UK Bans All New Petrol and Diesel Cars from 2040
The UK has followed France in banning the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2040, as part of its plan to tackle chronic air pollution in cities.
Andy Rowell
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Devoid of Democratic Legitimacy, UK Shale Industry Responds with Spin and Violence
History is repeating itself. Just as some of the pioneers of the current environmental movement in the UK, who cut their teeth in the nineties fighting the Tories’ road building programme were demonised and attacked, so are today’s anti-fracking activists.
The “Expendables” Fight Back In Toxic Coal Ash Suit
"I call them ‘the expendables'. These men were treated like collateral damage, and they fell between the cracks in this toxic place.”
US Coast Guard: We Won’t Recover Oil if There’s a Spill in the Arctic
In a devastating rebuke to Donald Trump, the head of the US Coast Guard has admitted the United States is not ready to clean up an oil spill in the Arctic.
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“The internal combustion engine will be long decimated by 2040”
Despite all the predictions about the coming renewable and electic vehicle (EV) revolution, Big Oil is still betting on being able to make oil drilling more efficient to compete with renewables, rather than switching to producing clean energy instead.