The Daily Sprout

British PM Wants to Be “Electric Car Capital of Europe”: Gordon Brown announced he wants to electrify England’s car and is talking to a number of companies, including GM and Project Better Place, to get more electric cars and infrastructure to come to the UK – Daily Mail.

Nissan and Tennessee Valley Authority Team on Zero-Emission Cars: Renault-Nissan Alliance and the Tennessee Valley Authority will work together to promote zero-emission vehicles, including electrics. Nissan is already planning on selling an electric car in the U.S. starting in 2010 – Press Release.

Sugarcane Ethanol Still A-Okay!: According to UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane producers association, sugarcane only takes up 1 percent of Brazil’s agricultural lands but supplies 45 percent of the country’s fuel needs. But, they would say that – Autoblog Green.

World Bank Not Into Green Lending: An internal review of the World Bank found that the institution is not appropriately considering environmental effects in their lending. The report covered some of the $400 billion given out to 7,000 projects from 1990 to 2007 – NYTimes.

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