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UK announces £5,000 subsidy for electric car buyers from 2011
Tom Levitt
14th December, 2010
Electric cars are no longer just a 'pipe dream' claims transport minister as he announces £60 million in funds for charging points and grants for people buying new vehicles more...
Cities must ‘radically change’ transport systems to cope with population explosion
Kara Moses
2nd December, 2010
A new Forum for the Future report outlines radical ways in which British - and worldwide - cities need to reinvent transport infrastructures to deal with excessive populations more...
Seoul: on course to be one of the world's greenest cities?
Anna Sheldrick
30th November, 2010
Seoul, host of this year's G20, is well on the way to achieving its goal of becoming one of the world's most eco-friendly cities. But, as Anna Sheldrick reports, there may be room for improvement elsewhere in South Korea more...
School travel plans: how to successfully get your kids walking and cycling to school
Laura Laker
13th October, 2010
Cutting the car out of the school run has health, social and environmental benefits for pupils, parents and teachers. Here's our guide to making it happen... more...
When will we see a green taxi industry?
Aimee Steen
23rd August, 2010
Buses don't go everywhere, and on some routes they might not even be an efficient option. But many taxis are heavy and polluting compared to ordinary cars - when will this change? more...
The People's Ferry: reducing emissions by buying a ship
Paul Miles
24th June, 2010
How a discontinued ferry service between Swansea and Cork was reborn when locals pooled money and resources...and bought their own ship more...
The art of bike maintenance: trouble shooting squeaks and creaks
Guy Andrews
15th June, 2010
This extract from The Ultimate Guide to Bicycle Maintenance will help you identify the source of, and fix, nasty noises more...
Greening the Hay Festival
Laura Sevier
20th May, 2010
Next week, the Hay Festival in Wales kicks off with its usual big name line-up of writers. Andy Fryers, organiser of the festival's special 'Greenprint' initiative, talks about expanding green events and shrinking footprints more...
Short-haul flights within Europe up by 48 per cent
Ecologist
27th April, 2010
Report highlights rapid growth in short-haul flights within Europe and the failure to tackle air pollution from road transport more...
What is the health impact of air pollution?
Andrew Marszal
20th April, 2010
After the Clean Air Acts banished the smogs of the 50s and 60s, many thought that air pollution problems had disappeared. They were wrong more...
Should we stay on British Summer Time all year round?
Christine Ottery
20th April, 2010
Will an hour's extra daylight after work make us greener, happier, healthier and safer? A campaign to move the clocks forward by one hour all-year-round says it will... more...
Saving a pristine wilderness from an international motorway
Laura Sevier
20th April, 2010
How activist Malgorzata Górska helped protect a Polish forest valley, and changed her government's attitude to conservation in the process more...
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Heathrow aiport expansion will result in £5 billion loss
Ecologist
19th April, 2010
Calculations on the cost of building a third runway at Heathrow are outdated and do not make economic sense says a new report more...
I did London to Sydney without flying. Here's how
Ewan Kingston
16th April, 2010
Our well-grounded Kiwi reflects on his six month (almost flightless) odyssey from London to New Zealand, and answers all the usual questions on travel without wings more...
Using bike-powered theatre to communicate climate change
Claire Baylis
15th April, 2010
Every summer a team of cyclists set off across Britain stopping along the way to perform an eco-themed play to schools, festivals and communities. Welcome to the Otesha Project... more...
Budget 2010: good news for wind; bad news for green transport
Mark Jansen
25th March, 2010
As the fiscal dust kicked up by Alistair Darling's 2010 budget begins to settle, experts say they are 'surprised' by how 'un-green' the budget turned out to be more...
Ships told to go slow to cut carbon emissions
Ecologist
25th March, 2010
'Slow-steaming' could reduce shipping emissions by 30 per cent, says a report submitted to the UN, but toxic lubricants remain a serious problem more... Snapshot: what the budget does for the green economy
Ecologist
24th March, 2010
In the last budget before the general election, Alistair Darling announced a series of measures that could have a positive environmental impact, including a £2 billion green investment bank more...
Air pollution death toll could hit 50,000 a year, say MPs
Ecologist
22nd March 2010
UK’s poor air quality is a bigger killer than passive smoking, road traffic accidents and obesity says parliamentary committee more...
Bigger engines, two-car households and school runs on rise
Ecologist
16th February, 2010
Far from downsizing, Government transport statistics reveal a trend towards multi-car households and bigger engines as well as more children being driven to school more...
The open-source hydrogen car set to change the industry
Alex McDonald
20th January, 2010
Cars are evil, right? But what if they ran on hydrogen, did 300 miles per gallon, were leased rather than owned, and were produced under an open source business model... more...
How to choose the right bike
Hugh Bowring
21st January, 2010
There is a greater variety of bikes available now than ever before, ranging from as little as £100 up to over £1000. Here is some basic information on the six main varieties more...
Councils using chip fat as fuel and road filler
Amy Dickson
5th November, 2009
Richmond council has become the first in the country to run its entire vehicle fleet on 100 per cent recycled biodiesel, while Lincolnshire is using the stuff to patch roads more...
Graphic: London's carbon footprint
Ecologist
4th December, 2009
A new graphic shows the major contribution of household energy and transport to London's carbon footprint more...
Recycling used cooking oil to power diesel cars
Dorienne Robinson
26th November, 2009
Sundance Renewables in Wales is a pioneering workers' co-operative and social enterprise converting used cooking oil into a low emissions alternative to diesel more...Members
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