People are - finally - buying electric cars. But will sales lift off as solar panel installations did? And will it make a difference to air pollution and climate change? DAMIAN KAHYA, editor of Unearthed, investigates
… 7th September 2018 Comment Unearthed Electric Cars x People are - finally - buying electric cars. But will sales lift off as solar panel … first large-scale global summit on electric cars - a welcome break from Brexit. The summit …
Car brands are changing the way they power their vehicles - now it's time for them to change how they use animals in the manufacturing process.
… Vegan vehicles: the future of cars? Alexander Huntley | 4th August 2022 | Comment Vegan Veganism Cars Manufacturing Animal Rights Green New … the transition to 100 percent zero emission cars and vans in 2021. By signing the …
The UK Government focus on electric cars is opposed by researchers of climate science, transport policy, engineering and urban planning.
… Electric cars are no panacea Simon Pirani | 23rd … Mini The UK Government focus on electric cars is opposed by researchers of climate … planning. The UK Government has put electric cars at the centre of its disastrous climate …
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 discuss
… | 21st May 2005 Comment 4x4s SUVs Transport Cars Petrol Road Oil Incineration Landfills … (SUVs). Sure, they burn more gas than smaller cars, but so do all big cars. So why is this not about efficiency …
78 records didn't come to an end because the world ran out of shellac, writes Chris Goodall. And today's cars won't be made obsolete by a shortage of oil, or even climate change. The transition will be driven by falling prices, long range, clean air laws, and the superb style, performance and driving experience they offer.
… Goodbye oil! Soon all cars will be electric - because they are … of shellac, writes Chris Goodall. And today's cars won't be made obsolete by a shortage of … histories illustrate the reasons why electric cars are now unstoppable. Whether it is middle …
The Car Free Megacities campaign sets out to transform London, Paris and New York.
… Driving cars out of our cities Andrew Simms | 11th May … source especially in cities where people and cars are forced to mix in close proximity. … Drivers rush down roads not designed for cars just to shave minutes of journeys, …
There is more to sustainable transport than cutting emissions, writes Nicola Spurling - like reducing car dependence, cutting congestion, and reducing the need for travel. The Tesla Model S is a wonder of engineering, but does little to address the real challenges.
… Tesla's techno-cars - the right answer to the wrong question … Climate Change Society tesla_model_s_electric_cars-cut.jpg There is more to sustainable … excitement is its matching of conventional cars in performance, design and desirability. …
The biggest ever corporate climate makeover is happening at TOYNOCA® in time for the Paris Olympics.
… Andrew Simms | 15th January 2024 | Comment Cars Pollution Air Pollution Corporations … same car company placed its bet on polluting cars, planning to produce millions of fossil … fuelled internal combustion engine (ICE) cars. While many car companies are finally …
Air pollution from vehicles is killing tens of thousands of people every year in the UK alone, write Jean Lambert, Molly Scott Cato & Keith Taylor, an outrage set into stark focus by VW's 'test cheating'. The EU's response? To relax tests and allow cars to be more polluting - with the full support of the UK government.
… The EU's response? To relax tests and allow cars to be more polluting - with the full … most significant causes of air pollution is cars. Nitrogen Oxide emissions from diesel … deaths of 29,000 people a year in the UK with cars being a key contributor. STOP PRESS - …
To decarbonise transport we need to escape the false promise of the car advert.
… 2023 | Comment Badvertising Advertising Cars EVs Tobacco Climate Breakdown Economics … We need to rapidly reduce the total number of cars on the road, replacing the private motor … touted green credentials, only one in eight cars sold were low-emission or EVs. Of all …
With all diesel cars failing EU clean air standards in real world driving, and the worst 22 times over the limit, there's only one real solution, write Steffen Böhm & Ian Colbeck: adopt sustainable transport strategies to keep cars off our streets and break our dependence on them.
… It's not just VWs - we need fewer cars, and less driving Steffen Böhm Ian … EU audi3-pollution-cut.jpg With all diesel cars failing EU clean air standards in real … sustainable transport strategies to keep cars off our streets and break our dependence …
The question arises soon after readers or lecture audiences first become acquainted with global oil depletion and climate change. I must be asked it at least once a week.
… Richard Heinberg | 19th June 2008 Comment Cars Alternatives Transport Carbon Off-Setting CarsCarsCars Fuel Climate Change Energy Pollution …
Global ads for cars and flights responsible for up to twice as much CO2 as Spain, new research suggests.
… Picks cq5dam.web_.768.768.jpeg Global ads for cars and flights responsible for up to twice … demand for polluting commodities like cars and aviation should be controlled. But … gas emissions attributable to advertising for cars and flights around. The numbers are big, …
Low Emissions Zones have their place in cleaning up the UK's worst air pollution hotspots, writes Richard Howard. But we also need to adopt fiscal measures to encourage a shift away from diesel vehicles, at once delivering cleaner air, increased tax revenues, and lower carbon emissions.
… Matter (PM) in London, and within this diesel cars and vans are the main culprits. Diesel … first time, CO 2 emissions from new petrol cars were lower than emissions from diesel cars (on a sales-weighted basis). Despite the …
Giving up your car doesn't mean giving up luxury or freedom- you'll save time, money and discover a more regal existence without one.
… How To Be Free Tom Hodgkinson Transport Cars Bicycles Trains Walking Green Living … of owning a car? You get cabs, you hire cars, you get the train or coach, you cycle, …
More than 25 million Americans live within an 'oil train blast zone', writes Ralph Nader. But as volumes of tar sands and shale oil carried by train soar, the oil cars identified as a 'substantial danger to life, property, and the environment' in 1991 remain in use. We must ban those dangerous railcars - and put an end to all 'extreme oil'.
… and shale oil carried by train soar, the oil cars identified as a 'substantial danger to … in use. We must ban those dangerous railcars - and put an end to all 'extreme oil'. … identified oil trains as unsafe. The tank cars, specifically ones called DOT-111s, were …
Tackling climate change will have lots of knock-on benefits, but one we probably haven't considered is what it will do to car-related injuries. Dan Box meets a man who has...
… Climate Change Energy Travel Transport Cars danboxcomment.jpg Tackling climate change … researching what causes people to be hit by cars. The results were simple – more traffic, … god, this is just a kinetic energy disease".' Cars, as Ian sees them, turn chemical energy …
A review of Road to Nowhere: what Silicon Valley gets wrong about the future of transportation, by Paris Marx.
… public transport into a vicious circle. More cars means buses getting stuck in jams; more … expense, and flooded the streets with cars that worsened traffic: it also “cycled … to automate drivers and launch flying cars. Fantasy But losing money does not mean …
Design is everywhere, deciding how things look, how they work and how systems run. But effective ecodesign is difficult when decisions are made in isolation, says Steve Evans
… We can make Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) cars that do 50 mpg. Indeed, 70 mpg is … perform about the same as the better diesel cars. Electric cars offer emissions at the power-station, …
Nudge, nudge – new research shows adverts push us to make polluting transport choices.
Car adverts work - so ban them Andrew Simms | 22nd December 2021 | Comment Advertising Transport Climate Breakdown Editor’s Picks 2.57020920.jpg Nudge, nudge – new research shows adverts push us to …
The real lesson of Volkswagen's 'dieselgate' scandal is that we must ditch petroleum fuels, writes Harry Hoster. There's new, clean technologies just waiting to take off - and the most promising is fuel cells. They will also fit right into the new world of renewables, with surplus power from wind and solar making the hydrogen they burn.
… for mileages similar to those of conventional cars while being refuelled within a few … risk of it catching fire is minimal. Hydrogen cars can now be considered as safe as petrol or diesel cars, even in crashes . The more recent …
VW's pollution cheating has caused thousands of premature deaths, write Mike Berners-Lee & Chris Goodall, creating costs that could destroy the company's entire shareholder equity. But this is no 'Black Swan' event. It is an early example of the existential threat to the fossil fuel economy.
… threat to the fossil fuel economy. VWs diesel cars emit a much larger amount of nitrogen … lost annually from the additional NOx from VW cars is thus estimated to be between 4,000 and … higher-than-stated pollution from its 11m cars is between £21bn and £90bn. Before the …
Active travel activists should take the lead of climate activists and adopt direct action tactics to win their demands.
… coast of England. He wanted to slow down the cars so his disabled wife would to be able to … no-damage sabotage actions against individual cars have their merits too, as they go directly to the source of the danger (cars), and reduce their ability to harm. They …
We must urgently move from Petropolis and dependence on fossil fuels to Ecopolis supported by regenerative economies.
… those of their rural cousins, who use private cars much more. Global But in countries such … with its systemic dependence on motor cars, is well suited for a solar retrofit. … fluctuations, and for charging electric cars. Babcock Ranch implements the concept of …