11 February 2007

Million dollar prize to save the environment

Virgin Group chairman Sir Richard Branson yesterday announced a $25 million (£12.8 million) prize for a way to extract a billion tons or more of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year. Read the report in the Telegraph here.

He was joined by former US Vice President Al Gore and other leading environmentalists, when he announced the launch of the Virgin Earth Challenge prize along with

Branson rejected suggestions that he as an airline owner, was hypocritical.

So what do you think?

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