India Announces Its First Solar City (In Order To Protect Taj Mahal)
March 6th, 2013 | by Chris Milton
The Indian city of Agra, former capital of the Indian subcontinent and home of the Taj Mahal, is to become [&hellip
About Chris Milton
Chris Milton is a seasoned sustainability journalist focusing on business, finance and clean technology. His writing's been carried by a number of highly respected publishers, including The Guardian, The Washington Post and Scientific American. You can follow him on twitter as @britesprite, where he's one of Mashable's top green tweeters and Fast Company's CSR thought leaders. Alternatively you can follow him to the shops... but that would be boring.
Author Archives: Chris Milton
“Crazy” Legal Action Threatens Green Deal Scheme
February 27th, 2013 | by Chris Milton
The UK’s groundbreaking £600 million Green Deal scheme is under threat after the European Union confirmed it would mount a [&hellip
PV Grid Integration Database Exposes Implementation Shortfalls
February 26th, 2013 | by Chris Milton
A major update to the PV grid integration database has taken place, shedding light on the relative ability of differing [&hellip
The Hotel Which Floats On Sand
February 21st, 2013 | by Chris Milton
Hidden away in the Gobi Desert is “the bay of sand”, Xiangshawan. It’s a popular tourist destination for China’s newly [&hellip
Hydrogen Fuel Network In London Expands
February 15th, 2013 | by Chris Milton
A fully integrated hydrogen fuel network in London has moved a step closer with the announcement of new fuel stations [&hellip
Phenomenal Eco-Island Designed As Home To 300,000 People
November 29th, 2012 | by Chris Milton
It’s one of the world’s greatest dreams, which must have entered the mind of any child old enough to [&hellip
(Updated, Live Blogging) BP Admits Criminal Liability Over Deepwater Horizon, To Pay $4.5 Billion; 2 BP Employees Face Manslaughter Charges
November 15th, 2012 | by Chris Milton
Update 4:22pm EST: The two highest-ranking Deepwater Horizon BP supervisors at the time of the disaster have now been [&hellip
Nuclear Waste Storage Facilities “Intolerable”
November 8th, 2012 | by Chris Milton
Nuclear waste stored in run-down facilities poses an “intolerable risk;” long-term planning has faced “historic neglect” and decommissioning costs [&hellip
Onshore Wind Farms: A Theoretical, Middle Class, Left Wing Article Of Faith
October 31st, 2012 | by Chris Milton
Controversy has erupted in the UK after one the Government’s energy secretaries slammed onshore wind farms as “a bourgeois [&hellip
Renewable Energy Investment Continues To Leave North America
October 31st, 2012 | by Chris Milton
Financial woes grip the world. The American economy continues to sag, Europe teeters on the brink of collapse, and even [&hellip
World’s First “Living Building” Uses Algae to Provide Energy and Shade
October 25th, 2012 | by Chris Milton
The world’s first ever “living building” has started construction in Germany. Known as the BIQ building, it uses moveable [&hellip
Magical Gas Conjured from Thin Air
October 19th, 2012 | by Chris Milton
Temperatures are rising. Not only are environmentalists getting hot under the collar, but the world is too. It’s all [&hellip
Power Full Jogging Shoes
September 1st, 2011 | by Chris Milton
Ever wondered, as you pound along the pavements, just how much power your jogging could be generating? Well, now we have an answer: up to a whole kilowatt during a quick sprint. This is according to Tom Krupenkin, professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Wisconsin Madison. He and a fellow researcher, J Ashley Taylor, have come up with an innovative new way of harnessing that power using liquid-based energy harvesters embedded into people's shoes
Chinese Companies To Lead Clean Tech Stock Rally
November 3rd, 2010 | by Chris Milton
A clean tech boom on the stock markets is being predicted by one of Europe’s leading sustainability investment funds, and [&hellip
The “Charge As You Drive” Electric Car
November 2nd, 2010 | by Chris Milton
Let’s face it .. electric vehicles have one big serious drawback: cables. You can’t go far in them and when [&hellip
Low-Cost Micro Wind Turbine Targets Top Five Place
October 14th, 2010 | by Chris Milton
A British business offering turnkey solutions for micro wind power is aiming to become one of the top five producers [&hellip
UK Renewable Energy Output Falls
October 6th, 2010 | by Chris Milton
UK renewable energy production fell steeply in the first half of this year, according to figures released by the Department [&hellip
Top Four Ways Clean Energy Alleviates Poverty
October 4th, 2010 | by Chris Milton
Around 1.7 billion people live in poverty around the world. That’s a quarter of the world’s population; more than the [&hellip
Top Five Clean Tech Gamechangers
September 22nd, 2010 | by Chris Milton
As you may have heard, WWF has launched a bank for holding details of the world’s top green gamechangers in [&hellip
World’s Largest Wave Power Hub Goes Live
September 9th, 2010 | by Chris Milton
Over in the UK we like to do things … well, a little differently. That stiff upper lip nonsense was [&hellip
The Death Defeating Solar Panel | Groundbreaking Nanotechnology
September 8th, 2010 | by Chris Milton
Life: once you’re past your early twenties it becomes a war of attrition. Nagging little things start to plague your [&hellip
Clean energy aid leadership from Norway
September 2nd, 2010 | by Chris Milton
Norway has continued to live up to its clean energy reputation by publishing its first annual report on the Clean [&hellip
Are The Environmental Bogeyman's Days Numbered?
June 2nd, 2010 | by Chris Milton
One of the biggest baddest bogeymen of environmentalists may be about to bite the dust. No I don’t mean BP, [&hellip
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