Las Vegas is the fastest-warming city in the United States. The city’s poorest residents are most at risk in the heat Dan HernandezLast modified on Tue 3 Sep 2019 21.58 BST The Clark county death investigator Jill Roberts vividly recalls the sunny 115F (46C) afternoon last summer when she entered a Las Vegas home with […]

Tue 2 Jan 2018 This article is more than 1 year old Riding a bike may be easier than walking for two-thirds of disabled cyclists, but they often remain invisible to society. Many don’t realise that more than a quarter of disabled commutes in this university city are made by bike Cycle around Cambridge and

Car blindness — Ignoring the true cost of cars Alex Dyer We love cars. Or do we? Perhaps instead, we just have places to go and people to see and jobs to do. Perhaps they’re just another tool of modern life and have become familiar, habitual, routine. Many don’t even like driving but have come

Protesters staged a symbolic funeral procession across central London ending in a die-in in Trafalgar Square to highlight the need for measures to protect cyclists. Organised by Extinction Rebellion in partnership with Stop Killing Cyclists, the protest called on the Government to start investing £6 billion a year on cycling infrastructure. The march, which began

NYC cyclists want de Blasio off 2020 campaign trail August 25, 2019 By Khristina Narizhnaya and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon Mayor Bill de Blasio should stop running for president and focus on Big Apple cyclists getting run over, cycling enthusiasts said Sunday. The call came as more than 200 cyclist rallied for safe streets in memory of

Protest outside the Treasury planned to coincide with the Autumn budget On Saturday 7th September Extinction Rebellion and Stop Killing Cyclists are planning to protest outside the Treasury in London. They’ll be asking the Chancellor, Sajid Javid, to begin investing £6 billion per year in cycling in the Autumn Budget. ‘We’re working hard to tell

Mock funeral procession highlights impact of cars and demands funding for cyclist safety Sat 7 Sep 2019 Hundreds of cyclists took part in a staged funeral procession in central London on Saturday before performing a “die-in” near Whitehall to call for greater investment in walking and cycling. The protest, organised by the campaign groups Extinction

LED RIDES TO NATIONAL CYCLE PROTEST – DETAILS ! TOMORROW SATURDAY : NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST !! If you would like to cycle to Saturday’s SKC / XR national cycle protest, with other cyclists, there are led rides from all 4 corners of London! … Spent the evening making the coffin placards for Saturday’s

In 1989, I hosted a CBC radio series, It’s a Matter of Survival, featuring interviews with almost 150 scientists and environmental experts from around the world. Their warning was consistent and stark: Human beings were causing unprecedented changes to Earth’s systems, the detrimental effects were already taking shape, and people would need to reinvent how

Jonathon Harker4 September, 2019 The German bicycle industry is in rude health according to the latest stats from association Zweirad-Industrie-Verband (ZIV), released to coincide with Friedrichshafen-set Eurobike. Contrasting with the UK import data for H1 2019, which was at its lowest point for over a decade, Germany’s bicycle imports rose 6.1%, with e-bikes making up