Natural pesticides

Cleantech Group predicts shakeout, long-term growth

November 25, 2008 - Exclusive - Current economic uncertainty makes finding investors more difficult but could create a 'more sustainable, more enduring' sector, Cleantech Group says. Full Story »

Mission NewEnergy claims breakthrough at bioethanol pilot plant

November 12, 2008 - News brief - Indian pilot plant produces cellulosic ethanol with waste material from jatropha and other non-food agriculture. Full Story »

Red woodsmen

November 11, 2008 - Cleantech.com Quote o' the week
“Foresters by nature are conservative folk."
— Tom Urban, CEO of CellFor, about why the timber industry is slowly, but increasingly, adopting seedlings developed through somatic embryogenesis. Read article »

Nexus India to invest in two Hyderabad firms

November 10, 2008 - Best of the web - Venture firm examining Indian companies as part of new $220 million cleantech fund. Full Story »

What economic slowdown?

November 6, 2008 - Exclusive - The cleantech sector drove $2 billion in dealmaking this week in 22 transactions, including new capital to electric carmakers Miles Electric Vehicles and Tesla Motors. Full Story »

CellFor grabs $10M for improved tree seedlings

November 5, 2008 - Exclusive - Varietal seedlings have the potential to increase timber yields, reduce diseases and produce high-value wood. Full Story »

Waste Recycling Group acquires UK recycler

October 10, 2008 - News brief - Subsidiary of Spain's FCC expands UK presence as it develops energy-from-waste and recycling plants. Full Story »

China invests $23M in drip irrigation

October 9, 2008 - News brief - Solar-powered system in Xinjiang expected to reduce use of water and energy by cotton farmers. Full Story »

California moves to curb toxic chemicals

September 30, 2008 - Exclusive - Companies that use natural chemistry and efficient processes to cut down on hazardous chemicals could benefit from new legislation. Full Story »

Cleantech Forum XVIII Washington in pictures

September 18, 2008 - Exclusive - Democrats unopposed at event that drew attention to energy pricing, geothermal potential and cleantech jobs. Full Story »
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