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Highly charged: Complaints as Electric Car Points Block City Pavements

Cities across the world are rushing to install charging points to encourage and keep up with demand from increasing numbers of electric vehicles. By the end of last year there were almost...

2 Kilometers of Electrified Road in Sweden — A Pilot for EV-Charging Roads

An “electrified road” that allows vehicles to charge en route has opened near Stockholm Airport in Sweden. It’s currently a 2 kilometer stretch along a high-traffic shipping route. The constant flow of trucks...

Nitrogen Oxides Kill 6,000 People A Year In Germany, Federal Environmental Agency Reports

Nitrogen oxides (NOx), a form of pollution closely associated with diesel fuel combustion in diesel cars and trucks, cause the early death of around 6,000 people a year in Germany, the country’s...

Katowice (Poland) Is Using Drones To Locate Illegal Emissions Sources

The city of Katowice in Poland has begun using drones outfitted with various air quality sensors as a means of locating illegal emissions sources — and thus as a way of locating...

UK Carbon Emissions Fall to 1890 Levels

The last time annual UK carbon dioxide emissions were as consistently low as they are currently air travel was still an unproven invention and Oscar Wilde was preparing to publish his first...

Rome to Ban Diesel Cars from 2024

The Mayor of Rome has announced plans to ban diesel cars from the city centre by 2024, becoming the latest European city to declare war on the fuel. In an effort to clear...

WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR ECOHEALTH

Although EcoHealth is significant for all living beings on the planet, the general public is not yet sufficiently familiar with the concept and term of this multidisciplinary field.The multiplication of the number...

BluepointLondon Adds 1,000 EV Charge Points as Demand Accelerates

BluepointLondon will add 1,000 electric vehicle (EV) charge points to the capital's network this year, in response to seeing demand more than double over the past year to just under 50,000 charges,...

History of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles from the First Cars until Today

When it comes to cars today, it mainly refers to vehicles with an internal combustion engine (ICE) that draws its energy from a reservoir containing some kind of fossil fuel (gasoline, diesel or...

Diesels in London Face Parking Charge Hike

Drivers of the most polluting diesels already face steep congestion charges to enter London's city centre, and now they will also have to pay more to park across two central boroughs. Islington Council...

Denver Becomes Latest City to Require Green Roofs

Denver is the latest city to mandate rooftop gardens or solar installations on new, large buildings, joining San Francisco, New York, Paris, London and other cities around the world with similar green...

Yingli Solar Panels Will Help Low Income Villages in China

People assume that the booming economy in China over the past 30 years has made all Chinese citizens wealthy. Nothing could be further from the truth. In Zhangbei County, just 150 miles...

Mayor Sadiq Khan Confirms 2019 Early Start Date for Ultra-Low Emission Zone

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has confirmed the capital's planned Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) will enter into force more than a year earlier than originally planned, on April 8 2019.The ULEZ, which will...

Mayor Sadiq Khan Launches Cleaner Vehicle Checker

London Mayor Sadiq Khan yesterday launched a new online Cleaner Vehicle Checker, designed to make it easier for motorists to assess the real world emissions released by new vehicles. Launched just days ahead...

UK and Canada to Champion Global Coal Phase-Out Alliance

The UK and Canada have together challenged countries around the world to join them in bringing an end to coal-fired power, yesterday inviting other nations to join a new global alliance to...

Oxford Plans to Leapfrog London with World’s First Zero Emission Zone

Oxford is planning to steal a march on London to become the UK city with the most ambitious plans to tackle air pollution, authorities announced yesterday. The city unveiled plans for the 2020...

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