Virgin Atlantic Airways plans to fly a Boeing 747 from London to Amsterdam on a mixture of biofuels (20 percent) and conventional jet fuel (80 percent) next month, Dow Jones reports.
A Virgin spokesman wouldn’t say what the biofuel would be made from or who would be making it. But he did reportedly say that the [...]

Keep your car tyres properly inflated. Driving with under-inflated tyres can increase your fuel consumption, and therefore your emissions, by up to 5 percent. Keeping your tyres properly inflated also reduces wear and tear.
Source: Friends of the Earth

A chocolate-powered truck left Britain on Friday and is making its way overland to Timbuktu in Mali in an attempt to complete the first carbon-neutral trip across the Sahara.
The entire 6,000km trip – which will take them through France, Spain, Morocco, Western Sahara and Mauritania on their way to Mali – will be powered by [...]

Ford seems to be doing quite a bit to green up its seating arrangements. There are lots of reports on the Internet about Ford’s plans to use soya-based foam in its car seats, starting with its 2008 Ford Mustangs. Soya is a renewable resource so the new seats will be far more environmentally friendly than [...]