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 …
Can the world survive China’s burgeoning love affair with the automobile?
… automobile? In 1990 there were just 1 million cars on Chinese roads. 14 years later that … and this year alone a further 2.4 million new cars will be added. In itself, that’s a lot of new cars, but the figures take on an altogether …
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.
… air, increased tax revenues, and lower carbon emissions. There is an air pollution … 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 …
Environmental campaigning groups including Greenpeace and WWF publish a joint report today calling on the UK Government to bring forward the proposed ban on petrol and electric cars to 2030.
JOE WARE reports
… New report says electric cars will dramatically improve Britain's … Ware | 25th August 2017 News Energy Electric Cars Clean Growth Plan Michael Gove Air … the proposed ban on petrol and electric cars to 2030. JOE WARE reports Electric cars …
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'.
… But as volumes of tar sands 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'. …
Our addiction to oil is not inevitable. We can all take steps to kick the habit
… Change And Energy Oil Transport Travel Car Campaign Lobbying Boycott Plastics Community Food Miles Aviation Carbon Dioxide itsallaboutus_main.jpg Our … cycle, take public transport or consider a car-pool whenever possible. 2. Reduce your …
The implementation of the Silvertown Tunnel project has steamrolled democracy and will pollute the local area and trash the climate.
… jams?” We say: reduce the total number of cars on the road. Which we need to do anyway, … is the plan. It has big headlines about non-car transport modes. But the small print, the … The reality is that road transport in private cars is subsidised and supported, and official …
A group of medics and activists shut down Volkswagen's UK headquarters, turning it into an emergency diesel pollution clinic. MARIANNE BROOKER reports
… Volkswagen commit to stop producing diesel cars and go 100% electric. Diesel addiction … said: “As the UK’s biggest seller of diesel cars, Volkswagen is complicit in an air … now.” Volkswagen sells the most diesel cars in the UK; one in five new diesel cars …
There will be enough fossil fuel-burning stuff - cars, homes, factories, power plants - built by next year to blow through our carbon budget for a 2 degrees Celsius temperature rise. Never mind staying below a safer, saner 1.5 degrees of global warming, warns STEPHEN LEAHY
… A hard deadline: we must stop building new carbon infrastructure by 2018 Stephen Leahy | … 10th August 2017 News Climate Change Oil Gas Cars Production Capital Investment volvo-cars.jpg There will be enough fossil …
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 … and other uncontrollable elements from the carriageway. This attitude aligns with a … impact. There is no permanent damage to the car. The need to reinflate the tyres is an …
Why this advert is dangerous to people and nature – and shows advertising needs new controls.
… restrictions" says the advert for a big car in a big national newspaper. It is, in fact, a very big car. The new Land Rover Defender will not fit … . Find a sample letter here. The official carbon pollution figures range from 226 to 340 …
The advancement in technology and recent UK government policy announcements both point towards the successful take over of the electric car, even where other energy innovations have failed. Dr Christian Jardine assesses the latest developments
… Jardine | 8th September 2017 News Electric Cars Energy Policy Coal Gas Oil 405223.jpg The … the successful take over of the electric car, even where other energy innovations have … banning the sale of petrol and diesel cars in the UK from 2040. Whilst they are …
Images of burning cars and narratives about Canadian natives breaking the law obscure the real story about the Mi'kmaq people's opposition to shale gas exploration writes Martin Lukacs....
… 2013 News Energy Fracking Activism police cars.jpg Are images of burning police cars a political smokescreen? Images of burning cars and narratives about Canadian natives …
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
… Protestors Activism Campaigns UK Cars Politics And Economics Science And … designations. They would encourage increasing car use and contribute further to climate … focused instead on restricting the demand for car use, and promoting alternatives – not just …
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.
… Smith | 1st October 2005 News Oil Petrol Fuel Cars Energy Future Oil Fuel International Development Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Ozone Layer Cars Green Living Energy Society …
Fares for public transport around London should be abolished, says a new campaign briefing from Fare Free London.
… help rapidly to cut the number of private cars, vans and HGVs on the roads – and so cut … bumped up public transport use and reduced car journeys, before Margaret Thatcher’s … alone”. Reducing demand for travel in high-carbon modes – mainly, private cars – is …
Oil companies planning 'billion-pound blunder' into environmentally damaging tar sands production in Canada, says Co-op/WWF report
… money could pay for desert solar or electric cars The Ecologist | 16th March 2010 News Tar … like BP and Shell could be making in low-carbon alternatives. BP is investing $12.5 … points] for a Europe-wide system of electric cars and subsidise their sale. The same …
The claims for biofuels make it seem truly a wonder crop. Mark Anslow separates the wheat from the chaff
… these co-products include animal feed and carbon dioxide gas. For biodiesel, they … Some ethanol distilleries have bottled the carbon dioxide that is given off during the fermentation process and sold it to carbonated drinks manufacturers, counting the …
We are all about to pay the price of ignoring the coming energy famine. By David Fleming
… | 1st April 2003 News Energy Policy Energy Scarcity Oil Global Market Saudi Oil Oil … Alternatives Energy Conservation Oil Fuel Oil Carbon Dioxide Campaigns Fuel Energy We are … in detail by a small group of geologists with careers in the flourishing oil industry of the …
Are recent oil prices slumps caused by OPEC ganging up against tar sand and other high-cost producers? Or a sinister conspiracy to destabilise the Russian economy? Far from it, argue Jemma Green, Mark Andrich and Peter Newman - it's the simple result of an excess of supply over demand. And the low prices will be with us for some time to come.
… that OPEC is no longer an all-powerful cartel - now it has plenty of competition. For … energy efficiency, especially for planes and cars. Even with the rise of the middle class … while oil demand has increased by 9.3% ). Car use has also peaked in most countries …
Climate change and tar sands activists opposing Keystone XL need to wake up to a new reality - the pipeline has already been eclipsed by rail transport which is both cheaper and more flexible, writes Justin Mikulka. The expanded production and export of tar sands oil just got a whole lot more likely.
… existing rail lines? Heating bitumen for railcars costs less than diluting it for pipelines … site Grizzly mentions purchasing new rail cars to move bitumen as well as completing a … oil-by-rail regulations that the DOT-111 cars that will eventually not be allowed to …
The world lives under oil’s spell. Jeremy Smith reveals the extent to which the industry’s by-products have permeated our lives.
… We are all aware of the petrol we put in our cars, and the electricity that powers our … The shelf too is plastic. The basket you carry the apple in is often plastic; the card you swipe at the till, the ‘rubber’ of …
In Ken Silverstein's 'The Secret World of Oil', Louis Proyect investigates the uber-wealthy middlemen of oil, inhabiting a pampered universe of moral squalor and depravity - one in which Tony Blair found himself completely at home.
… restraint compared to Obiang. How many cars is not enough? Obiang owned a 15,000 … Among Obiang's obsessions were expensive cars, to the point where it became virtually … He owned at least three dozen luxury cars, including seven Ferraris, five Bentleys, …
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. … agreement to make significant reductions in carbon emissions. Now people power confronts a … a replacement for gasoline from atmospheric carbon dioxide and sunlight. And here's the …