Posts tagged carbon

Levi's Ditches Paper Supplier Over Deforestation Concerns

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Levi's Ditches Paper Supplier Over Deforestation Concerns Nowadays, major brands do everything in their power to preserve their reputation and increase profit margins without disrupting the environment. Levi Strauss & Company is one of them, committing to use organic cotton and decrease the [...]

$4.6 Billion (€3.6bn) Solar Power Plants to Be Built in Japan

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$4.6 Billion (€3.6bn) Solar Power Plants to Be Built in Japan A global trend encourages countries to turn their attention from fossil fuels and seek to develop and implement alternative options, relying on clean, green power. China, known as the world’s biggest polluter, and the USA appear to be [...]

'Urban Tree' with Green UV Printing Available

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'Urban Tree' with Green UV Printing Available Groopti is keen on revolutionizing the furniture market, by launching products with an amazing design, an increased functionality and a minimal carbon footprint.One of the most recent members of the family of cardboard-based products is the ‘Urban [...]

Electric Camper Car for Low-Carbon Journeys

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Electric Camper Car for Low-Carbon Journeys A few days spent in the middle of nature is everything most people are asking for. Even so, driving a large polluting car into a pristine area would be enough to spoil all the fun, and increase the carbon footprint of our journey. However, outdoor [...]

Negative-Carbon Gasoline Ready for Tests

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Negative-Carbon Gasoline Ready for Tests Nowadays, governments and companies are pressured to boost the usage of biofuels, to liberate nations from a costly petroleum dependency and green up transportation at the same time.Cool Planet may soon play an important part in this direction, since its [...]

Texas Goes Solar with New 30 MW Farm

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Texas Goes Solar with New 30 MW Farm China is definitely not the only major player doing its best to offset its carbon footprint. Texas is following the same path, including clean green solar power in a list of assets exploitable in the long term. Texas has recently cut the ribbon on its 30 MW [...]

AT&T Galaxy Note with LTE hands-on at CES 2012 (video)

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AT&T Galaxy Note with LTE hands-on at CES 2012 (video) It’s official! As expected, everyone’s favorite giant superphone, the Samsung Galaxy Note, is finally making it’s way to the US — and with a dash of LTE, no less. The mini tablet will be available on AT&T in both carbon blue and ceramic white [...]

Graphene Can Be Turned into a Magnet

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Graphene Can Be Turned into a Magnet The future of graphene in the electronics industry is assured, experts behind a new investigation on the material’s properties explain. They say that they were able to make the extremely strong, unbelievably thin carbon compound magnetic. This property was [...]

Carbon Sequestration Inside Depleted Gas Reservoirs Is Possible

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Carbon Sequestration Inside Depleted Gas Reservoirs Is Possible An international team of experts including scientists from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is currently testing to see whether depleted natural gas reservoirs can be used as [...]

Graphene Exhibits Preferred Directions During Rips

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Graphene Exhibits Preferred Directions During Rips When graphene rips under stress, it does so in a very specific pattern, which follows the lines of least resistance. It was previously unknown that the single-atom-thick carbon compound was able to exhibit such a preference, say investigators who [...]
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