Truffle Cultivation is Green Agriculture

By  Mary Vincent  - Follow on Twitter  @MaryVincent Per Robert Chang , Managing Director American Truffle Company, on average 1 acre of truf...

Storing carbon dioxide underground could trigger earthquakes, says Stanford geophysicist Mark Zoback

Stanford geophysicist Mark Zoback spoke Dec. 13 at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco's Moscone Cente...

Ofcom wants numbers to be easier to use

Ofcom the Super Regulator is holding a consultation on non-geiographic numbers and making them easier to understand and fixing the several ...

Ofcom reservers 2.6GHz for wireless cameras during Olympics

Ofcom the Super Regulator has published a statement on the 2.6GHz (2600MHz) band which is being reserved for use by wireless cameras durin...

Video: Climate Change & Bill Clinton's Speech at Dreamforce San Francisco, December 2010

By  Mary Vincent  - Follow on Twitter  @MaryVincent You must watch this Bill Clinton Video from Salesforce's Dreamforce Conference in Sa...

Video: Confessions of a Radical Collaborator by Debra Chrapaty, SVP and GM, Collaboration Software Group, Cisco

Canon's EF lenses can suit everybody

Canon have a wide range of lenses available that can be used to suit every occasion and situation. All the EF lenses will fit every model of...

Ofcom to start charging for number allocation

Ofcom , the super regulator is holding a consultation on the future of number in the UK. There's nothing too exciting about that, except...

Video: The Networked EV - Market Outlook through 2015 by David Leeds (The Networked EV Nov 9 2010)

By  Mary Vincent  - Follow on Twitter  @MaryVincent Clean Tech and Green Business News was a Media Partner for The Networked EV Smart Grids...

Ofcom wants mobile phone license exempt on boats

Ofcom is holding a consultation to make mobile terminals (phone) license exempt when used on boats. Generally the boat (like a cruise liner...

HTC Wildfire fired into the wild

HTC have released their new Wildfire phone running Android 2.1 (Eclair) and HTC Sense with a suite of social networking tools built in (Face...

Qualcomm Snapdragons pack more byte for buck

Yesterday Qualcomm announced their new Snapdragon MSM8960™ chipset. Though based on the original (ARM) Snapdragon system, the new chip is du...

Harmony, A New Way of Looking at Our World, narrated by Prince Charles

By  Mary Vincent  - Follow on Twitter  @MaryVincent Three decades of work by HRH The Prince of Wales to combat  climate change and find inno...

Ofcom consultation on "whitespace" use and Gelocation

There's lots of spectrum around, but it's a crowded space and so much of it is licensed by Ofcom i.e. in order to utilise equipment...

Ofcom issues new spectrum for Transportable Earth Stations

Due to the demand for extra capacity for Transportable Earth Stations (TES) i.e. mobile satellite systems, Ofcom has made available more sp...

Video: Sustainable Innovation by Judy Estrin: CEO JLABS

By  Mary Vincent  - Follow on Twitter  @MaryVincent WNSF's West Coast Sustainability Leadership Summit IBM Almaden Research Center, Nov ...

Video: Nancy Sutley Chair White House Council of Environmental Quality

By  Mary Vincent  - Follow on Twitter  @MaryVincent Video: Nancy Sutley Chair White House Council of Environmental Quality Speaking at WNSF...

Nov 17 - Clean Tech Awards Gala

By  Mary Vincent  - Follow on Twitter  @MaryVincent Clean Tech Open  is hosting it's fifth annual Clean Tech Awards Gala November 17 in ...

Video: The Power of Policy - How Can Government Catalyze the Smart Grid? (GreenBeat 2010)

By  Mary Vincent  - Follow on Twitter  @MaryVincent Video: The Power of Policy - How Can Government Catalyze the Smart Grid?  (GreenBeat Nov...

DOE and EPA Release 2011 Annual Fuel Economy Guide

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All, Here's a GreenBeat 50 percent off discount url http://bit.ly/bBNxQn #greenbeatconf

Nokia releases MeeGo v1.1

Nokia has released version 1.1 of the MeeGo Operating System (OS) which contains Linux Kernel 2.6.35, X.org server 1.9.0, Web Runtime, Qt 4....

Creek Watch app helps monitor the health of your local watershed

Creek Watch is an application that enables you to help monitor the health of your local watershed. Whenever you pass by a waterway, spend a ...

Immelt said half of GE’s sales force of about 45,000 will drive electric vehicles

Most new farmland comes from cutting tropical forest, says Stanford researcher

Ofcom proposes to allow GSM refarming

As expected, Ofcom the super regulator is proposing to allow GSM refarming such that mobile network operators can utilise their GSM/PCN fre...

Nov 12, 2010 - WNSF's West Coast Sustainability Leadership Summit

The 2nd Annual West Coast Businesswomen's Sustainability Leadership Summit with the theme: 'Sustainability We get it… now what? The...

DBVu in line-up for Best Startup 2010

It's the time of year again when TechCrunch Europe host the Europas and DBVu have been nominated for a Best New Startup 2010 so plea...

Ofcom liberalises the WTA

Ofcom the super regulator will changes to the Wireless Telegraphy Act to come into force on 1st November 2010 that will allow the following ...

Ofcom reviews Alternative Dispute Resolution Schemes

Anyone offering a communication service is obliged to register with an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Service so that if consumers ar...

Honda Retains 'Greenest Automaker' Title in Latest UCS Automaker Rankings

MIT Video: Energy Innovation at Scale by Steven E. Koonin

"Technology is but one element of judging the viability of a project. Often it’s the least strong lever in moving a project along. Oper...

Stanford's Law Conference Panel: Thinking Globally - International Climate Change Action

Michael Wara,  Dan Clune,  Kath Rowley   Photo: Mary Vincent By  Mary Vincent  - Twitter  @MaryVincent I firmly believe that it's import...

Competition try to tear Canvas

Project Canvas , the joint venture between the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five, BT, TalkTalk and Arqiva which will deliver TV channels through a s...

Ofcom consulting on advertising an "additional services license"

Anyone want a national license to use for carrying data? Well Ofcom are advertising one. It's part of the spectrum allocated to Classic...

Ofcom updates Olympic Spectrum Plan

Ofcom the super regulator has updated it's plans for spectrum use for the London Olympic Games in 2012. The main spectrum use will be f...

World Wildlife Fund Living Planet Index Falls 30% and Food Is Key

Total Hotspots hits Android

Total Hotspots the WiFi locating application that's been available on iPhone for a while has now been officially released for Android. ...

US DOT: EPA and DOT to Prepare Fuel Economy Standards for Model Years 2017-2025

FLO TV is dead, Long Live FLO Data?

As predicted Qualcomm have killed off their FLO TV service in the US which uses Qualcomm's Media FLO technology (you could buy an adapte...

Stardoll Party

Last night (07/10/10) in the depths of central London (well Jalouse in Hanover Square), Stardoll held a party for with various bands and s...

Democrats/Independents likely to back candidates who propose action on global warming

Samsung drops Symbian

Following on from the announcement by SonyEricsson that it would not be producing anymore handsets based on Symbian to concentrate on Androi...

Whitman to vote against Proposition 23

Ofcom makes a silent statement on calls

Ofcom the regulator for Communications (and other things) has published a statement on "tackling and handling silent calls" . Now...

COMPANIES COMPLETE ROAD TESTING OF NEW GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

Blackberry Tablet expected soon

RIM's Blackberry Tablet or "blackpad" is due for imminent release. Surprisingly it's based on a version of QNX operating s...

It's that FOWA time of year again

Oct 6th sees the Carsonified put on the The Future of Web Apps or FOWA . As with the FOWD it's taking place in London at The Brewery ...

Ofcom passes-on responsibility for VOD editortial

Ofcom the Super regulator that deals with regulation of broadcasters, communications, radio spectrum etc. has today passed on all complaint...

Ofcom changes billing rules

Ofcom are holding a consultation that closes on 18th Oct 2010 about changing the rules how Communications Providers or CPs (who earn more t...

Project Canvas becomes Youview

The hotly debated TV service known as Project Canvas has now come out of hiding to be called Youview TV Ltd and known as Youview . Youview h...

Ofcom consults on WTR

Ofcom is holding a consultation on wholesale termination rates to what where known as OLOs (or other licensed operators) as in everyone apar...

Ofcom reduces the permitted power for UWB

Ofcom has published a consultation on reducing the permitted power in the 4.2 to 4.8 GHz band for UWB devices. The power is being reduced f...

VLS Study: Nuclear Reactors cost $5,000 to $6,000 per Kilowatt

World Bank Appoints Clean Energy "Czar"

Ofcom wants to increases spectrum for outside broadcast units

Ofcom is holding a consultation on whether to allow increased spectrum for satellite earth stations (or to be specific Transportable Earth ...

Mayor Gavin Newsom to Open APPNATION

By  Mary Vincent  - Follow on Twitter  @MaryVincent On Monday, September 13, 2010, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom will welcome regional an...

Sept 29 San Francisco 'Every Party Matters' Fair Trade Party

Computerworld: Oracle board against sustainability proposal

Reuters: Low-carbon market to treble by 2020: HSBC

Ofcom wants to allow 3G operators to up power levels

Ofcom the super regulator is proposing to up the in-band power lever from 62dBm to 65dBm eirp per carrier in the FDD part of the 3G spectru...

Google gets ballsey on the UK homepage

It's Sept 7th 2010 which must be special (for Google anyway) as their UK homepage now has a set of balls (or are they balloons) that swi...

Banks Grow Wary of Environmental Risks (NY Times)

Update Aug 27: California Energy Storage Bill AB 2514 Passes (GreenTechMedia)

'Revolutionary' Ultra Light Car Aims for an X Prize (PBS)

Ofcom proposes wireless cameras to use 2.6GHz band for the London Olympics

Ofcom the super regulator is holding a consultation on utilising the 2.6GHz band for use by wireless cameras for the 2012 London Olympics. ...

McKinsey: Executives are now beginning to recognize the importance of biodiversity for their future strategies

Some Data from the Study is below, and the full McKinsey Study article is here . Image: McKinsey