Ecotoolbox

Book Description:
Studies have shown that the average North American family will spend more than a quarter of a million dollars on energy in a lifetime. What many other countries, including Germany, Spain, France, Denmark, China, Brazil, and even Iceland, have realized is that there is a better way to power our homes, businesses, [...]

AFP reports here at Yahoo News: LONDON – Nissan is to invest 200 million pounds to build electric car batteries in Sunderland, in a move that was hailed on Tuesday as a bold step towards turning Britain into a global leader in green auto making.

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CNET News.com reports here: Solar concentrators, placed on an office building roof, will make heat to power an absorption chiller to cool Southern California Gas’ energy research center.

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Spiegel Online reports here: A test drive of a modified Smart shows that the day when the electric car will become commonplace may not be as far off as some critics like to think.

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Seven thousand new wind turbines may rise from land and sea by 2020, BBC News reports here:Ambitious plans to generate one third of UK electricity from renewables by 2020 form the centrepiece of government plans for a low carbon future.

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