Tag: GreenNumbers

  • Friday Green Numbers round-up 05/28/2010

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    And here is this week’s Green numbers: Infographic: Gulf oil spill by the numbers Amazing infographic of BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill – puts it into perspective. tags: Gulf of Mexico, oilspill, bp, greennumbers Quantum teleportation achieved over 16 km Scientists in China have succeeded in teleporting information between photons further than ever before.…

  • Friday Green Numbers round-up 05/07/2010

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    Photo credit Unhindered by Talent And here are this week’s Green numbers: BP ‘facing £15bn loss’ over Gulf of Mexico oil spill | Business | The Guardian It doesn’t pay to pollute. The Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster is likely to cost BP $23bn (£15bn) and its shares can be expected to lag behind…

  • Friday Green Numbers round-up 04/23/2010

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    And here is this week’s Green numbers: Like Sept.11, volcano plane ban may hold climate clue | Reuters Plane-free skies over Europe during Iceland’s volcanic eruption may yield rare clues about how flights stoke climate change, adding to evidence from a closure of U.S. airspace after September 11, 2001, experts say tags: airplane, aviation, iceland,…

  • Friday Morning Green Numbers round-up 04/09/2010

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    Iowa, Texas tops [US] in wind power efforts Iowa and Texas lead the nation in wind energy efforts, according to the annual report released Thursday from the American Wind Energy Association. Iowa claims the title for the state with the largest percentage of electricity from wind energy. As of the end of 2009, over 14…

  • Friday Morning Green Numbers round-up 03/26/2010

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    Here is this Friday’s Green Numbers round-up: GE Announces Major European Offshore Wind Expansion with a Planned €340 Million Investment for Manufacturing, Engineering and Service Facilities in Four Countries GE today announced plans to invest approximately €340 million to develop or expand its wind turbine manufacturing, engineering and service facilities in four European countries—the United…

  • Friday Morning Green Numbers round-up 03/19/2010

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    Here is this Friday’s Green Numbers round-up: Nissan: 500,000 Electric Cars by 2012 – News – Automotive Fleet Nissan is planning for a production capacity of 500,000 Leaf electric cars in North America, Japan and Europe by 2012, the Chicago Tribune reported. tags: nissan leaf, nissan, greennumbers, electric cars, electric vehicles Carbon capture storage will…

  • Friday Morning Green Numbers round-up 02/26/2010

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    Here is this Friday’s Green Numbers round-up: Mitsubishi to build £100m UK wind turbine factory | Environment | guardian.co.uk Government aim of making Britain a centre of green manufacturing win a major boost from plans that will create hundreds of jobs tags: greennumbers, uk, wind, mitsubishi, wind turbine Hydrogen taxi cabs to serve London by…

  • Friday Morning Green Numbers round-up 02/19/2010

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    Here is this Friday’s Green Numbers round-up: World’s top firms cause $2.2tn of environmental damage, report estimates | Environment | The Guardian Report for the UN into the activities of the world’s 3,000 biggest companies estimates one-third of profits would be lost if firms were forced to pay for use, loss and damage of environment…