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A new project has been set up that will assess the viability of plans that intend to commercially roll out electric vehicles in the UK with hydrogen fuel cells. This has been hailed as a ground breaking development in the electric vehicle market, and UKH2Mobility will be evaluating the potential of hydrogen as a primary fuel . . . → Read More: New project assesses viability of hydrogen fuel cells for cars  Different people have different ideas about what constitutes green travel, some people believe that sharing cars into work, or taking public transport, counts as being green, whereas others would say that this is not enough, they would argue that in order to be truly green, you would need to be driving a vehicle that does not . . . → Read More: Green travel means different things to different people A programme is being undertaken by Eureka Cycle Sports which has been designed in order to educate people about the benefits of cycling. The campaign highlights to people that as well as a way to keep fit, cycling also helps reduce someone’s impact on the environment. By using a bike as a primary means of transport, . . . → Read More: Eureka Cycle Sports aim to raise awareness of the benefits of cycling It has been well documented how much disruption will be caused to the transport infrastructure during the Olympic Games, as well as the knock on effect it will have on the organisations and businesses. There has been much advice from the organisers of the Games, one such suggestion being that employees being allowed to work from . . . → Read More: The race is certainly on to avoid transport meltdown during Olympics New mapping tool is great news for British cyclists Those who are members of British Cycling, which is the national governing body of the sport, are now able to map the rides, access more than 300 bike routes and also download some of the favourite rides of some of the GB Cycling Team thanks to a . . . → Read More: New mapping tool is great news for British cyclists Brian Paddick is a contender for the Mayor of London from the Liberal Democrat party, and he has recently announced that if he were elected he would create a special loan scheme that would allow taxi drivers to purchase zero emission vehicles. It has recently been discovered that Boris Johnson has failed to make any progress with . . . → Read More: Mayor of London contender means to make the Capital’s taxis greener The football club, Manchester United, have become known for taking the lead when it comes to clubs that have an environmental commitment. The football club has recently been the first to gain recognition of international standards for their systems for managing the club’s environmental impact. The environmental ambassador for the club is its former captain, Gary Neville and . . . → Read More: Manchester United top of the league for environmental commitment
This week, the Prime Minister has issued a strong defence about the construction of windfarms onshore. He said that he is dedicated to taking advantage of the opportunities renewable power provide. A white paper was published last year entitled ‘Creating Growth, Cutting Carbon’ and it said that in order for the economy to be prosperous once again, the . . . → Read More: P.M defends onshore windfarms Analysts have reported that some of the aviation bio-fuels that are produced from non food vegetable oil could reach cost parity with the conventional fuels by as soon as 2018 id the efficiency of production continues to improve. Jet fuels that are made from plants such as camelina and jatropha, or from the pyrolysis of . . . → Read More: Jet bio-fuel prices set to drop Environmental organisations based in the West Midlands have reacted with disappointment to this week’s announcement by the government that they are going ahead with the planned high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham. Aiming to be operational by 2026, the new multi-billion pound project would cut travel time between the Midlands and the capital by 20 . . . → Read More: West Midlands environmental organisations unhappy with high speed rail line |
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