Oxford aims for world’s first zero emissions zone with petrol car ban.
Oxford
Council plans to start phasing out polluting vehicles including taxis, cars and buses from city centre area in 2020
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A cheap sodium salt battery could shake up grid storage.
Stanford University researchers have made a sodium-ion battery that can store the same amount of energy as today’s ubiquitous lithium-ion batteries at much lower...
New airplane biofuels plan would 'destroy rainforests', warn campaigners.
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Plan to accelerate production of biofuels for passenger planes would lead to clearing of rainforests to produce ‘vast’ amount of necessary crops
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The ‘green jet...
Draughty homes targeted in UK climate change masterplan.
Climate change
Ministers publish long-delayed blueprint for hitting target of cutting emissions by 57% in next 15 years
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Big winners in the 164-page Clean Growth Strategy...
Bunch of old bananas or building materials of the future?
With the construction industry a big driver of climate change, can changes in materials make a difference?By Adela Suliman
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Smart tech propels Germany′s switch to renewables.
At first glance, it looks as if a shiny black space station has landed in central Berlin.
Unfathomable gadgetry is visible through the floor-to-ceiling windows...
Bloomberg's charity donates $64 million to 'war on coal.'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg’s charity gave another $64 million to a campaign that aims to slash the number of...
Carbon rule or not, wind energy continues to squeeze coal.
A wind farm near Lake Benton, Minn. Nic McPhee/Flickr
Even as President Trump repeals his predecessor's landmark climate rule, a collision of policy and market...
Despite Trump, American companies are still investing in renewable energy.
Climate change
Climate Consensus - the 97%
Surveyed corporations stated that Trump’s election had no impact on their decision to buy renewable energy
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From thin air to stone: Greenhouse gas test starts in Iceland.
OSLO (Reuters) - A Swiss company will start to extract carbon dioxide from thin air in Iceland on Thursday, seeking to transform the gas...
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