News you might have missed: 2 June 2009

So what else is happening in the world of cleantech lately? Let Greenbang keep you up to date with our daily roundup of headlines and developments:

• On 8 June, the Brookings Institution will host the release of a new report on the economic impact of climate change reduction strategies;
• The chief of Royal Dutch Shell said he expects the costs of oil projects to continue declining;
• Europe should scrap its support for wind energy as soon as possible to focus on far more efficient emerging forms of clean power generation including solar thermal energy, according to Jack Steinberger, a Nobel prize-winning director of the CERN particle physics laboratory in Geneva, the Times Online reports;
• The Guardian reports that electricity demand in the UK appears to have fallen largely because of a drop in economic activity rather than improved household energy efficiency;
• The Independent cites the AA as warning that rising petrol prices, now moving toward £1 a litre, could threaten the UK’s economic recovery;
• The head of the International Energy Agency says the G20’s pledged funding support for renewable energy isn’t enough to help meet carbon emissions reductions goals, Reuters reports.