The Jakarta Post recently talked about some of the biggest environmental concerns facing our generation. The authors argued that the COVID-19 crisis could give us the...
Friends of the Earth senior campaigner, Liz Hutchins, released the following response to the chancellor’s Autumn statement today: “The Chancellor is pootling along in the slow...
The EIB, Europe’s long-term lending institution, approved today more than EUR 17 billion of new loans to support investment in telecommunications, water infrastructure, renewable energy, roads,...
Government spending on the UK’s cycling infrastructure must be increased fivefold by 2020 to improve road safety and encourage sustainable transport, MPs have said. In a...
Investment in Britain’s road infrastructure will need to increase “substantially” over the next decade to keep up with the expected growth in traffic, MPs have warned....
We should be looking to increase the efficiency of our transport network, rather than building more infrastructure, says James MacColl from the Campaign for Better Transport....
After enduring five days of choking smog, Beijing is to remain in a state of high alert as dangerous levels of pollution are forecast to hang...
Beijing has issued a three-day emergency pollution alert, warning residents to keep outdoor activities to a minimum and ordering some industries to limit production. The Chinese...
An idea unveiled this week may offer a novel solution to the growing concern over cyclist safety in London, which would allow bike users to sustainably...
When it comes to transportation, many people associate going greener with going pricier. But this isn’t always the case, as Tom Revell explains. This article originally...
New roads and housing developments require “trade-offs” between economic and environmental benefits, the environment secretary Owen Paterson has said. Biodiversity offsetting – where infrastructure developers commit...
Pregnant women exposed to pollutants and heavy traffic are more likely to have babies underweight and with smaller head circumferences, according to a new study. The...
By 2040, all petrol and diesel cars may be banned from UK roads – according to a recent Lib Dem proposal. This controversial idea, which was...
Eight cities and four national parks from across the UK will share £94m of investment into cycling infrastructure, to make roads friendlier and safer for cyclists....
On Wednesday, George Osborne announced £100 billion of investment in infrastructure. A day later, his deputy Danny Alexander detailed the plans, calling them “the most comprehensive,...