Richard Branson
By Nathanael Baker on December 10, 2010
Tags: Chevron, EBoom Capital, Facebook, Solar Energy Worldwide, Twitter, France, United Kingdom, United States, air quality, biomass, Britain renewable energy, EDF Energies Nouvelles, global solar power, LED lighting, Oil Spill, Richard Branson, U.S. renewable cash grant program, U.S. renewable energy, electricity, energy, Environmental Protection Agency, Indiana, Iranian government, Max Baucus, Minnesota, Montana, oil, Richard Branson, U.S Environmental Protection Agency, United States Senate, Utah
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By Nathanael Baker on December 6, 2010
Tags: Cancun, Carbon War Room, Mexico, renewable energy development, Richard Branson, United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Cancun, Virgin Green Fund, World Climate Summit
Billionaire Richard Branson says the global economy is set to embark a disaster course unless governments do more to promote alternative energy sources to fossil fuels.
By Nathanael Baker on November 4, 2010
According to researchers, space tourism could accelerate global climate change as a result of large amounts of black carbon being emitted by rocket engines.
By Mitchell Anderson on February 19, 2010
Tags: Carbon War Room's Operation Green Capital, Deputy City, Canada, United States, USD, 2010 Winter Olympics, BC, British Columbia, Carbon War Room, clean energy, clean tech investment, green city, Gregor Robertson, Operation Green Capital, renewable power, Richard Branson, Sadhu Johnston, Vancouver, British Columbia, California, Gregor Robertson, Johnson, Richard Branson, Sadhu Johnston
In the race to attract clean tech investment dollars, the host city of the 2010 Winter Olympics is trying to break away from the pack.
By Nathanael Baker on February 18, 2010
Tags: carbon emissions, Carbon War Room, energy efficiency, financing, greenhouse gas emissions, Gregor Robertson, investment, Operation Green Capital, Richard Branson, Vancouver, venture capital
Billionaire, adventurer, and clean energy enthusiast, Richard Branson is issuing a new global challenge to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions.
By Brendan Demelle on February 17, 2010
Tags: Airbus, Boeing, British Airways, Etihad, JetBlue Airways, Qatar Airways, Solena Group, Britain, New Zealand, advanced biofuels, Airbus, airlines, AltAir Fuels, bio jet fuel, biofuels, Boeing Company, British Airways, camelina, Etihad, farmed saltwater plant feedstock for biofuels, IATA, jet biofuel, JetBlue Airways, Qatar Airways, Richard Branson, Solena Group, Virgin Airlines, airline, biofuels, manufacturing, Middle East, oil, Pentagon, Richard Branson
Jet fuel is responsible for upwards of 40 percent of an airline’s operational costs, making this industry particularly sensitive to volatility in the oil market.
By Leslie Berliant on July 1, 2009
Tags: AltaRock Energy, Amazon, Ampersand Holdings, AT&T, CNN, eBay, Exxon Mobil, Food Inc, GE, GM, Google, Green Fund, Hara Software, Infinia Solar PVT, Khosla Ventures, Lehigh Technologies, Lilliputian Systems, Mascoma Corporation, Netscape, Participant Media, RecycleBank, RPX Corporation, Silver Spring Networks Inc., Sun Microsystems, Tesla Motors, The Times, Washington Nationals, Wildcat Discovery Technologies, Germany, USD, AltaRock Energy, Ausra, Bloom Energy, eco entrepeneurs, Envirocon, finance, First Solar, fisker automotive, Gevo Biofuels, Imperium Renewables, Jeff Skoll, Kholsa Ventures, Michael Bloomberg, renewable energy, renewable energy sector, Richard Branson, Solyndra Solar, Ted Turner, Tesla Motors, TransWest Express Transmission Project, Wendy McCaw, Wildcat Discovery Technologies, World Green Fund, Arizona, Ausra, biofuels, building materials, California, David Rockefeller, Dennis Washington, Edward Bass, energy, environmental technology, food, fuel cells, H2O, Jeff Skoll, John Doerr, Michael Bloomberg, Nevada, oil, Paul Allen, Philip Anschutz, Richard Branson, rubber, Sergey Brin, solar thermal energy systems, T. Boone Pickens, Ted Turner, Theodore Lerner, Warren Buffet, Wendy McCaw, Wyoming, Yale University
In March, the Times Online ran a piece on the top 100 eco-barons and where they were investing their money.
