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World's First Complete Electric Vehicle Charging Network Launched

July 29, 2011 by David Thorpe
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Ecotricity and Welcome Break have today launched the first of a national network of free electric car charging points situated at motorway services and powered by the renewable electricity company's wind turbines.Dubbed the Electric Highway, the network will, when completed in three months, allow EV drivers to travel from Exeter to... [read more]

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Is Hydrogen A Bridge to Increased Renewables?

April 18, 2011 by Amelia Timbers
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While not yet commercially cost competitive, the core value of hydrogen fuel cells is that it, depending on how the hydrogen was generated, has zero emissions. At minimum, widespread hydrogen adoption may be an upgrade from and substitute for petroleum gasoline. Eliminating oil from consumers’ lives is a more pressing problem in the UK,... [read more]

Signs for 2011: London Introduces Electric Car Charging Stations

December 30, 2010 by David Hone
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Electric car infrastructure has been appearing in London over the last 12 months, with charging stations now in several inner-city locations and in the car park of at least one major shopping mall. [read more]

London Heathrow Expansion Axed by High Court Because of Climate Change

March 29, 2010 by Tim Hurst
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British Airways planes at London Heathrow Airport (Photo: matt.hintsa/flickr) Plans for a third runway at London Heathrow Airport have been torn up by the UK High Court because not enough consideration was given to impacts on climate change. Greenpeace and 65,000 others have been working on plans to physically obstruct the expansion of... [read more]

UK Unveils Plan for 250 MPH High Speed Train

March 12, 2010 by Tim Hurst
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High speed trains at St. Pancras Station in England (Photo: Jon Curnow via flickr) Government sees the future of transportation in high speed rail network As the United States is in the early stages of adding new high speed rail corridors to its one currently in operation, the British government yesterday uncovered its plan for a $45... [read more]

IPCC's Pachauri Must Resign

January 30, 2010 by Scott Edward Anderson
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Image by Getty Images via Daylife The Times of London reports this morning that the head of the UN's International Panel on Climate Change, Rajendra Pachauri, was told that the IPCC assertion that Himalayan glaciers would disappear by 2035 was wrong, but he waited two months to take actions to correct it. Dr. Pachauri, who played a... [read more]

The White Revolution

May 26, 2009 by Robert Rapier
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When I was recently transcribing the interview that Vinod Khosla did for the Milken Institute, something he said caught my attention:Hybrids are an uneconomic way to reduce carbon dioxide. If you go to hybrids or electric cars, your cost of carbon reduction is about $100/ton. If you have 10 ways of reducing carbon at $50/ton, why would... [read more]

Vancouver 2010 aims for sustainable Olympics

May 25, 2009 by Climatico Analysis
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In a state not short of green ideas, British Columbia once again looks forward to displaying its green credentials but this time on the international stage.  The Vancouver 2010 winter Olympic organisers aim to make the 2010 Winter Olympics a showcase of the state and city’s progress in embracing sustainable eco-... [read more]

World’s Biggest Wind Farm - ‘London Array’ Will Be Built

May 14, 2009 by Vicky Portwain
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DONG Energy, E.ON and Masdar announced yesterday that they will invest 2.2 billion euros in the 300 turbine + London Array project 12 miles off the Kent and Essex coasts in the UK. The announcement means that the first phase of the world’s largest offshore wind farm will go ahead. The onshore work for the 1000 megawatt project is due... [read more]

Boris Johnson unveils blueprint for London's 'cycling revolution'

May 7, 2009 by Big Gav
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The Guardian has an article on a new bike hire scheme for London, following the lead of a lot of continental European cities - Boris Johnson unveils blueprint for London's 'cycling revolution'.Londoners will soon be able to hire bikes in the centre of town for short journeys, under plans announced today by the mayor, Boris Johnson.From... [read more]

London Calling: Congestion Charge Recharges Electric Cars

November 29, 2007 by Joseph Romm
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London could soon replace California as the electric car capital of the world. Thanks in large part to Mayor “Red Ken” Livingstone, who enacted London’s much criticized congestion charge policy in 2003. The policy, which exempts electric cars from hefty daily taxation, is resulting in increasingly significant vehicle choices for... [read more]