Fwd: Methane rises to highest level on record The Guardian
Jonathan Watts. Livestock farming and fossil fuels are main causes of rise in gas, which is 28 times more powerful than CO2 at trapping heat
News from Elsewhere
News from Elsewhere
Leading scientists set out resource challenge of meeting net zero emissions in the UK by 2050 | Natural History Museum
The letter explains that to meet UK electric car targets for 2050 we would need to produce just under two times the current total annual world cobalt production, nearly the entire world production of neodymium, three quarters the world’s lithium production and at least half of the world’s copper production.
The carbon impact of the national roads programme – Lynn Sloman and Lisa Hopkinson + contributors
A Feminist Vision for Supporting Urban Caregivers – Bloomberg
How to Rebuild Cities for Caregiving. Decades after critiques on how cities fail caregivers, the same problems remain. The new book “Feminist City” calls for reimagining urban infrastructure.
Climate change: Road plans will scupper CO2 targets, report says – BBC News
By Roger Harrabin BBC environment analyst. The vast majority of emissions cuts from electric cars will be wiped out by new road-building, a report says.
How road [collisions] and air pollution kills 350,000 children a year – Daily Telegraph
Anne Gulland, Global health security correspondent. A double whammy of road traffic accidents and air pollution is killing more than 350,000 children a year.
Covid-19 Safe Travel in Camden – Chalk Farm Road ‘Pop-Up’ Cycle Lane & Ferdinand Street junction improvement scheme
Date: published 15th July 2020; Officer Acacia Hasler. Consultation now on CommonPlace
I’ve Seen a Future Without Cars, and It’s Amazing – The New York Times
Why do American cities waste so much space on cars
From dusted-off bikes to electric dreams: UK green economy booms on back of Covid-19 | The Guardian
Pandemic accelerates developments in sustainability from businesses and consumers; Jillian Ambrose, Mon 6 Jul 2020
