A UN-led panel of nearly 100 countries is to draw up new guidelines to prevent some of the environmental damage and human rights abuses associated…
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Electric car sales in UK flatline, prompting calls for VAT cut
The number of new cars registered in the UK has jumped by nearly 18% but electric vehicle demand is flatlining, prompting the industry to call…
View More Electric car sales in UK flatline, prompting calls for VAT cutThe jet set: 200 celebrities’ aircraft have flown for combined total of 11 years since 2022
Private jets belonging to 200 celebrities, CEOs, oligarchs and billionaires have spent a combined total of 11 years in the air since the start of…
View More The jet set: 200 celebrities’ aircraft have flown for combined total of 11 years since 2022‘Staggering’ green growth gives hope for 1.5C, says global energy chief
The prospects of the world staying within the 1.5C limit on global heating have brightened owing to the “staggering” growth of renewable energy and green…
View More ‘Staggering’ green growth gives hope for 1.5C, says global energy chiefBattery power: how China could take charge of the electric vehicle market
If you bought an electric vehicle in the UK this year, there’s a good chance it was an MG4. The fully electric hatchback, which launched…
View More Battery power: how China could take charge of the electric vehicle marketUK to gain first lithium mine in Cornwall in boost to electric car industry
The UK is to gain its first lithium mine in Cornwall after a British startup agreed a deal with a French mining company that could…
View More UK to gain first lithium mine in Cornwall in boost to electric car industryBattle for clean air: the row raging over London’s ultra-low emission zone
As parents walk with their children next to four lanes of fume-belching traffic in Kingston, Oliver Lord sighs. “We shouldn’t be setting a carer with…
View More Battle for clean air: the row raging over London’s ultra-low emission zoneMPs issue 10-point environmental wishlist for Liz Truss
If Liz Truss is looking to give her leadership a new start, a cross-party group of MPs has suggested some answers, in the form of…
View More MPs issue 10-point environmental wishlist for Liz TrussSoaring energy costs could threaten future of electric cars, experts warn
Soaring energy costs are threatening the future of the electric car, industry bosses in Germany have warned. A rise in electricity prices as well as…
View More Soaring energy costs could threaten future of electric cars, experts warnWant an electric car but fear the cost? Here’s how to flick the switch
Consumers are more and more eager to go electric. The number of electric vehicles (EVs) on British roads is soon set to exceed France after…
View More Want an electric car but fear the cost? Here’s how to flick the switch