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- Climate activists ‘disrupt supplies from three oil terminals in England’ Sun, 10 Apr 22, 11:58pmJust Stop Oil says action will affect fuel availability at petrol pumps across south-east and Midlands
- From flying taxis to painless vaccines: seven businesses to watch this year Sun, 2 Jan 22, 3:00amOur business writers pick their contenders for the headlines in 2022, from startups to venerable high street favourites
- We Morris drivers are on board with renewables | Letter Sat, 20 Nov 21, 4:09amOwning a classic car doesn’t make you a little Englander or a climate change denier, writes Ian Allen
- Wrong side of the law. Right side of history: the activists arrested in the name of the planet Sat, 23 Oct 21, 6:00pmFrom grassroots campaigners to Hollywood actors, 21 climate rebels tell their stories
- UK’s net zero plan falls short on ambition and funding, say critics Wed, 20 Oct 21, 4:55amGovernment says strategy would create 440,000 jobs, but Treasury warns taxes may need to rise to fund changes
- UK government reveals net zero plan it says will create up to 440,000 jobs Wed, 20 Oct 21, 1:01amLong-awaited plan aims to expand electric car use and windfarms and commits £120m to new nuclear plant
- Leading the charge! Can I make it from Land’s End to John o’Groats in an electric car? Wed, 28 Jul 21, 3:00pmNew petrol and diesel cars will be banned in the UK from 2030, and sales of electric vehicles are rising fast. But with drivers reliant on charging points how practical is the greener option? One writer finds out
- UK government backs scheme for motorway cables to power lorries Wed, 28 Jul 21, 1:55amE-highway study given £2m to draw up plans for overhead electric cables on motorway near Scunthorpe
- Britain’s electric car charging network boosted by £300m funding Tue, 25 May 21, 12:51amOfgem to build infrastructure for 3,550 new ultra-rapid charging points on motorways and in towns
- Urgent policies needed to steer countries to net zero, says IEA chief Wed, 31 Mar 21, 5:00pmEconomies are gearing up for return to fossil fuel use instead of forging green recovery, warns Fatih Birol
- New US vehicles must be electric by 2030 to meet climate goals – report Fri, 12 Mar 21, 12:27amJoe Biden needs ‘visionary target’ of cutting US emissions by 60% over 2005 levels
- Fossil fuel cars make 'hundreds of times' more waste than electric cars Mon, 1 Mar 21, 5:00pmAnalysis by transport group says battery electric vehicles are superior to their petrol and diesel counterparts
- Electric car batteries with five-minute charging times produced Tue, 19 Jan 21, 5:30pmExclusive: first factory production means recharging could soon be as fast as filling up petrol or diesel vehicles
- Electric cars are not perfect, but they are a good start | Letters Mon, 14 Dec 20, 4:55amThe use of lithium in rechargeable vehicle batteries is problematic but this shouldn’t derail attempts to decarbonise our environment, writes Jamie Adam, while Jim Grozier believes we need infrastructure that discourages...
- UK's first all-electric car charging forecourt opens in Essex Mon, 7 Dec 20, 11:01amClean energy firm Gridserve has plans for more than 100 such sites over next five years