http://ecofriendlytip.com Check out the Latest Green News and Tips Today Wed, 23 May 2012 18:28:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/23/production-of-smart-e-scooter-to-go-ahead/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/23/production-of-smart-e-scooter-to-go-ahead/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 06:28:53 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=10616 Daimler subsidiary Smart is going ahead with the production of a fully electric e-scooter, with a debut planned in about two years.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/23/production-of-smart-e-scooter-to-go-ahead/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/18/oil-spill-spotted-off-brazils-coast/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/18/oil-spill-spotted-off-brazils-coast/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 18:55:26 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=10597 An oil spill was spotted off Brazil's coast Thursday but the size of the leak remains unknown, local reports said.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/18/oil-spill-spotted-off-brazils-coast/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/10/small-island-countries-move-to-reduce-fossil-fuel-dependency-un-report/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/10/small-island-countries-move-to-reduce-fossil-fuel-dependency-un-report/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 18:11:58 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=10526 Twenty Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are taking action to reduce fossil fuel dependency and end poverty, according to a report released by the UN Development Program (UNDP) here Wednesday.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/10/small-island-countries-move-to-reduce-fossil-fuel-dependency-un-report/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/02/pig-poo-power-the-answer-to-chinas-porky-poser/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/02/pig-poo-power-the-answer-to-chinas-porky-poser/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 06:11:23 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=10447 China's love of pork presents a mountain of a problem for the environment, 1.4 million tonnes of pig poo a year to be precise, but an Australian company believes it has part of the answer.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/02/pig-poo-power-the-answer-to-chinas-porky-poser/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/04/04/many-biofuels-less-sustainable-than-common-petrol/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/04/04/many-biofuels-less-sustainable-than-common-petrol/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:03:30 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=10209 Many biofuels are less sustainable than the common petrol and diesel, according to a report published on Tuesday by the Dutch think tank CE Delft.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/04/04/many-biofuels-less-sustainable-than-common-petrol/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/03/20/brazil-criticizes-chevron-for-ignoring-risk-of-oil-spill/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/03/20/brazil-criticizes-chevron-for-ignoring-risk-of-oil-spill/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 02:23:06 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=10069 Brazil has criticized U.S. oil giant Chevron for ignoring the risk of oil spills in the Frade Field, off Brazil's southeastern coast.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/03/20/brazil-criticizes-chevron-for-ignoring-risk-of-oil-spill/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/03/17/ph-unveils-ebus-to-address-climate-change/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/03/17/ph-unveils-ebus-to-address-climate-change/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:08:35 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=10049 The Philippine government launched on Friday a battery-powered commuter bus, which produces no greenhouse gas (GHG).

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/03/17/ph-unveils-ebus-to-address-climate-change/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/12/30/to-survive-some-biofuels-companies-give-up-on-biofuels/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/12/30/to-survive-some-biofuels-companies-give-up-on-biofuels/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:36:02 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=9441 Gevo, a prominent advanced-biofuels company that has received millions in U.S. government funding to develop fuels made from cellulosic sources such as grass and wood chips, is finding that it can't use these materials if it hopes to survive.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/12/30/to-survive-some-biofuels-companies-give-up-on-biofuels/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/29/gm-busy-easing-concerns-over-volt-battery-safety/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/29/gm-busy-easing-concerns-over-volt-battery-safety/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:15:45 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=9050 General Motors (GM) on Monday announced several initiatives, including battery safety research and free vehicle loan, to ease ongoing concerns over the battery issue of Chevrolet Volt, a five-star safety car of GM

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/29/gm-busy-easing-concerns-over-volt-battery-safety/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/17/canadian-mp-says-oil-sands-opponents-treacherous/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/17/canadian-mp-says-oil-sands-opponents-treacherous/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:18:33 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/17/canadian-mp-says-oil-sands-opponents-treacherous/ In a sign of the strain the Canadian government is feeling over development of the tar sands, Environment Minister Peter Kent said on Wednesday that opposition legislators who campaigned in Washington against the idea were treacherous.

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