UK urged to electrify HGVs for net zero in £100bn investment plan

Analysts call for immediate action to electrify around 500,000 heavy goods vehicles in the UK, addressing nearly 20% of the country’s transport emissions

Coalition calls for wealth tax and green reforms to cut energy costs

A coalition of 19 organisations, calls for tax reforms, proposing a wealth tax on assets over £10 million, to fund energy transition, green skills development and subsidies for public transport

Scotland misses greenhouse gas emissions target

Scotland has failed to meet its greenhouse gas emissions target, marking the eighth time in 12 years that the legally binding target has been missed

Bill Gates responds to claims he’s “climate hypocrite”

The Microsoft Co-Founder has defended his private jet travel patterns, saying he is not “part of the problem”

Bristol Mayor criticised for flying 9,000 miles to talk about climate

Campaigners said the trip is in contrast with the fact that Bristol was the first UK city to declare a climate emergency

UK ‘cuts greenhouse gas emissions by nearly a tenth in 2020’

Transport was to blame for almost a quarter of all the UK’s emissions in 2020, official data suggests

Mancunians pedal away from air pollution

A fleet of electric cargo bikes has been launched to help businesses reduce transport emissions

US offers $162m to improve efficiency and reduce emissions from cars and trucks

It will support the next stage of the SuperTruck initiative, aimed at electrifying freight trucking, along with efforts to expand electric vehicle infrastructure and lower emissions for on and off-road vehicles

New $61.4m funding for biofuels research to reduce transport emissions

It will support technologies that produce low cost biofuels, derived from renewable resources and can power heavy duty vehicles that are difficult to electrify with current technologies, including airplanes and ships