What’s atop the tallest peak in Americas? PCBs

Not even the world's tallest mountain peaks are as pristine as they might appear: an international team of scientists has reported finding PCB pollution near the top of Argentina's 6,962-metre tall Aconcagua Mountain, the tallest mountain in the Americas. The researchers detected low concentrations of PCBs -- toxic, carcinogenic chlorine compounds that have been banned since…

ByThe Global ViewDecember 7, 20090Comments

Energy Reports

Paper: solar industry not as clean as it needs to be

Hmm, it seems as though kicking this fossil fuel habit through renewables isn't so straightforward after all: right on the heels of a report that home-based wind energy isn't all it's cracked up to be comes a new study exploring the dangers of toxic chemicals used in solar cells. The new report, "Toward a Just and…

ByThe Global ViewJanuary 14, 20090Comments

Smart Cities

Mushrooms: the new way to clean up pollution

Greenbang will be throwing out her feather duster and jay cloths and replacing them with a shedload of fungi, if this story from International Herald Tribune is anything to go by. Nope, it's not the first sign of incipient madness, but the latest way to clean up pollution. Fort Bragg, a town of some 7,000…

ByThe Global ViewMay 1, 20080Comments

Smart Cities

Shell threatens to end European investment

Shell is shaping up to be the kind of oil company that, if it doesn't get its own way, will hold it breath until it turns a slightly odd colour in the hope its indulgent parents will cave in and let it have its own way. It probably took its ball home after it wasn't…

ByThe Global ViewApril 14, 20080Comments

Smart Cities

Polluters get windfall from carbon trading

Dammit. The EU must be feeling a bit like the superhero battling a supervillian when the energy from the laser weapon he uses is eaten up by the supervillain and only serves to make him stronger than he was to start off with. Sort of. Apparently, the European carbon emissions trading system will actually see big…

ByThe Global ViewApril 9, 20080Comments

Smart Cities

China ups eco-spend by billions

Meandering through the pages of Chinese news service Xinhua, Greenbang came across this invention: the electronic cigarette, the invention of which has been plaguing her ever since. After all, who sat down and thought: "you know, what the world needs is a cigarette, made of plastic, that you can recharge? I'll be a millionaire with…

ByThe Global ViewMarch 27, 20080Comments

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What’s atop the tallest peak in Americas? PCBs

Paper: solar industry not as clean as it needs to be

Mushrooms: the new way to clean up pollution

Shell threatens to end European investment

Polluters get windfall from carbon trading

China ups eco-spend by billions

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