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Readers share their thoughts on electricity generation, cars, cycling, trains and garden citiesGeorge Monbiot makes some useful points in his article bemoaning the influence of the lobbying power of the motor industry (We...

Household vehicle charging will be the equivalent of running an electric shower for hours on end, argues Colin ReadThere seems to be little understanding of the simple fact that electric vehicles (EV) are, in the main, pollution...

Readers respond to Britain’s latest clean air plan and the ban on all new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2040So, the government is committed to banning all diesel and petrol cars by 2040 (Report, 26 July)...

If the UK government is serious about cutting noxious emissions, it needs to step on it. We should not have to wait 23 years to breathe easyOnly 20 years ago, it would have sounded like the stuff of fantasy: a clean, green...

Increase in peak electricity demand could be more than capacity of planned Hinkley Point C nuclear power station by 2030

Increase in peak electricity demand could be more than capacity of planned Hinkley Point C nuclear power station by 2030

Theresa May talks big but doesn’t deliver on cleaning up Britain’s polluted citiesTheresa May recognises that air pollution is one of the biggest threats faced by millions of citizens: last November, after a judge ordered...

A Cambridge-based tech firm is pioneering apps to let you park more easily, tell local councils when to grit or even light up particular roads

It’s good to see that Cambridge is catching up with County Durham (Recycling waste into BBQ biofuel, 15 February).

The Hyundai ix35 is the Korean company’s first attempt to bring hydrogen-fuelled cars to the mass market, promising zero-emissions and more convenience at the pump...

Solar cars compete in the 2015 World Solar Challenge race across Australia’s Northern Territory on Sunday. The competition, which has been held every two years since 1987, involves 46 cars from 25 countries, racing over...

The state’s first solar-powered fast-charging station is to be built in Townsville, and the government is offering small businesses a plan to help reduce costs

A run-down of green technology’s most cutting-edge innovations, including transparent solar cells and microgeneration boilers

You need $20,000, plenty of time – and an iron nerve. But is ripping up a Tesla car and adapting its battery the future of cheap, sustainable home power?

Among the major economic policies in the chancellor’s speech were the traditional selection of giveaways for consumers and special interest groups