Today's Date:
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Transportation
January 18, 2008
More cleantech trackers reveal their venture-capital tallies for last year. They amount to $5.18 billion, according to the Cleantech Group, and $1 billion for Europe alone, according to the Library House.
January 17, 2008
A closer look at greener vehicle concepts from Fisker, GM, Ford, Audi and Ferrari, including hybrids mixed with gasoline, diesel, fuel cells and even solar power, as well as clean-diesel and ethanol cars.
January 16, 2008
Gevo licenses technology based on modified manure bacteria to make biofuel production more efficient.
January 15, 2008
The financial giant will buy a minority share of cleantech venture firm NGEN Partners.
January 15, 2008
The American Le Mans announces its green initiatives as car companies introduce lean, green, sporty machines in Detroit. Meanwhile, Europe considers cutting proposed biofuels targets and banning the import of some biofuel crops.
January 15, 2008
BYD, Fisker and Changfeng flaunt green innovation at the North American International Auto Show along with GM, Toyota, Chrysler, Ford and Honda.
January 14, 2008
Chair of the U.S. House of Representatives investigative committee wants to depose members of the Environmental Protection Agency over California dispute.
January 14, 2008
After a media stunt involving 120 longhorn cattle to illustrate that it's "breaking from the herd," the car manufacturer shows three electric concept cars that it says are coming soon.
January 14, 2008
Also, Khosla Venture-backed companies Coskata and EcoMotors get a financial boost, waste-to-energy companies close on clean deals and a $50 million alternative- and renewable-energy fund is launched.
January 14, 2008
Green investment skyrockets as the Earth grows warmer, according to reports this week. Meantime, Tesla executives leave, Imperium has layoffs, and energy companies turn to a wide assortment of new feedstocks, including trash.
January 13, 2008
Khosla Ventures-backed startup intends to deliver ethanol for under $1 per gallon using agricultural and municipal waste. But challenges remain.
January 10, 2008
At a Senate hearing over the agency's denial of the state's request to regulate emissions from cars, Attorney General Brown asks for an explanation -- under oath.
January 09, 2008
Environmental issues are impacting more than $100 billion in annual capital flows, according to the institute, which lays out a series of resulting new business opportunities.
January 07, 2008
Japan calls for a thirtyfold increase in solar capacity, while Brazil and Beijing set fuel standards and India offers its first solar subsidies.
January 03, 2008
If California gets its way in a new suit against the EPA, automakers may have to add advanced emissions-reduction technologies to cars to meet the state's standard for tailpipe emissions.
December 31, 2007
Greentech investments were up in 2007, as green policies flourished and biofuels suffered in spite of increased funding. And the world's silicon shortage continued to define the solar industry.
December 27, 2007
After snagging $200 million a few months ago, Project Better Place gets $30 million more for a leasing network to keep electric-vehicle batteries charged.
December 24, 2007
Christmas came early for a number of greentech firms this year as investors granted generous financial gifts before the holidays.
December 20, 2007
California Gov. Schwarzenegger says the fight isn't over after the EPA turns down a waiver that would allow the Golden State to set its own vehicle-emission standards. He plans to sue the agency -- again -- in the next three weeks.
December 19, 2007
To vehicle manufacturers' dismay, the European Commission proposes cutting the amount of carbon-dioxide emissions from a car's tailpipe by 19 percent.