Archives: March 2009

Climate Change: Hot Debate over Green Concrete

Posted by: John Carey on March 26

Climate savior or potential green-washer? Los Gatos, Calif-based startup Calera Corp has a bold idea to do something concrete about climate change—literally. With venture funding from Vinod Khosla, the company...

Spain: The Rise of Eco-Corruption?

Posted by: Mark Scott on March 23

With governments outlining multi-billion dollar schemes to make investment in green energy more palatable, beware of a new trend: eco-corruption. That's the take from a Mar. 22 article in British...

In India, more gruesome e-waste tales

Posted by: Adam Aston on March 10

There's been a lot of reporting about the growing flow of dead PCs, monitors and electronic junk from the US to China. Till now, most of this coverage has focused...

Spain's grid hits 30% renewables

Posted by: Adam Aston on March 10

Thanks to a windy and wet winter, Spanish windmills and dams cranked out so much juice that renewables supplied more than 30% of the country’s power in the past year....