High performance bioblend
News
DuPont and BP show that it's possible to run an engine on a mixture of petrol and 16 per cent biobutanol.
Source: The Engineer
Date Published: February 22, 2008
Babs Haddrill is travelling to Oz the green way,
Features
by train, boat and bus. What a shame she hasn't got time to cycle there.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: January 14, 2008
Toyota sets its sights on greener future
News
Manufacturer’s futuristic blueprint includes fuel cells, robots and other cutting-edge technologies.
Source: scenta
Date Published: November 12, 2007
A health retreat with hippos
Features
It's 1am and I am being driven down an utterly dark road, somewhere south of Mombasa.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: October 08, 2007
Bird sanctuary to be cleared out
News
A forest that is home to nearly one third of Uganda’s bird life is set to be given away and cleared to make room for crops.
Source: scenta
Date Published: July 09, 2007
Easyjet attack on green Virgin Train ads fails
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Sir Richard Branson has accused easyJet of "shooting themselves in the foot."
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: June 07, 2007
Plastic possibility
News
Recycling plastic for large-scale industrial use could become big business for the travel industry as a British company has found a way to replace steel, wood and concrete with a polymer alternative.
Source: scenta
Date Published: June 01, 2007
BA raises fuel levy for 10th time
Features
British Airways, beset by market rumours that a fresh profit warning is imminent, hiked its fuel surcharges yesterday in response to the rising cost of oil.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 30, 2008
Centre of attention
Features
Australia's elections last year were billed as the first in the world to be decided on climate change, with prime minister John Howard summarily dispatched, having failed to read the public mood on drought and global warming. Now it is British politicians' turn to see how important the global and local environment is.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 09, 2008
Mystery over who hired mole to dig dirt on Plane Stupid's environment activists
Features
When former Oxford student "Ken Tobias" volunteered in July to help anti-aviation group Plane Stupid, he was accepted with only a few reservations. He seemed committed to the cause of reducing aviation emissions, but as members of the group which occupied the roof of parliament last month recalled yesterday: "There was something not quite right about him."
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 09, 2008
Germany drops 'roadmap to biofuels' for cars
Features
The German government has been forced into an embarrassing climbdown over its plans to lead a worldwide biofuels revolution on the roads after the discovery that too many cars would be unable to run on the proposed ethanol-petrol mix.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 08, 2008
Pilots slam BA management over Terminal 5 chaos
Features
British Airways pilots urged investors to take action over the airline's leadership yesterday after warning that poor management had turned the airline into a "laughing stock".
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 08, 2008
Algae for hydrogen
News
US scientists advocate algae as alternative for ethanol.
Source: scenta
Date Published: April 02, 2008
Ministers attack BA over Terminal 5 fiasco as chaos continues
Features
The government berated British Airways over the Terminal 5 fiasco yesterday, criticising the airline for subjecting passengers to an "unacceptably poor travel experience" and revealing that the baggage backlog crisis at Heathrow's £4.3bn new building has escalated.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 01, 2008
