Five major cycling and walking projects in Scotland are to share £60 million in funding under the Sustrans Scotland’s Places For Everyone Scheme, which is funded by Transport Scotland. Two schemes in Glasgow get a combined £22.85 million in funding, while the other three successful bids see Edinburgh receive £20.32 million, Arbroath £6.92 million and […]
Decision to temporarily pull bikes comes nearly two months after ride sharing company launched its fleet in the city Kari PaulLast modified on Thu 1 Aug 2019 01.36 BST Lyft has put the brakes on its electric bike program in San Francisco, after the batteries on multiple vehicles caught fire. On Wednesday, a Twitter user
I am a scientist who researches climate hazards. This week I have published research on the potential for a catastrophic cyclone-heatwave combo in the global south. Yet over the past few days I have been approached by various media outlets to talk not about that hazard, but about the unfolding UK heatwave and climate change.
Christopher CherryLast modified on Thu 20 Jun 2019 10.25 BST Most UK cities have had illegally polluted air for nearly a decade, and the effect of air pollution is particularly bad on children. Ahead of Clean Air Day, we conducted an experiment to assess the air quality on a school run in central London, using
Christian Aid poll finds climate emergency should be Boris Johnson’s top priority Harriet SherwoodLast modified on Fri 26 Jul 2019 06.44 BST Most Britons believe climate change is more important in the long term than Brexit and say it should be a top priority for Boris Johnson’s government, according to an opinion poll. Women and
TfL has set out the next steps for walking and cycling improvements in West London, which include a new seven-kilometre cycle route and new pedestrian crossings. The plans, which would connect neighbourhoods between Kensington Olympia and Brentford Town Centre, were supported by a majority of people responding to the consultation. In response to issues raised
This week’s Good Cycling Facility is an underpass, or ‘underbridge’, on the Rijnwaalpad cycle route between Nijmegen and Arnhem. At this point, the cycle path runs under a road which is on an embankment, as it crosses a motorway. This kind of design maintains continuity for cycling (without any loss of momentum) and also maintains
EU’s lending arm financed oil, gas and coal projects in 2018 with more than €2.4bn Jillian AmbroseLast modified on Fri 26 Jul 2019 18.05 BST Environmental activists protest in front of the Greek parliament. The European Investment Bank is promising a ‘profound transition’ away from fossil fuel funding. Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images The European Investment
Tess RileyMon 10 Jul 2017 06.26 BST A relatively small number of fossil fuel producers and their investors could hold the key to tackling climate change Just 100 companies have been the source of more than 70% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions since 1988, according to a new report. The Carbon Majors Report (pdf)
Earth’s boreal forests now burning at rate unseen in ‘at least 10,000 years’, scientists warn 1 day ago Vast swathes of the Arctic are suffering from “unprecedented” wildfires, new satellite images have revealed. North of the Arctic circle, the high temperatures are facilitating enormous wildfires which are wreaking ecological destruction on a colossal scale. It
