UK is to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to announce next week a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030, five years...
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UK gets £175 million more for cycling and walking as research shows 80% public support
Survey reveals 8 out of 10 people support measures to reduce road traffic and two-thirds support reallocating road space for active...
136 Million Trips Taken on Shared Bikes and Scooters Across the U.S. in 2019
What started in 2010 as a nascent concept, untested in North American cities, closed out the decade as a fast-growing and increasingly...
The first-ever hyperloop passenger test - electric propulsion, magnetic levitation.
Virgin Hyperloop, which is backed by French railway’s SNCF and General Electric as well as Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, said that two...
Renewables will account for almost 90% of the increase in total power capacity worldwide this year
Record levels of new renewable energy capacity are set to come on stream this year and next, while fossil fuel capacity will fall due to...
Wind-dominated Denmark to host northern Europe’s largest solar farm
Danish renewable energy developer European Energy has granted the green light to build northern Europe’s largest solar farm, a 300MW...
Co-op has removed plastic and glitter, from all its Christmas cards, gift wrap, gift bags + crackers
How to have a more sustainable Christmas While I love decorating the house for Christmas, there’s no denying that behind every fairy...
Nestle launches insect protein in Purina pet food
Nestlé Purina is launching pet food that builds on alternative proteins to make better use of the planet's resources. The new line...
ESA and climate change
To tackle climate change, a global perspective is needed and this can be provided by satellites. Their data is key if we want to prepare...
Gillette plans to reduce use of virgin plastics by 50% by 2030
Gillette (NYSE: PG) released new data revealing that most men globally (59%) are more supportive of sustainability efforts as a result...
London sees a 94% drop since 2016 of people living in areas exceeding the legal limit for NO2
• The number of Londoners living in areas exceeding the legal limit for NO2 fell from over 2 million in 2016 to 119,000 in 2019, a...
Young’s Seafood removes 300 tonnes of plastic & paper from ranges
Young’s Seafood has met a target to remove hundreds of tonnes of plastic and paper packaging from its branded and own-label lines by the...
Japan aims to cut greenhouse gases to zero by 2050 and become a carbon-neutral society
Japan is aiming to cut greenhouse gases to zero by 2050 and become a carbon-neutral society, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Monday...
Edinburgh's The Refillery is a plastic free online + physical grocery and ethical goods store
Edinburgh’s largest plastic-free store, The Refillery (therefillery.co.uk), sits outside the city’s historic centre, and is celebrated...
Google announces plastic-free packaging by 2025
As we continue to experience the effects of climate change across the world and in our own backyards, being responsible for our impact on...
Burger King teams up with TerraCycle for reusable packaging trials in 2021
Burger King® restaurants are continuing efforts to minimize environmental impact across the globe by testing a new reusable packaging...
P&G to launch refillable shampoo bottles in 2021 - 300m reduction in virgin plastic bottles
Announced at the Reuters Responsible Business Summit today (22 October), the “good refill system” utilises reusable aluminium bottles as...
Swedish grocery Felix to price goods based on carbon footprint
Felix, a Swedish food brand, has opened a climate-conscious store that will guide buyers to make informed decisions when purchasing food...
The world's first in-store recycling system is now installed at H&M in Stockholm
To fight climate change, we need to change fashion. One way of doing this is circular solutions. If we use, for example, a recycled...
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