Yahoo News Why tech companies are wrong to think electric cars are a solution to climate change
To fight climate change, carmakers want to sell us ever more technological and ecological vehicles. For Paris Marx, this approach is wrong.
To fight climate change, carmakers want to sell us ever more technological and ecological vehicles. For Paris Marx, this approach is wrong.
A “Blade Runner” activist blocked the view of an ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) camera by pretending to break down in front of it.
"The 'SNL' skits will write themselves," one person quipped on social media.
Disqualified driver Kelvin Bainbridge, 19, was one of County Durham’s most wanted criminals when he was spotted behind the wheel in October 2019.
An estimated 8,000 passengers were left out of position
The Euro7 regulation, as it is known, is intended to limit emissions from vehicles, following on from the current Euro6.
Scientists have uncovered the link between a world-record heatwave in Antarctica and climate change. Relatively, it was the most intense heatwave ever recorded anywhere on the planet. Only a handful of heatwaves more than 35C hotter than normal have been recorded before - in Siberia, North America, and Antarctica.
A motorcyclist died when he crashed into a taxi after being pursued by police officers in central London.
Birders have flocked in their hundreds to see the songbirds, blown across the Atlantic by Hurricane Lee
The crew of a small yacht witnessed a dramatic fight for survival in Russia's Avacha Bay: a pod of killer whales was targeting a seal, but the clever animal managed to escape its pursuers by going the one place the whales could not.
Re-Wind Network project could prevent millions of tonnes of landfill over the coming years
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A crash took place on the A34 northbound near Marcham and the Milton Interchange which held up commuters in Oxfordshire during rush hour.
Passengers across the UK face further disruption after train drivers union Aslef and Tube workers union RMT announced yet more industrial action.
A CAR was flipped onto its roof during an incident involving two other vehicles on the A419.
Extreme global warming will likely wipe all mammals - including humans - off the face of the Earth in 250 million years, according to a new scientific study.
The boy died at a memorial event for three firefighters who lost their lives in 2016
A woman has died and a paramedic was injured following a crash between an ambulance and a taxi in Glasgow. Emergency services attended but a 71-year-old woman, who was travelling in the ambulance, was pronounced dead at the scene. A 38-year-old male paramedic was injured in the crash and was taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary for treatment.
European Union member countries have watered down a proposal by the bloc's executive arm aimed at lowering vehicle emissions. The European Commission had proposed last year updated pollution standards for new combustion engine vehicles that are expected to remain on European roads well after the 27-nation bloc bans their sale in 2035, with the aim of lowering emissions from tailpipes, brakes and tires. The Commission hoped that new guidelines would help lower nitrogen oxide emissions from cars and vans by 35% compared to existing exhaust emission regulations for pollutants other than carbon dioxide, and by 56% from buses and trucks.
Nissan has vowed to go all-electric in the UK and Europe by 2030 as the car giant’s chief executive said “the world needs to move on” from petrol vehicles.
There’s one sure-fire way to start your holiday with a sinking feeling – getting to the departure gate to find that your flight is overbooked and you’ve been bumped. Though statistics from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) found that only 0.02 per cent of passengers flying in and out of the UK were denied boarding in 2015 (the most recent year it holds figures for), that’s still more than 30,000 people.