News you might have missed: 3 April 2009
Don’t worry if you haven’t had time to read all the latest and greatest cleantech news: Greenbang is here with your daily roundup of headlines you might have missed:
- Jim Mather, Scotland’s Energy Minister, this week launched the €6 million BioMara research project aimed at investigating the feasibility of using algae to produce biofuel;
- The Center for Biological Diversity is challenging the Obama administration’s fuel efficiency standards for cars, trucks, and SUVs for model year 2011;
- Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they can use genetically engineered viruses to build both the anode and cathode of a lithium-ion battery;
- An OPEC official said this week that the oil industry “is not responsible” for climate change;
- Triple Pundit reports on the Mantria Corporation’s goal of developing a carbon-negative community in Tennessee;
- Taxicab drivers in Boston are suing the city over its requirement to convert to an all-hybrid taxi fleet by 2015.
