The worst predicted impacts of climate change are starting to happen — and much faster than climate scientists expected Historians may look to 2015 as the year when shit really started hitting the fan. Some snapshots: In just the past few months, record-setting heat waves in Pakistan and India each killed more than 1,000 people.
With yesterday’s release of final EPA rules for reducing carbon emissions from power plants, the stage is set for a major battle over how–and even whether–any carbon emissions in the U.S. may be limited. Meanwhile, there’s Norway. As Ola Elvestuen, a member of Parliament there as well as Chair of the Standing Committee on Energy
Actually, says Renault Zoe owner Chris Alvey, it drives exactly the same – and you just plug it in each night like your mobile phone In the spring of 2015 seven Telegraph readers were given GoPro cameras to record their lives with their ultra-low emission vehicles. Electric cars bring a host of benefits, from a
A new book of aerial photographs, Beautiful Destruction, captures the awesome scale and devastating impact of Alberta’s oil sands with stunning colours, contrasts and patterns. The book also includes 15 essays by prominent individuals from environment and industry, sharing their insights, ideas and opinions. Photographs by Louis Helbig Read more: The Guardian
Oil! Our secret god, our secret sharer, our magic wand, fulfiller of our every desire, our co-conspirator, the sine qua non in all we do! Can’t live with it, can’t — right at this moment — live without it. But it’s on everyone’s mind. Back in 2009, as fracking and the mining of the oil/tar sands in Alberta ramped
A fairly good primer from the History Channel in 2007 on Peak Oil.
Chargemaster appointed to install home chargers for ZOE owners Free home charging wall-box offer remains unique in EV market ZOE can charge at home from 0 to 100% in three to four hours ZOE able to rapid charge in public from 0 to 80% in 30 minutes ZOE now available with a range of up
This is encouraging news, though it should be rolled out to all cities Eight cities have received a huge boost in their bid to win part of a £20 million fund to increase the number of plug-in taxis. The shortlist of 8 potential winning schemes will each receive a government-backed study into providing more environmentally-friendly
It’s encouraging to hear this kind of optimisim made public! Tesla Motors CTO JB Straubel was the headliner at Intersolar North America last week. He talked about the transition to lithium-ion batteries and how that opened the floodgates for electric cars and stationary storage (eventually); the synergy between EVs, solar, and grid storage; the growth
NHS Electric Vehicle Schemes in Northants
Northampton provides rubbish support for electric vehicles – maybe this is the start of a change Six new electric vehicles are to be put in place at Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust sites across the county. They will be at three trust premises, Berrywood Hospital in Duston, Northampton, Campbell House in Northampton and St. Mary’s
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