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Electric cars could play a major role in the shift to environmentally friendly transport, the government will reveal this week. As part of its long-awaited renewable energy strategy, to be published on Thursday, it will argue that there is massive potential in the UK for plug-in hybrids, for car batteries charged on grid electricity and […]

There has been a lot of buzz about this week’s big Aviation & Environment Summit underway in Geneva. The attendee list is a who’s who from every corner of commercial aviation: Airbus CEO Tom Enders, Boeing Commercial Airplanes President Scott Carson, as well as heavies from the FAA, the International Air Transport Association, GE Aviation, […]

Rival aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing put aside their differences and signed an agreement on Tuesday to work together to cut the impact of air traffic on the environment.The rare cooperation between the European and American giants was announced on the sidelines of the third aviation and environment summit in Geneva, where leading industry groups […]

Black carbon pollution - soot, diesel exhaust - is a greater contributor to global warming than believed earlier, according to leading atmospheric scientist V. Ramanathan of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. And China and India are major culprits, together accounting for between 25 and 35 percent of black carbon emissions.Produced by biomass burning, cooking with […]

How much more in gas taxes would you be willing to pay to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.? Fifty cents? Ten cents? How about a penny? Anyone? The National Center for Public Policy Research conducted a poll recently, and found that despite concern over global warming, a full 48 percent of Americans […]

Rising sea levels and surges from intensifying storms pose a growing threat to the nation’s roads, railways, harbors and airports, according to a new report from the National Research Council. The federally funded study calls on government and industry planners to start factoring climate change into transportation system design.One hundred thousand kilometers of U.S. coastal […]

Every mode of transportation in the United States will be affected as the climate warms, with the greatest impact expected to be flooding of roads, railways, transit systems, and airport runways in coastal areas because of rising sea levels and surges brought on by more intense storms, says a new report from the National Research […]

Gas-guzzling vehicles such as 4×4 “Chelsea tractors” will have to pay a daily charge of £25 to enter London’s congestion charge zone from October this year under new plans.Owners of the 4×4 vehicles, as well as some high-powered sports cars and luxury vehicles, will see the charge rising from the current £8 a day as […]

Work has begun to create the world’s first zero-carbon, zero-waste and car-free city in Abu Dhabi.General Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi, marked the first breaking of the ground for Masdar city by laying a virtual cornerstone on Saturday.
Developers behind Masdar - “the source” in Arabic - hope to attract full-time […]

The transport sector is a major planet polluter but truckmakers in Sweden, where a clean environment has long been a top concern, are leading the way in climate-conscious production with eco-friendly plants.”Volvo and Scania are definitely in advance on the competition. Environmental issues have been on their minds for a very, very long time,” Anders […]