News you might have missed: 26 May 2009

Still playing catchup with all the cleantech news you missed over the long holiday weekend? Greenbang is here to help with your daily roundup of headlines and developments:

• Police are searching for a gang of radical environmental activists that slashed or deflated the tyres of 20 4×4 vehicles in South Manchester, The Independent reports;
• A study by the Scottish Agricultural College and the Rothamsted Research centre in Hertfordshire predicts that rising temperatures and levels of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will create ideal growing conditions and turn Scotland into the bread basket of Europe, according to the Times Online;
• The Highland Council of Scotland says more than half of the remaining 231 petrol outlets in its region faced closure in the next decade unless something was done, The Observer reports;
• Researchers at ETH Zürich, with partners Robert Bosch GmbH, Wenko Swissauto and the Swiss Federal Office of Energy are developing a downsized and supercharged hybrid pneumatic engine that they say can deliver a fuel consumption reduction of more than 30 per cent compared to a standard engine with the same rated power, according to Green Car Congress;
• Fans of Everton FC are being encouraged to make a green travel plan for their trip to Wembley this coming Saturday;
• First Minister Rhodri Morgan has said that Wales must begin to make changes to improve its sustainability record;
• The quality of Britain’s beaches has dropped significantly over the last year, a new study by The Marine Conservation Society reports;
• Tata, the Indian firm known for its tiny Nano car, now plans to build 1,000 tiny apartments outside Mumbai that will sell for $7,800 to $13,400 each, BusinessWeek reports.