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World’s Largest E-Bike Fleet to Roll out in Paris Region
I love electric bikes. They’re a great, low-carbon transportation option that requires much less work than traditional pedal bikes. So it’s exciting news that the Paris region is rolling out a massive fleet of them as a way to beat…
‘Huge Amount of London’s Transport Will Be Green by 2040’
That’s the prediction from Alex Gilbert, Senior Strategy Manager at Transport for London. A huge proportion of London’s transport will be green by 2040. That’s the prediction from Alex Gilbert, Senior Strategy Manager at Transport for London (TfL), who said decarbonising the city’s…
Government and Recyclers Partnership Offers the Best Solutions
During the recycling process, waste is converted into raw materials that can be further used in the production process. The use of recycled materials saves natural resources and energy. Recycling pollutes the air, water, and soil less than primary raw…
UK Renewable Energy Capacity Surpasses Fossil Fuels for First Time
Renewable capacity has tripled in past five years, even faster growth than the ‘dash for gas’ of the 1990s. The capacity of renewable energy has overtaken that of fossil fuels in the UK for the first time, in a milestone…
Air Pollution Pumps up the Risk of Heart Attacks
A new report from the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants outlines a range of cardiovascular risks. Particles in air pollution cause a wide range of damaging effects to the cardiovascular system. That’s according to a new report from the…
Siemens Launches Field Test for Driverless Evs in Germany
A highly automated single-seat car and a shuttle bus will be used to research the interplay of intelligent infrastructure and the vehicles. Siemens is to test the interaction between autonomous electric vehicles (EVs), intelligent roadside infrastructure and cloud-based software services in Germany. It has…
Energy-Hungry Bitcoin Would Be a Climate Disaster, Study Finds
When new technologies like electricity or the dishwasher took off in the 20th century, most of the people racing to adapt them had no idea what trading candles for light bulbs would do to the Earth’s climate. Researchers at the…