News you might have missed: 16 March 2009

Ready to start catching up on cleantech news now that the weekend’s over? Following are some recent developments you might have missed:

• Chinese officials are considering offering rebates of up to $7,300 (US) to buyers of alternative-energy vehicles;
• The president of the Maldives says he aims to make his nation carbon-neutral within the next 10 years;
• This past February was the ninth warmest globally on record since records began in 1880, according to the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration;
• Sunrise Solar Corporation has established a new energy resources consulting division;
• Ventyx today released its 2009 US Renewable Energy Map;
• Detergents used to clean up diesel oil spills can actually increase toxicity, making cleanup efforts even more deadly for aquatic life, according to new research from Queen’s University;
• The Zero Carbon Caravan is encouraging individuals and organisations to travel by zero-carbon means to the UN’s climate change talks in Copenhagen this December.