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Richard Branson's quest to fund the extraction of greenhouse gases

Feb 10th 2007 8:32PM - 26 Comments

"We have only our own ingenuity and we have no hope of a meaningful solution unless we find a way to work together. Necessity is the mother of invention." - Richard Branson Virgin Empire giant Richard Branson is willing to put his money where his ...

Branson looks towards Virgin territory: biofuel

Jun 26th 2006 9:24AM - 0 Comments

Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson looks to be eying the biofuel segment. He announced during an interview on Larry King Live, "We're in the airline business and we are in the train business and fuel prices have gone up dramatically...all our spare ...

Richard Branson, Mayor Bloomberg slam biofuels

Feb 12th 2008 3:04PM - 11 Comments

Criticisms of biofuels just keep piling up. At a UN Assembly debate on Climate Change, New York Mayor Bloomberg framed the biofuel food vs. fuel debate starkly saying "people literally will starve to death in parts of the world, it always happens ...

Richard Branson to start Virgin Climate Change? Not exactly

Oct 3rd 2008 12:26PM - 1 Comment

Richard Branson, he of the various Virgin Enterprises, has attached its name to a staggering array of ventures. Not the least of those is Virgin Galactic, which is currently hard at work sending space-age aircraft into heretofore uncharted territory. ...

Sir Richard Branson talks to Saab about the economic benefits of going green

Apr 24th 2007 5:08PM - 6 Comments

Saab UK has released a teaser taste of its interview with Sir Richard Branson on biofuels, his personal actions to reduce his carbon footprint and his latest idea: creating the first carbon-neutral resort in the Caribbean, on his home of Necker ...

Full interview with Richard Branson now available on Saab UK website

Apr 28th 2007 8:34PM - 11 Comments

Richard Branson is familiar to anyone who follows biofuel news or the hairstyles of millionaires. This week, Saab UK sat down with Mr. Virgin for a talk about biofuels, hydrogen and more. Here are my five favorite bits: "I am in the lucky ...

Richard Branson promotes alternative fuel movement by driving a Saab 9-5 BioPower

Nov 16th 2006 8:03AM - 4 Comments

Sir Richard Branson has taken delivery of a Saab 9-5 BioPower car. Known for his commitment to fight global warming, Branson says the use of biofuels should be expanded to many industries. Branson's Virgin transportation companies, including Virgin ...

Richard Branson: ethanol would be cheaper than gas if America stopped taxing sugar imports

Feb 18th 2008 8:03PM - 19 Comments

Billionaire Sir Richard Branson made headlines recently when he knocked the way Americans produce ethanol. In a recent interview with Charlie Rose, Branson fleshed out his ideas on ways America can improve the way it produces the alcohol fuel. Thirty ...

Branson wants to buy Honda team only if F1 goes green and cuts costs

Feb 23rd 2009 3:27PM - 2 Comments

Richard Branson would like to go racing with his Virgin brand that is known around the world. The withdrawal of Honda from Formula One at the close of 2008 provided a perfect opportunity to pick up all the pieces that are needed on the cheap. But ...

Virgin Atlantic to use Chevrolet Equinox hydrogen fuel cell vehicles at LAX

Mar 4th 2008 9:25AM - 3 Comments

Virgin Atlantic announced that it has joined forces with Chevy's "Project Driveway" program. Richard Branson's airline is going to use three Chevrolet Equinox hydrogen fuel cell vehicles for its "complimentary ground transfer service for upper class ...

Brammo pair prepare to shock Barack, request assistance

Oct 10th 2009 6:12PM - 16 Comments

Brammo Enertia - Click above for high-res image gallery This coming Tuesday morning, two guys will strike out on a pair of Brammo Enertias and retrace the trail Detroit auto execs took to the halls of political power when they begged for their ...

Soon at a pump near you: Virgin Fuels

Jul 28th 2006 11:14AM - 9 Comments

Richard Branson, the founder of the Virgin Group, is worried about global warming, since his business interests cover six continents and deal with transportation through the air and on land. But Branson, being the prolific entrepreneur he is, does ...

Virgin Atlantic completes first airline biofuel flight from London to Amsterdam

Feb 24th 2008 3:33PM - 8 Comments

Using an unmodified Boeing 747, pilots for Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic have successfully flown from London's Heathrow airport to Amsterdam using a biofuel made of a mix of coconut and babassu oil. This is the first biofueled-airline flight but ...

Virgin Fuels officially announced, invests in Cilion's ethanol plants

Sep 13th 2006 5:13PM - 2 Comments

Although is was hardly a surprise to anyone who's been following biofuels recently, the official wraps finally came off of the new Virgin Fuels enterprise Sunday, funded by Virgin Group and that sometimes annoying gazillionaire Sir Richard Branson. ...

Virgin Group pledges $3 billion to fight global warming at CGI

Sep 21st 2006 11:56AM - 0 Comments

MSNBC reports that today in New York at the Clinton Global Initiative, a conference focused on the world's economic, health and energy issues, Richard Branson pledged to commit all the profits from his transportation businesses over 10 years, ...

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