Gadget firms slammed over emissions failings

Apple, Dell, Lenovo, LG, Microsoft and Samsung are among the big name tech and gadget companies slammed by Greenpeace for failing to make the big cuts in their own emissions needed to tackle climate change. Of the 18 big technology companies ranked in Greenpeace's latest 'Guide to Greener Electronics', only Fujitsu Siemens, Philips and Sharp show…

ByThe Global ViewNovember 25, 20080Comments

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Gordon Brown creates ‘Ministry for Climate Change’

Maybe it's too little too late or maybe it will end up being as useful as Monty Python's Ministry of Silly Walks, but Prime Minister Gordon Brown's reshuffle at the end of last week saw the creation of a new Department for Energy and Climate Change. The minister in charge of the new department is Ed…

ByThe Global ViewOctober 6, 20080Comments

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Nokia tops tech eco rankings

As consumers get more of an eco-conscience or simply come to realise that, more often than not, green can also be good for the wallet pressure will be brought to bear on manufacturers. None more so than in the tech industry, which is estimated to be responsible for two per cent of global CO2 emissions. Greenbang,…

ByThe Global ViewSeptember 22, 20080Comments

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Carbon capture as much use a chocolate teapot: Greenpeace

Pass the tissues. Greenbang has a nasty feeling she's going to break some big polluters' hearts. OK guys - brace yourselves, Greenbang is just going to say it: Greenpeace isn't impressed with your eco-efforts. There, it's out in the open now. Specifically, Greenpeace is not impressed with the technique now being examined by a few big…

ByThe Global ViewMay 7, 20081Comment

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Shell leaves London Array wind farm in disarray

Is it Greenbang, or does Shell also remind you of a cartoon baddie? How about the Hooded Claw? Remember him? He was the cloaked fiend who endlessly chased Penelope Pitstop. Greenbang could imagine Shell tiptoeing around, wearing a billowing cloak, a shiny top hat, twirling its moustache and occasionally pausing to emit bursts of eldritch…

ByThe Global ViewMay 6, 20081Comment

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Sony Ericsson gets Greenpeace nod on eco-gadgets

The consumer electronics industry must have a callous on its wrist from being slapped so much by the green lobby. And that callous is going to get even more calloused with the latest verdict from Greenpeace on consumer electronics' performance: in short, a bit cobblers really. As if you expected anything different. Greenpeace took 37 products and…

ByThe Global ViewMarch 6, 20080Comments

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Gadget firms slammed over emissions failings

Gordon Brown creates ‘Ministry for Climate Change’

Nokia tops tech eco rankings

Carbon capture as much use a chocolate teapot: Greenpeace

Shell leaves London Array wind farm in disarray

Sony Ericsson gets Greenpeace nod on eco-gadgets

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