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A coalition of environmental groups is suing the European Commission over its refusal to release documents that allegedly contain previously undisclosed information on the negative impact the widespread use of biofuels in the EU is having on climate change.
The CBI has launched a campaign to get consumers to reduce their carbon footprint at home and in the car as it attempts to accelerate the move to a low carbon economy.
The Government has today announced more incentives to jump-start the take-up of electric vehicles, including £5 million of funding to introduce 2,430 charging points for electric vehicles in Milton Keynes and car grants.
More details of how small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can get involved in a £29 million project to develop low carbon vehicle technology in the West Midlands have been announced today.
A new plant in east London, producing jet fuel from waste biomass, could be powering part of British Airways' fleet from as early as 2014.
The Government tried to boost the development of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies in the UK this week, as it named Wales as one of its flagship Low Carbon Economic Areas (LCEA) for developing alternative fuels, including hydrogen from renewable sources.
The UK’s position as a world leader in the low carbon aerospace industry was boosted this week as the Government announced a £45 million research and development programme into more fuel-efficient and lower carbon aero engines.
Scientists at Imperial College London are developing a prototype composite material that will store and discharge electrical energy, potentially revolutionising car design and manufacture.
A group of the UK’s most prominent business leaders are warning that urgent action – including an accelerated shift towards greener methods of transport – is needed to prepare for the potentially devastating consequences of global oil production rates peaking in the next five years.
Major cuts in road expansion and abolishing tax allowances for high carbon industries are being proposed as ways to slash national debt by £12 billion over the next four years.