in Copenhagen to talk “climate”. Over three days they…

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Posted by Kieron Bryan in Green Rush | April 2, 2009 9:32AM | No Comments »


Students Shake Off Apathy And Catch Protest Fever

Students Shake Off Apathy And Catch Protest Fever

Saturday’s massive G20 march through London proved a big hit thanks to the catch-all nature of the protest – “JOBS JUSTICE CLIMATE!” the comprehensively indignant…

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Posted by Chris Baraniuk in Green Rush | March 30, 2009 11:51AM | 3 Comments »


Porsche's Hedge Fund Beef Continues, As They Launch Two Rubbish-Looking New Cars

Chavez And Medvedev Get Even Cosier, Start Decorating One Another

Chavez And Medvedev Get Even Cosier, Start Decorating One Another

In the nebulous world of Russian diplomacy a promised outcome is not always a sure one, but late last week Russian President Dmitry Medvedev…

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Posted by Carmody Wilson in Green Rush | December 1, 2008 1:50PM | 2 Comments »


Rouble, Rouble, Oil and Trouble: Russia’s Financial Meltdown Imminent

As the price of oil fell to $50 a barrel last week from the astronomical $140 in July, motorists and industry captains let…

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Posted by Carmody Wilson in Green Rush | November 24, 2008 11:11AM | 2 Comments »