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EU policy puts us all at risk from particulates
News
19th September, 2007
Limits set by the EU on the maximum amount of particulate matter allowed in our air could be inadequate, a report by the European Respiratory Society (ERS) makes clear. more...
Campaigners outraged at escalating costs of road widening
News
31st July, 2007
Campaigners from Transport 2000, the sustainable transport group, have exposed the escalating costs of the M6 road-widening scheme. more...
4x4s will pay more to park up
News
6th June, 2007
A North London council is proposing to double residential parking charges on high-emission 4x4 vehicles. more...
Zac, the Prince, and the eco-cars
Rosalie Portman
6th June, 2007
On Monday, Zac Goldsmith and Prince Charles test drove a series of environmentally friendly vehicles at an event arranged by Revolve, a charity which promotes sustainable transport. more...
It's electrifying...
Mark Anslow
17th May, 2007
Once you get over the fact that not even tinted windows, a subwoofer, and Snoop Dogg riding shotgun would make the Maranello IV electric car ‘cool’, you can begin to think about driving and car ownership in a whole new way. more...
WARNING: Flying kills
News
5th April, 2007
Adverts for flights should carry cigarette-style warnings, centre-left think-tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has advised. more...Car makers continue to push 4x4s
News
30th March, 2007
The car industry is still promoting and advertising gas guzzling vehicles just as fervently as it did 18 months ago, exposing manufacturer's claims that they are producing greener cars which consumers 'just don't buy'. more...
Gordon's 'green budget' to lightly slap 4x4s
news
19th March, 2007
Wednesday’s Budget is expected to increase taxes on the most polluting cars, but only by £200, some £1,400 short of recommendations made by Friends of the Earth. more...
Road rage
Paul Kingsnorth
1st March, 2007
Unnoticed by most of the media, New Labour has embarked on a roadbuilding scheme just as large as the one the Tories bragged was ‘the biggest since the Romans’. All over the UK, however, ordinary people have noticed, and everyone – from doctors and teachers, to old-style road protestors – are once again saying: enough is enough. Paul Kingsnorth reports more...
Paying for Pollution: Road Subsidies Promote Global Warming
News
26th February, 2007
Road transport subsidies of up to €140bn ($184bn) a year are preventing attempts to reduce Europe's greenhouse gas emissions. more...
Factories Around the World Consider Halting Production of Biofuels as Price Soars
News
26th February, 2007
Less than a month after George Bush used his State of the Union address to announce that the US would use biofuels to achieve energy independence, companies across the globe are threatening to stop production because of rising prices. more...
Tony Blair hits back at road pricing protesters
News
21st February, 2007
Tony Blair today insisted that congestion would increase by 40% in under 20 years unless car use is deterred. more...
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Road pricing is 'part of the answer'
News
13th February, 2007
Environmentalists have urged the government to support road pricing plans against a rising tide of protest. more...
EU Car Emission Legislation Stall
News
7th February, 2007
The European Commission is expected to soften its original proposal to limit carbon dioxide emissions for cars produced in Europe, just two weeks after the European Union embraced a "low-carbon economy," saying it would lead the way in the fight against climate change by shifting away from imported oil and natural gas. more...
Everyday Green
City Hippy
28th August, 2006
Follow my efforts to create a green lifestyle roadmap for the mainstream. more...
The End of Cheap Oil - The Consequences
Dan Box, Tully Wakeman and Jeremy Smith
1st October, 2005
Our lives are now so dependent on oil that it is impossible to conceive of a world without it. Before long, however, we will have no choice. The sooner we start planning for that reality, and changing the way we live, the better our chance of survival. more...
Debate: Sports Utility Vehicles (4x4s)
Michael Harvey and Paul Kingsnorth
21st May, 2005
Are SUVs a crime against civilisation, or paragons of efficiency? Are they ugly, arrogant and antisocial, or bright, beautiful and mobile? And do the polar passions they arouse pit the politics of envy against the Americanisation of British culture? Paul Kingsnorth and Michael Harvey discussmore...
Greening Cities
Dan Box
1st April, 2003
With human beings about to become a predominantly urban species, Dan Box asks whether cities can ever be sustainable. more...
Like Flowers Breaking through the Cement
Holly Wren
1st April, 2003
Many people dismiss environmentalism as a middle-class luxury that few can afford. But in Mexico City a group of impoverished street punks are pioneering radical social alternatives because their survival depends on it. Holly Wren reports. more...Members
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