Overview We want your views on our proposals to make the streets we manage in central London 20mph by 2020 and the associated measures. Last year, in partnership with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), we published the Vision Zero Action Plan. The Action Plan sets out our ambition to eliminate death and serious injury from […]
Lithium, sometimes referred to as ‘white petroleum,’ is a key component in energy storage and in recent years demand has skyrocketed ForbesJun 11 Almost three-quarters of the world’s lithium raw materials come from mines in Australia or briny lakes in Chile (one of which, in the Atacama Desert, is seen here) giving them leverage with
Heather Cairns says woman ‘masqueraded’ as her daughter Eilidh’s aunt at council meeting Helen PiddLast modified on Mon 24 Jun 2019 20.57 BST A woman posed as the aunt of a cyclist who was killed in London in order to oppose plans for a new segregated bike lane, according to the victim’s mother. Eilidh Cairns,
Megan DarbyPublished on 03/06/2019, 2:10pm Incoming prime minister Antti Rinne presented the climate goal as part of a package with increased welfare spending on Monday Finland will go carbon neutral by 2035, under a coalition deal published on Monday, setting one of the world’s earliest timelines for reaching that mark. After more than a month
What happened to Chris Boardman’s plans for the UK’s biggest cycle route network in Greater Manchester? Helen PiddLast modified on Mon 24 Jun 2019 16.08 BST Almost exactly a year ago, Chris Boardman – the Olympic champion turned walking and cycling czar – revealed a bold vision: Greater Manchester was to turn itself into a
By Karen Savage March 21, 2019 Exxon’s history of publicly sowing doubt about climate science despite internally acknowledging the impacts of its products on climate change was the subject of a public hearing on climate denial held Thursday in the European Parliament in Brussels. Thought to be the first-ever hearing by a major government body
EditorialSun 23 Jun 2019 18.37 BST Aviation efficiency gains and innovation will not be enough to limit emissions growth. Demand for air travel needs to be damped A computer-generated image showing what Heathrow would look like in 2050 after the completion of a third runway and new terminals. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images “Come on, stop calling
‘Lots of people say they won’t have kids. One woman told me she fantasised about killing her child,’ psychotherapist says 1 day ago Plummeting insect numbers. A sixth mass extinction. Thinning of ice sheets. Sea level rise. Wildfires in California. Thawing Arctic permafrost. The full tragedy of climate change is unravelling before our eyes. According
Olympic champion told to shelve plans to paint simple crossings on 20,000 side streets Helen PiddLast modified on Sun 23 Jun 2019 16.55 BST It is a disagreement between two extremely determined opponents: one a gold medal-winning Olympian and the other a government department suspicious of attempts to challenge its road painting orthodoxy. Chris Boardman,
Earth 30 September 2009 Video: Warmer world The average global temperature is likely to be 4 °C higher than in pre-industrial times by 2055 if greenhouse gas emissions are not slowed – that means a 16 °C rise in the Arctic (Source: Met Office Hadley Centre) By Shanta Barley, Nigel Hawtin, Catherine Brahic and Tom
