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 …
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 …
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 …
Traveling in the US by boat and train visiting solar laboratories and environmental groups, Keith Barnham found many successful community initiatives in renewable electricity, and brings news of progress towards the ultimate renewable challenge: a solar fuel that could eventually replace gasoline in cars, trucks, buses, trains and aircraft.
… that could eventually replace gasoline in cars, trucks, buses, trains and aircraft. … by volume, extending the range of the cars it powers. (And if uncontaminated by …
Just when the UK's government might want to be boosting its green credentials it has chosen to do the precise opposite, writes Steffen Böhm: giving tax breaks and subsidies to oil and gas, while attacking renewables and energy efficiency. We must unite to oppose these destructive and short-sighted policies
… government ever " . In: fossil fuels, roads, cars; out: renewables, energy efficiency But …
Filled up your car recently? Bought new bike tyres? Popped any pills? Then you're in part responsible for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill...
We're all responsible for BP's oil spill disaster Dan Box | 10th May 2010 Comment Energy Oil Politics And Economics Bp danboxcomment.jpg Filled up your car recently? Bought new bike tyres? Popped any …
The contraction of the global economic system bodes nothing but good for global ecosystems. Growth is dead – long live sustainability
Goodbye to growth Richard Heinberg | 7th January 2009 Comment Growth Crisis Oil Ecosystems Comments And Analysis Carbon Dioxide Energy Goodbye_Growth_MAIN.jpg The contraction of the global economic …
Shell's senior management are treading an impossible path, writes Steffen Böhm. On the one hand they accept that climate change is real and serious, and that many of their fossil fuel assets may prove unburnable. On the other, they insist that business as usual will continue for decades to come. It's high time they smelt the coffee!
… the fossil fuels that keep our lights on, cars on the road and their profits growing. …
The end of the oil age won't be a pretty thing, but a new report by Deutsche Bank suggests it could be even uglier than we feared...
Food riots will mark the end of oil Dan Box | 23rd November 2009 Comment Energy Peak Oil Oil Money Food And Farming danboxcomment.jpg The end of the oil age won't be a pretty thing, but a new report …
New technologies are coming on stream that can turn sunlight and wind into liquid fuels for vehicles, homes or power plants, writes Chris Goodall. And by powering the process using 'free' renewable energy on sunny or windy days, the fuel will be as green as can be, and cost less than petroleum.
Artificial photosynthesis - how renewable fuels will make oil obsolete Chris Goodall | 22nd August 2016 Comment Energy Technology Renewables Oil Fossil Fuels solar-cut.jpg New technologies are coming …
BP won't stop at dangerous deep water drilling: the company is bent on still more dangerous projects, including genetic modification and hacking the planet's atmosphere...
The link between BP, geoengineering and GM Jim Thomas | 28th June 2010 Comment Politics And Economics Science And Technology Bp Oil Gulf Oil Spill Deepwater Horizon oilinwater.jpg BP won't stop at …
Financial experts warn investors that their money is being used by oil companies for high-risk projects, reports Paul Brown, on the assumption that oil prices will go on rising, with little or no regard for climate change. $1.1 trillion could be at risk.
… technological tipping points (like electric cars) will reduce demand in line with our …
The collapse of Yasuni Initiative has allowed pristine parts of the Ecuadorian Amazon to become vulnerable to oil exploration. As the drilling begins, Carla Shaw tells The Ecologist why she fears for more than just the environment ...
… not remain calm and buy more petrol for our cars, even if it just involves talking about …
Most officials in both Europe and the UK still believe peak oil is a problem the markets will solve. That's a dangerous game to play with our energy supplies, says Lionel Badal
… finds Mark Jansen. Our relationship with our cars is far more complex... COMMENT Food riots …
While BP is facing billion-dollar lawsuits in the US, another British company, Cairn Energy, is beginning drilling off the coast of Greenland
With all eyes on BP, others are busy drilling deep elsewhere... Dan Box | 24th June 2010 Comment Bp Cairn Energy Oil Energy Natural World danboxcomment.jpg While BP is facing billion-dollar lawsuits …
Faced with climate change, economic doldrums and collapsing oil prices, the government has the perfect opportunity to put Britain on the right track, write Simon Bullock & Tony Bosworth - reduce our dependency on fossil fuels, and invest in renewables and efficiency. So what's it actually doing? The exact opposite.
Fracking, the oil price crash, and the 'greenest government ever' Simon Bullock Tony Bosworth FoE | 2nd February 2015 Comment Fossil Fuels Economics Politics Corporations Fracking Oil Gas …