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British Gas orders 1,000 electric vans

British Gas orders 1,000 electric vans

Energy provider British Gas has announced that it has ordered 1,000 electric vans, as part of its plans to electrify its entire fleet by 2030.
Published 08 July 2020
Hyundai ships first units of hydrogen-powered heavy duty lorry

Hyundai delivers 10 hydrogen-powered lorries

Hyundai has shipped ten of the world’s first hydrogen-powered heavy duty lorry to Europe.
Published 06 July 2020
Pollution concerns could spell end of free deliveries

Pollution could spell end of free deliveries

An attempt to lower congestion and harmful emissions could spell the end of free internet shopping deliveries, The Times has learnt.
Published 29 June 2020
Garden villages have created car-dependent populations, says report

Planned garden villages 'too car-dependent'

A new study has found that the rural idyll of garden towns may have, in reality, formed populations completely dependent on cars.
Published 16 June 2020
Green number plates for electric cars to be introduced in UK from this autumn

Green number plates for electric cars by autumn

Green number plates for electric cars will be introduced to the UK as early as this autumn, the government has announced.
Published 16 June 2020
Clarkson: farmers “screwed” by Agriculture Bill

Clarkson: Farmers 'screwed' by Agriculture Bill

Jeremy Clarkson has bemoaned the administrative overload of farming in more than one of his columns. This week, he's got a grudge to bear.
Published 14 June 2020
Scientists fear return to pre-lockdown pollution levels

Scientists fear return to pre-lockdown pollution

Despite a push towards walking and cycling, scientists predict that pollution in UK cities could, like in China, return to pre-lockdown levels.
Published 04 June 2020
Trump administration being sued by 23 states over fuel standards

Trump administration sued over relaxed emissions

President Trump’s administration is being sued by nearly two dozen states over lowered standards for fuel economy in the US.
Published 28 May 2020
Rolls-Royce isn't making cars right now ... it's making honey

Rolls-Royce is making honey under lockdown

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars may not bee (sic) building cars right now but the beekeepers at its Goodwood headquarters are buzzing.
Published 27 April 2020

Ecotricity's EV charging network voted worst

Ecotricity's electric charging network, found at motorway service stations across the UK, has been found to be the worst by a survey.
Published 22 April 2020
Environmentalists start crowdfunding appeal to stop government road building scheme

Campaigners to take DfT to court over road plans

The UK government is facing backlash from environmentalists regarding plans to inject £27bn into a road-building programme.
Published 22 April 2020
Extreme E unveils scientific panel, environmental plans and team info

Extreme E unveils scientific panel and team info

Upcoming motorsport Extreme E has unveiled its scientific panel to coincide with the 50th Earth Day.
Published 21 April 2020