Google is planning to put some of its vast fortune behind alternative energy technologies, according to this Reuters report.

“The Internet search giant, which has said it will invest in researching green technologies and renewable-energy companies, is eager to help promising technologies amass scale to help drive the cost of alternative energy below the cost of [...]

The British Government has appointed former Director General of the Confederation of British Industry (the CBI), Adair Turner, as the new tagUK climate change tsar — the chairman of the new statutory Committee on Climate Change. The new body is intended to provide the British Government with expert advice on how the UK can [...]