Left field Bikes) The Department for Transport has made £2 million funding available for the acquisition of ecargo bikes, to support green last mile deliveries. This funding is available to limited companies, sole traders, partnerships, charities and not-for-profit organisations. Public, community or third sector organisations are also eligible providing they meet the eligibility criteria. eCargo… [Read More]
Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace back Extinction Rebellion protests | Third Sector
18 April 2019 by Organisers of the protests, which have shut down parts of central London, have faced criticism in some quarters for their tactics Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace have voiced their support for the Extinction Rebellion environmental protests in London after the tactics used by the protesters were criticised. Extinction Rebellion has… [Read More]
Welcome to the Rebellion. – YouTube
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Drivers are four times more likely to crash when taking phone calls, study shows | London Evening Standard
43 minutes ago Any phone call makes drivers four times more likely to crash, according to a new study ( PA ) The latest headlines in your inbox Using a hands-free mobile phone while driving is as dangerous as calling on a hand-held device, researchers have claimed. The findings, based on trials during which volunteers… [Read More]
Crackdown on pavement parking motorists WILL happen – The Star
Published: 13:31 Monday 15 April 2019 Pavement parking in Hillsborough A crackdown on motorists who park on pavements WILL happen say council bosses – despite a false start and several months’ delay. Coun Lewis Dagnall, cabinet member for transport, says money is being set aside to combat pavement parking with the focus on the city… [Read More]
Fear Grips Norway’s Oil Industry as Political Risk Explodes – Bloomberg
Mikael HolterApril 12, 2019, 5:00 AM GMT+1 Oil companies in Norway may pay some of the highest taxes and wages in the world but they could always count on support in the halls of power. Then last week the country’s biggest political party pulled out the rug from under that certainty in a dramatic policy… [Read More]
Only rebellion will prevent an ecological apocalypse | George Monbiot | Opinion | The Guardian
the guardian) Mon 15 Apr 2019 Had we put as much effort into preventing environmental catastrophe as we’ve spent on making excuses for inaction, we would have solved it by now. Everywhere I look, I see people engaged in furious attempts to fend off the moral challenge it presents. The commonest current excuse is this:… [Read More]
London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone – will it make the city healthier?
PTRC) Ian Mudway, King’s College London Major health problems Over recent years, several London-based studies have shown that the city’s air pollution is associated with increased respiratory and cardiovascular hospital admissions, increases in daily deaths, stroke risk and low birth weights, as well as reduced lung volumes in children, dementia among the elderly, and poor… [Read More]
Why I Finally Decided to Ditch Car Ownership – Sarah – Medium
SarahDec 13, 2018 Car-free, part 1 “Fuck you, Honda Civic.” This is the name of a spreadsheet that’s been sitting in my Google Drive for the past year — a record of vehicle maintenance charges and unexpected costs that have been draining my bank account. Since purchasing it in 2016, this hybrid has annually absorbed over 17%… [Read More]
Driving: why bother? – Enrique Dans – Medium
Enrique DansApr 1 IMAGE: Jay Gee — CC0The European Commission has just approved a directive requiring all vehicles from 2022 to be fitted with a range of safety features that include speed limiters that work via GPS data and sign recognition cameras. These features are already available in many modern vehicles, but so far, its role was… [Read More]
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