Stop talking right now about the threat of climate change. It’s here; it’s happening
For the sake of keeping things manageable, let’s confine the discussion to a single continent and a single week: North America over the last seven days.
Diesel cars may produce more (not less) CO2 than petrol models
New research published by Transport & Environment (T&E) concludes that the average diesel car may produce more CO2 over its lifetime than a comparable petrol-engined vehicle, reversing the accepted position of emissions analysts.
Renewable energy is expensive – fact or fiction?
Paying a premium for renewable electricity is a thing of the past. Choose a cheaper renewable energy tariff and you can reassure yourself you’re going green without being out of pocket.
‘Slowing It Down Matters’: What Harvey and Irma Tell Us About Climate Change
I wrote my first feature for Rolling Stone, about the already observable impacts of global warming, back in 2004. The piece, “Diary of a Dying Planet,” leads with a heatwave that killed tens of thousands of Europeans in the summer of 2003 – mostly the elderly and the infirm – who baked to death in
A lesson from Hurricane Irma: capitalism can’t save the planet – it can only destroy it
There was “a flaw” in the theory: this is the famous admission by Alan Greenspan, the former chair of the Federal Reserve, to a congressional inquiry into the 2008 financial crisis. His belief that the self-interest of the lending institutions would lead automatically to the correction of financial markets had proved wrong. Now, in the
UK diesel car values dive by up to a quarter amid pollution Crackdown
The value of some used diesel cars has dropped by as much as 26% since the start of this year amid a crackdown on older vehicles.
Britain flouting duty to protect citizens from toxic air pollution – UN
The UK government is “flouting” its duty to protect the lives and health of its citizens from illegal and dangerous levels of air pollution, according to the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights related to toxic waste.
Does 2017 mark the beginning of the end for the internal combustion engine?
It’s inevitable. Burning fossil fuels in the 21st Century has become the new smoking and whether you are a liberal lefty willing on zero-emission zones or a hard-right climate sceptic, expect to soon be bombarded with marketing bumf about why your next car should be an electric one and why you need to give up
Global shockwaves from electric cars will be here sooner rather than later
When Jaguar Land Rover followed in the tracks of Volvo last week with its shift to an electric-powered future, the car maker didn’t just talk about hybrids and batteries. Its chief executive also showed that his company, like governments and oil firms, is finally waking up to the global shockwaves electric cars will
Scotland to ‘phase out’ new petrol and diesel cars by 2032
Nicola Sturgeon outlines plans to ‘massively expand’ pilot projects to encourage uptake of electric vehicles.