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G8: Canada worst, Germany best on climate change 2
Posted 4 days, 11 hours ago
Canada ranks last among the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations for tackling climate change while Germany is top, the green group WWF and the German insurance giant Allianz reported on Wednesday.
Daimler launches first German hybrid car 1
Posted 6 days, 10 hours ago
German luxury car maker Daimler launched its first hybrid model last week, almost 10 years after the market leader, Toyota. The world's best-selling limousine, a favorite of world leaders, the Mercedes Benz S Class, is now available in Europe with two motors, one electric and the other gasoline, to save fuel and cut pollution.
Angela in America

Germany’s Merkel praises U.S. House climate bill as a ‘sea change’ 0
Posted 1 week, 2 days ago
The climate bill being debated today in the U.S. House represents a "sea change" and "points to the fact that the United States [is] very serious on climate," said German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a visit to the White House this morning. "I wish you every success. ... I would not have thought [it] possible a year ago," she continued.
Radiant Cities: Driving It Home

One man’s plan to re-create suburbia, sans cars 1
Posted 2 weeks, 2 days ago
If Sherman Lewis has his way, he and 950 other homeowners will soon be living in a car-free California paradise. But can he shift his vision into high gear, or will it stall out?
German firms plan huge African solar project: report 1
Posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago
German firms plan to club together next month to turn into reality a dream to generate electricity for Europe in the deserts of north Africa using solar power, a newspaper report said Tuesday.
It Could Be Verse

Climate-news poem: plagiarism edition! 0
Posted 1 month ago
In which our doggerelist, forsaking rhyme and short on time, repurposes someone else's hot climate prose.
While we obsess about ‘clean’ coal and bail out the mortgage industry, Germans build passively 12
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
Give a Hoot, Don't Dilute

Germany’s chancellor stands up for EU goals 0
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
The bailout, the war, and renewable energy 2
Posted 9 months ago
So Fresh and So Clean

More than $6 billion pledged to boost clean-tech in developing countries 2
Posted 9 months, 1 week ago
Pumpe It Up

Germany opens world’s first carbon-capturing ‘clean coal’ demo plant 8
Posted 10 months ago
Dem presidential candidate calls on world to unite to fight climate change 11
Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Hamburg Helper

E.U. has trash problem; Hamburg has trash solution 2
Posted 1 year ago
It's Only Biological

Ocean seeding banned at U.N. biodiversity conference 4
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago
Interview with solar champion Hermann Scheer 1
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago
The enemy of the human race is set to wipe out Europe’s meager emissions gains 23
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago
Wind energy ad wins Cannes award 9
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago
Tom Friedman on the need to invest in infrastructure and revitalize the U.S. 6
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago
Food vs. fuel debate, German edition 11
Posted 1 year, 2 months ago
German scientists develop Combined Power Plant 7
Posted 1 year, 5 months ago