]> http://www.greenedia.com/popular/articles/green-europe Green Europe - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78782?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Filed under: Diesel, Subaru, European Union, UKAlmost a year after announcing their new diesel boxer engine at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show, Subaru has finally put it on sale in the UK. The Outback and the Legacy Sports Tourer (aka station wagons) go o... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:56:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78782?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78620?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 You are walking into a magical forest of pine trees, with the fresh smell of evergreens in the air. Part of the forest is dense, and claustrophobic with different paths leading in several directions. There are trees hanging from the ceiling, others... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:37:30 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78620?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78591?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Fucking Recycle is the latest poster collection by graphic designer Becky Redman. Designed to increase awareness and promote action, the 50 colourful and provoking posters do exactly that. With encouraging messages to get people to recycle everything... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:43:28 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78591?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/78532?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Boxer Diesel Outback 2.0 TD.Subarus's first boxer diesel (earlier post) passenger cars Legacy Sports Tourer and Outback will go on sale in regions of Europe in February 2008. The turbocharged 2.0-liter horizontally-opposed diesel engine develops ... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:09:10 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/78532?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78521?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Filed under: Manufacturing/Plants, On Two Wheels, North America, UK, India, USAYou may or may not be familiar with the Royal Enfield and the story of how production of the bike was moved from England to India. If not, the tale goes a bit like this: t... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:02:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78521?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78514?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Image courtesy of UNCIt's not often that you hear scientists cite the latest Hollywood fare as inspiration for their work. Yet Meric Srokosz of the Southampton Oceanographic Centre, explaining the purpose of the $31 million Rapid Watch system he is h... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:35:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78514?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78477?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Kechenyi Camille from France won honourable mention with Eco-cook:In 2015, environment problems from energy will become more and more serious. I believe that everyone's life will be concerned. Thus kitchenware will be modernise to reduce energy consu... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:57:23 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78477?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/78427?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Royal DSM N.V., a life sciences and materials sciences company headquartered in the Netherlands, and the French starch and starch-derivatives company Roquette are partnering to implement and commercialize the fermentative production of biorenewable s... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:15:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/78427?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78437?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Cheap flights to Europe and beyond are a British addiction. For the price of a sandwich (plus taxes which are often more than the cost of the flight), one can fly just about anywhere for a long weekend ( city break as they are called). In this cra... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:50:58 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78437?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78440?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Marks and Spencer, the UK retail giant, already achieved some attention on TreeHugger before with their high profile commitment to the environment, known as Plan A (so named, because there is no Plan B). Now they are taking another step towards reduc... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:20:04 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78440?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/78417?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 The home of the Eiffel Tower is getting a new architectural innovation- and a green one at that. The Energy Plus office building, to be located outside of Paris, is designed to consume no electricity other than that which it creates itself. This zero... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:01:31 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/78417?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78120?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Filed under: Diesel, Emerging Technologies, PeugeotDuring the Frankfurt Auto Show, Michelin unveiled a new Energy Saver tire. ABG reader David R. was excited by this announcement, as it's about time to change the OEM tires on his Prius. He wrote us t... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:14:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78120?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78089?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Filed under: Diesel, FordAt this time of year when everyone (except us it seems) it trying to grab a little bit the spotlight by giving out awards, Ford has just picked up two of them. The UK's What Car? magazine has chosen the Mondeo 2.0 TDCi for ho... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:52:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78089?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78045?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 In case you're wondering, no, that isn't a typo: A team of botanists from London's Kew Gardens has discovered a new species of self-destructing palm in Madagascar; the tree is so large that it is clearly visible in satellite images. The long-lived,... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:30:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78045?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/77902?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Filed under: VolkswagenIf you have one of Volkswagen's new DSG transmissions in your Golf, Golf Estate, Golf Plus or Jetta, then you also have the 2008 Yellow Angel award from ADAC under the hood. ADAC, the German automobile club, awarded the Gelb... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:01:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/77902?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77851?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Italy may lead the way in producing goods that boast the EU Eco-label, but unfortunately not everything is quite as green and pleasant as that statistic would suggest. It seems Italy has an unnervingly high appetite for bottled water, making it the l... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:29:55 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77851?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77853?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Just quickly yet another green surfboard. Details are a bit thin about this line of boards from a French designer, but its looks like they go in for expanded polystyrene (EPS) as having greater longevity and recyclability than standard poly blanks.... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:46:02 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77853?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77801?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 According to a recent survey released by UK organic children's clothes company, Arabella Miller, 62% of parents said that they made greener choices after having children and 80% now defined themselves as a green parent. But I've got to admit th... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:17:21 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77801?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/77701?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Filed under: Diesel, Fiat, India The India Times has published an article that speaks about the new Indica. Just when we thought that Tata was only focusing on the Nano, Tata announces big plans for its subcompact, the Indica (pictured above is the c... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:53:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/77701?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/77862?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Filed under: Diesel, Ford, European Union, GermanyThe biggest Ford models (in Europe, that is, we're not getting it Stateside) have now the option of getting an all-new 2.2-liter Duratorq diesel engine with great figures. The engine develops 175 HP a... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:52:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/77862?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/77619?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG, presenting the new Audi R8 V12 TDI concept at NAIAS.Audi presented the first 12-cylinder diesel engine in a high-performance road-going sports car at the North American International Aut... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:29:44 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/77619?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/77609?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 I've got a story at Technology Review (www.technologyreview.com) that looks at a French-designed compressed-air car and a deal with India's Tata Motors that could see commercial production beginning this year in France and India. Personally, I think ... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:53:53 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/77609?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77546?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 By Sarah K. Burkhalter Did our writeup of a romance novelist's plagiarism of a wildlife magazine pique your curiosity (or anything else)? Read a hilarious firsthand account of the action by Paul Tolme, who originally wrote the description of b... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:02:14 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77546?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77509?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 By Tom PhilpottThe contrarian in me grinned when I read the concept. Time columnist Adam Stein pulls an anti-Pollan: He will cook dinner using only ingredients that traveled at least 3,000 miles from his home in L.A. And -- deliciously -- he will... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:32:06 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77509?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77413?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Transforming from svelte sofa to sleek sleeper by means of a simple gesture, Book from the Italian designers at Flou offers up its interpretation of the ideal boundary between day and night. During the day, it is an elegant, modern, linear sofa a... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:15:59 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77413?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/oceana/77449?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Yesterday's front page New York Times story, Europe Takes Africa's Fish, and Boatloads of Migrants Follow, chronicles the human cost of overfishing. Fueled by billions in government subsidies, European fleets empty out west African waters, leaving ... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:48:54 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/oceana/77449?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77425?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Jonathan Player for the International Herald TribuneWe tend to think that citizens of the UK are far more into ethical living, as Leo Hickman calls it, than North American citizens, but when it comes to fish, we are all in the same boat. According to... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:24:54 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77425?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77426?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 London artist Julia Lohmann was in Sapporo, Japan for a three month residency and created The Catch. Anna Bates writes in Iconeye: The 90sq m installation is designed to raise the issue of depleting tuna supplies in Japan, where 80 per cent of what i... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:06:55 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77426?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/off-grid/77436?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Vestas turbines safety fears after two collapse in quick succession in the UK. Danish company denies there is a problem.... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:48:34 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/off-grid/77436?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77349?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Is it art or is it leftovers? This picture is made entirely of food: broccoli trees with added peas, bread mountains with a white sugar waterfall, cauliflower clouds, a vanilla pod ladder, herb foliage and a path of cumin. The artist (?) Carl Warn... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:54:39 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77349?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77261?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Just as Smith the surname has many uses (as the most-employed in the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand) as a family name, Smith the storage and stool has many uses around the house. Designed to have seven different functions, the utilitarian piec... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:28:02 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77261?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77253?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 By Andrew Sharpless Today's front page New York Times story -- Europe Takes Africa's Fish, and Boatloads of Migrants Follow -- chronicles the human cost of overfishing. Fueled by billions in government subsidies, European fleets empty out West Afr... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:30:51 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77253?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77267?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Buildings rot - it's a matter of fact rather than a matter of time. So German architectural practice karhard architektur + design developed a card game called M ngelquartett to teach how to read buildings and learn how to deal with common buildi... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:31:49 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77267?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77271?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 About 220,000 people make their way through Stockholm's Central Station each day. Down the block from the station construction is about to start on a 13-story building called Kungsbrohuset that will depend on the heat of those travelers' comings and ... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:00:02 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77271?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77183?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Sarah Wigglesworth is one of our favourite green architects, previously seen building in straw and sandbags.; Not quite the materials one might use in the post-industrial wasteland site in Southwest London that she was commissioned to design a canoe ... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:20:51 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77183?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77144?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Long-time readers of TreeHugger know that meat is not just an animal welfare issue over-consumption of animal products is leading to a significant increase in greenhouse gases, although other studies suggest that a more limited meat diet can actu... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:28:58 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77144?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-technology-forum/77138?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Greenwood today issued the following statement in response to a draft scientific opinion published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) regarding the safety o... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:10:49 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-technology-forum/77138?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/marketing-green/77109?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 While many corporations leverage the Internet to distribute information about environmental initiatives, a few companies are going much further by facilitating two-way dialogue with stakeholders. Some companies may view such dialogue via ema... Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:18:28 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/marketing-green/77109?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/77056?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Honda will introduce its new 2.2-liter Tier 2 Bin 5 diesel the i-DTEC in the Acura line in North America in 2009, according to Honda President and CEO Takeo Fukui at the North American International Auto Show. The 2.2L i-DTEC. Click to enlarge.A ... Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:07:50 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/77056?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/77048?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Filed under: Ford, Detroit Auto Show, Green DailyClick the Verve for a gallery of high-res shots from the revealThe U.S. version of the Ford Verve Concept is unveiled in Detroit today. To mark the stateside debut of the European-based Verve concept, ... Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:29:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/77048?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/77049?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Filed under: Ethanol, Flex-Fuel, Saab, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Detroit Auto Show, Green DailyThis morning at the Detroit Auto Show, GM officially revealed the Saab 9-4X BioPower concept. This car was part of a glamorous press conference (gaudy, in f... Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:03:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/77049?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77039?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 While those of us who live in the U.S. continue to (vainly) pine for better, more reliable public transit systems - let alone high-speed train networks - our European brethren, having already enjoyed a bumper crop year of train-related developments, ... Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:40:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77039?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/77025?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Filed under: Diesel, MPG, Ford, Detroit Auto ShowClick the F-150 for a high res galleryFord unleashed the latest generation of their top-selling F-150 pickup truck today at the Detroit Auto Show and the truck got a thorough revamp as we head toward t... Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:07:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/77025?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/77013?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Ford Motor Company is revealing the third version of its small car concept vehicle Verve at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The four-door shown in Detroit is the basis for the production vehicle that will be sold in North Ameri... Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:06:45 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/77013?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/76994?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Filed under: MPG, Ford, Detroit Auto ShowClick the Verve for a high-res galleryAt this year's Detroit Auto Show, the U.S. public will get their first up close look at Kinetic design. The Ford Verve sedan concept is making its debut in its latest form... Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/76994?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/76967?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Filed under: Diesel, SaabThe Saab 9-3 was redesigned for the 2008 model year with styling updates, a new all-wheel-drive system and refreshed gasoline engines. Unfortunately for American consumers, perhaps the most impressive power-plant isn't availa... Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:56:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/76967?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76963?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 By David RobertsHigh-speed rail, already kicking ass (in Europe), is set to kick much more ass (in Europe): Last July seven operators banded together to form Railteam, an alliance that is working to create a seamless, high-speed network across a l... Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:04:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76963?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/76958?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 Filed under: Ethanol, Green DailyLast fall, A1GP was having some technical problems using a 30 percent ethanol blend in the race series' vehicles. Today, the organizers have announced that all 22 teams that will compete in next weekend's A1GP Taupo r... Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:31:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/76958?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/76941?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 The French historic city of Narbonne has launched a sustainable housing project that integrates renewables into 1000 social homes and public buildings. The socalled 'HLM' buildings (Habitation Loyer Mod r - Home with a low rent) will be heated ... Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:23:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/76941?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/76825?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69 From Investor's Business Daily:Most of France's electricity has been generated by nuclear power for years, and now Great Britain is again looking to atomic energy. Why can't we increase nuclear output in this country?Why indeed?... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:09:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/76825?rsstype=populararticles&cid=69