Royal Mail trials electric taxi van for parcel and letter deliveries.

The trial of the zero-emission van forms part of the Company’s efforts to continue to reduce emissions associated with its operations. Royal Mail has partnered with London Electric Vehicle Company to trial a new electric van for parcel and letter deliveries.

‘It’s all on hold’: how Covid-19 derailed the fight against plastic waste.

Pandemic prompted states to temporarily ban reusable grocery bags and stalled legislation aimed at reducing plastic packaging.

US push to ease global energy controls as it hands fossil fuels $3bn.

Trump’s energy secretary Dan Brouillette promotes ‘all fuels’ free-market strategy at climate and sustainability summit.

Campaign group warns UK Government of ‘imminent’ legal action over plans for a green recovery

Campaign group Plan B has written a letter to Prime Minister and the Chancellor warning legal action is imminent if stimulus package becomes a ‘New Deal for Polluters’.  

NSW government awards $1m grant to develop ‘flying car’.

Testing facility for zero-emissions four-passenger electric aircraft expected to be built in Narromine within the year.

European hamster and caterpillar fungus on brink of extinction.

Update to IUCN red list warns of hamster’s falling birth rate and high demand for fungus.

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Κατατέθηκε προς ψήφιση στη Βουλή το νομοσχέδιο «Προώθηση της ηλεκτροκίνησης», σε συνέχεια της ολοκλήρωσης της δημόσιας διαβούλευσης την 1η Ιουλίου.

From Covid-19 to climate: what's next after the global oil and gas industry crash?

While oil and gas are not alone in struggling in the economic slump, the reality of the climate crisis is starting to bite, analysts say.

US push to ease global energy controls as it hands fossil fuels $3bn.

Trump’s energy secretary Dan Brouillette promotes ‘all fuels’ free-market strategy at climate and sustainability summit

Coronavirus pandemic prompts record drop in global emissions, study finds.

Lockdowns, travel bans and factory closures drive reduction Dramatic decline falls short of necessary global heating cuts  

UN calls on governments to ditch coal from their coronavirus recovery plans.

A sustainable future has no room for coal energy, the head of UN argues. As the world starts thinking of the day after the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has asked countries to stop financing the 

Climate Explained: What the World Was Like the Last Time Carbon Dioxide Levels Were at 400ppm.

What was the climate and sea level like at times in Earth’s history when carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was at 400ppm? The last time global carbon dioxide levels were consistently at or above 400 parts per million (ppm) was around 

Parts of England could run out of water within 20 years, warn MPs.

Water firms not addressing problem of leaks, causing loss of 3bn litres a day, report finds. There is a serious risk that parts of England will run out of water within 20 years, MPs have warned.

WMO sees ‘enormous challenge’ to hit Paris targets as 1.5°c warming looms.

There’s a one in five chance that average global warming will hit 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels in at least one of the next five years, and a 70% chance that at least one month will exceed that threshold, according to the latest in a series of annual climate updates released yesterday by the

U.S. Offshore Wind Power Blown on Course.

Investment in U.S. offshore wind projects are set to hit $78 billion (€69 billion) this decade, in contrast with an estimated $82 billion for U.S. offshore oil and gasoline projects, Wood Mackenzie data shows.

Renewables associations issue statement on the green recovery.

The world’s leading renewable associations today issue a joint statement setting out policy priorities for a green recovery involving accelerated clean energy deployment.

Achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN report warns.

Satellites track unusual Saharan dust plume.

Every summer, the wind carries large amounts of desert dust particles from the hot and dry Sahara Desert in northern Africa across the Atlantic Ocean.

Cold comfort: climate may take decades to respond to carbon cuts.

Study on impact of Covid-19 lockdowns on temperature suggests next generation may benefit.

‘Compelling’ evidence air pollution worsens coronavirus – study.

Exclusive: best analysis to date indicates significant increases in infections, hospital admissions and deaths.