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EU Parliament Approves Ban On Combustion Cars By 2035
Move to electric vehicles continues, after European lawmakers vote to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2035
Uber To Offer 50,000 Tesla Cars To Drivers
Mammoth Hertz deal to purchase 100,000 Tesla’s electric vehicles, will allow Uber to offer a Tesla for rent to its fleet of drivers
UK Government Sets Out Strategy For Green Hydrogen Sector
Hydrogen has long been touted as a better solution for green transportation among other uses, and now the government sets out its long term strategy
Police Raid Bitcoin Mining Operation
West Midland police raid industrial estate location stealing electricity on a drugs warrant, but location was mining cryptocurrency, not growing pot
Google Maps Adds Eco Friendly Routes
Eco option for cClimate change. Google Maps users will soon be able to compare the CO2 emissions of different available routes
Apple Fined $2 Million For Selling iPhone 12 With No Charger
Fined for breaking consumer law as Brazilian agency rejects Apple green claim for not including charger, as well as 'misleading' water resist claims
Uber Pledges Electric Only Rides By 2030
Firm pledges to rid itself of combustion engine powered vehicles in US and Europe by 2030, and will be zero-emission by 2040
UK To Ban Diesel, Petrol Car Sales From 2035
Environmental push. Boris Johnson announces Britain is to bring forward its ban on sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2040 to 2035
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Pledges To Be Carbon Neutral By 2040
Environmental pledge from CEO, as staff stage walkout at Seattle HQ in protest at Amazon's green record
Google Makes Recycled Materials Pledge For Hardware Products
Google goes green. Recycled materials to be in all of its 'Made By Google' products by 2022
EU Regulators Mull Action On Universal Smartphone Chargers
Frustrated at lack of progress towards universal phone charger, EU to consider whether to take action
Former Steel Town Redcar Gets £100m Data Centre
Hundreds recently lost their jobs in Redcar, and the new data centre will be built on the former ICI Wilton site
Microsoft Raises Data Centre Renewable Energy Targets
Microsoft commits to reducing reliance on carbon offset certificates and aims to boost direct renewable energy use for the future
UK And China Snuggle Up For Green Tech Collaboration
State visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping yields collaboration agreement for tech and creative industries
Electric Charging Motorway Trial For England
The quest for low-emissions continues with trial of under-the-road charging system for electric cars
Tesla Powerwall Battery Launched To Power Homes
Carmaker reveals rechargeable lithium-ion battery unit that stores solar power for homes and businesses
Has NASA Developed The Ultimate Spy Drone?
The perfect spy drone? NASA invents a drone that simply disappears or decomposes away if it crashes
Fujitsu Cuts Power Costs For Unified Communications PCs – CeBIT...
Fujitsu has launched two PCs featuring a special low-power mode that puts most functions to sleep while allowing communications software to keep running
International SIG ‘Renewable Energy: Going Green in the East’
Join industry experts at this half day event to explore the opportunities available to Cambridge Wireless members in the expanding Green Energy and Power Management business sectors.
Microsoft: How To Overcome Green Fatigue
Green IT used to be a much-used phrase. Now it sends people to sleep, even though efficient IT is needed more than ever, according to Microsoft evangeliset Andrew Fryer
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Green In The City
ecoConnect's Green in the City Forum: Where cleantech comes to do business.
EMC And NetApp Poised To Fight Over Green Storage Company?
EMC and NetApp are eyeing up the all-Flash storage firm XtremIO
Toshiba’s Secure, Energy-Efficient Laptops Tap IBM Software
At the IBM Pulse 2012 conference, Toshiba announced Tivoli endpoint management is embedded in its latest business PCs
Rising Server Maker SeaMicro Acquired By AMD
AMD has bought rising star SeaMicro for its low-power-consumption, small footprint microservers for private or hybrid cloud systems
Report Praises Green Credentials Of eBay’s Arizona Data Centre
Data centre achieves "new levels of energy efficiency", according to a study by the Green Grid
Facebook To Tackle Open Source Storage Hardware
Social networking site plans to build own storage hardware to handle growing number of user uploads
Smart Grid: The Next Generation
Smartgrid has been available as a technology long enough for it’s effectiveness now to be scrutinized in detail. Our March Green in the City forum will provide exclusive insights on technology, investment, policy and adoption trends in the UK and beyond.
Tougher Spending Controls Save Government £140m On ICT
Cabinet Office says it wants to save a total of £5 billion across the government by the end of the financial year