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Major new research into the risks of climate change to the UK predicts that, without action, by the second half of this century warmer temperatures in the summer could cost businesses £15 billion in staff absenteeism a year.
A radiation surge from a massive solar storm is heading towards Earth at four million miles per hour as American scientists warn of the potential risk of disruption.
Low carbon London car hire company, Greentomatocars, is going greener with the addition of the first fully electric vehicles (EV) to its fleet.
Hydrogen-powered vehicles could be available to consumers and businesses within the next four years under plans launched today by Business Minister Mark Prisk.
Plans by the Government to hold a formal consultation on a new airport in the Thames Estuary have been condemned by environmental groups, who have said they will completely discredit the Coalition’s claims of being the "greenest Government ever".
The Government’s green car grant is being extended to light electric commercial vehicles – cutting the price of eligible vans by up to £8000, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced today.
Vauxhall has begun taking orders for its new hybrid saloon car, the Ampera E-REV.
Transport Secretary Justine Greening today gave the go-ahead to the Government’s controversial national high-speed rail network, HS2, saying it would act as a rail "motorway" and would carry a lower environmental impact than originally planned.
A leading global hotelier has created an open access platform to share knowledge about sustainable development across the international hospitality sector.
A new generation of biofuels could meet almost half of Britain’s renewable transport needs, but without them the UK will miss its 2020 target, a new Government-commissioned report warns.
A €220 million (£188 million) investment has been secured from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the manufacturer of the Nissan LEAF electric car in Sunderland.
The world's first low-carbon, battery-powered passenger ferries are being built on the banks of the Clyde.
The UK climate change watchdog has called for shipping to be included in Britain’s 2050 emissions reduction target.
Hopes that £5,000 Government grants would make 2011 "remembered as the year the electric car took off" have been dashed with the release of new figures showing uptake of the greener cars has sputtered out.
Virgin Atlantic airline has announced the development of a world-first low carbon aviation fuel with just half the carbon footprint of the standard fossil fuel alternative.