Environment
EU lays out plan to cut greenhouse emissions by 90% by 2040
Proposal is part of European Commission’s aim to become world’s first climate-neutral continent
Ajit Niranjan
06, Feb, 2024 @2:51 PM
Australia is finally adopting emissions standards – will electric vehicles become cheaper?
Some SUVs and utes could cost more unless they clean up their act, while EVs should get cheaper under the new standards
Toby Hagon
06, Feb, 2024 @2:00 PM
UK’s emissions fell slightly in 2022 but transport and homes still biggest emitters
Emissions fall 3.5% from 2021 but experts say government not doing enough to reach net zero
Helena Horton Environment reporter
06, Feb, 2024 @12:45 PM
Country diary: The creaking song of the siskin unfurls in the cold air | Mark Cocker
Calver Weir, Derbyshire: Quite how many there are in the bare alders is hard to tell, but to hear them is pleasure enough
Mark Cocker
06, Feb, 2024 @5:30 AM
Make used electric cars cheaper and tackle battery fears, peers tell ministers
Grants needed towards buying EVs as well as a battery health testing standard to reassure consumers
Alex Lawson
06, Feb, 2024 @12:01 AM
Ancient sea sponges at centre of controversial claim world has already warmed by 1.7C
Findings in leading scientific journal that globe has breached key warming milestone challenged by climate science experts
Graham Readfearn
05, Feb, 2024 @4:30 PM
Minister consulted BP over incentives to maximise oil production, FoI reveals
Exclusive: Meeting took place days after BP reported record profits while households were squeezed by high energy bills
Damian Carrington Environment editor
05, Feb, 2024 @12:16 PM
EU Greens pick veteran MEPs to lead election campaign
Terry Reintke and Bas Eickhout vow to fight for more equal and ecological Europe amid surge to far right
Ajit Niranjan Europe environment correspondent
05, Feb, 2024 @9:33 AM
Labor’s fuel efficiency standards mean all new cars could be EVs by 2035, industry group says
Experts say Albanese government plan should provide a greater choice of electric cars but Coalition calls savings claims a ‘lie’
Peter Hannam and Sarah Basford Canales
05, Feb, 2024 @6:44 AM
Country diary: To visit a fairy fort is a step back in time | Mary Montague
Drumkeen, County Fermanagh: This area is peppered with medieval fort remains; this rather modest one I’ve known for many years
Mary Montague
05, Feb, 2024 @5:30 AM
‘It’s going to finish the village’: how Morecambe Bay’s tragedy changed cocklepickers’ lives for ever
After 23 migrants died while searching for cockles in 2004, access to the lucrative fishery became more regulated. But local fishers claim the new rules mean their families have been left behind
Karen McVeigh in Morecambe Bay. Photographs by Tessa Bunney
04, Feb, 2024 @1:00 PM
Solid-state batteries: inside the race to transform the science of electric vehicles
They promise more energy and a vastly improved range for EV drivers. But can they deliver on the hype?
Royce Kurmelovs
03, Feb, 2024 @11:00 PM
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