Local US authorities seek compensation for costs ranging from sea wall upgrades to retrofitting storm drains June 9, 2019 Fossil fuel companies are already grappling with the risks posed by climate change, from the physical threats of extreme weather to the challenge of switching to cleaner energy. Now they have a new item rising up […]
15 August, 2019 A newly-released 29-page document from Transport for London has made a solid case for investment in active travel, citing wide-ranging economic benefits of cycling. Drawing on a large pool of independent research the paper’s headline stats include the revelation that improving walking and cycling conditions can boost nearby retail trade by up
15 August, 2019 Only Jersey-based bike retailers can use the scheme and shops should register to partner the grant scheme. The scheme goes live next week (Monday 19 August 2019) and a list of approved retailers will be released to the public on that date. Deputy Kevin Lewis, Minister for Infrastructure, said: “The previous e-bike
August 9, 2019 In July, Alexander Uss, governor of the vast Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk, said it was simply “pointless and maybe even harmful” to attempt to fight the wildfires that cloaked his capital city in a toxic cloud of smoke. Days later, President Vladimir Putin sent in the army and even Donald Trump took
Jim Morrisonon Aug 14, 2019 at 5:29 pm For cities in the United States, the price of infrastructure projects to combat rising seas and intensifying storms is coming into focus — and so is the sticker shock. In Boston, where many neighborhoods have been built and recently expanded in low-lying areas, an estimated $2.4 billion
Mark Sutton14 August, 2019 Building segregated cycling infrastructure has been demonstrated to have a positive effect in making roads safer for all users, a new US-based study has shown. Researchers at the University of Colorado Denver and the University of New Mexico published findings in the Journal of Transport and Health recently that show correlations
UK provides more financial support for fossil fuel industry than any other EU country New Zealand Government follows up on ending licensing permits for offshore oil & gas last year by withdrawing the majority of government subsidies and support for the sector New Zealand part of Wellbeing Economy Governments group with Scotland, referred to by
Mikael HolterApril 8, 2019, 6:00 AM GMT+2 LISTEN TO ARTICLE Want the lowdown on European markets? In your inbox before the open, every day. Sign up here. Western Europe’s biggest petroleum producer is falling out of love with oil. To the dismay of the nation’s powerful oil industry and its worker unions, the opposition Labor
13 Aug 2019 Climate change activist Greta Thunberg will spend two weeks travelling across the North Atlantic on a boat with no toilets, kitchens or privacy. Greta, 16, has stopped flying due to environmental reasons, but is due to attend a crucial climate change conference in New York. She told the BBC that travelling by
Read time: 6 minsJocelyn Timperley| August 9, 2019 By Jocelyn Timperley• Friday, August 9, 2019 – 09:40 After a three year wait, the UN’s official scientific advisory panel’s verdict on land and climate is here. The report is about as glum as you might have come to expect from a body tasked with documenting humanity’s
