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In praise of the tram: how a love of cars killed the workers' transport system
2016-06-06 08:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: At their peak there were well over 100 tram systems in Britain. Every major city and many small towns had a network carrying millions of people each week. They were cheap and popular with workers often bringing them right to the door of their factories. But they had few defenders among the middle classes, who thought they got in the way of cars, which were seen as the future. The systems that were not shut down during the second world war by disuse or enemy action were soon closed in the aftermath....
India: Cars the culprits in Delhis pollution highways!
2016-06-04 14:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Big Wire: The numbers of personal and passenger vehicles that enter Indias capital New Delhi daily are close to the total number of vehicles that get registered in the national capital in a year, a new survey by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has found. Ahead of World Environment Day, this is bad news for Delhi that is struggling to minimise pollution levels by experimenting with odd-and-even formula and taking strong action against trucks. Delhis battle against pollution, congestion...
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Norway to 'completely ban all petrol powered cars by 2025'
2016-06-04 12:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Norway will ban the sale of all fossil fuel-based cars in the next decade, continuing its trend towards becoming one of the most ecologically progressive countries on the planet, according to reports. Politicians from both sides of the political spectrum have reportedly reached some concrete conclusions about 100 per cent of Norwegian cars running on green energy by 2025. According to Norwegian newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv, "FRP will remove all gasoline cars", a headline which makes reference...
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1 Million+ Electric Cars Are Now on the Worlds Roads
2016-06-03 16:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: In 2015, the number of electric cars on the road globally passed the one million threshold for the first time. The rapid growth of the industry means that it is now the only technology sector on track to meet the International Energy Agencys (IEA) 2C scenario. This is the conclusion of the IEAs Energy Technology Perspectives 2016 report, which it released on Wednesday. This is the latest edition of their annual progress review of the technologies that will determine the rate of global emissions,...
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Volkswagen receives approval for fixes on more than 800,000 cars
2016-06-03 15:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) has received regulatory approval for technical fixes on some models, it said on Friday, meaning it could now recall more than 800,000 of the 8.5 million cars affected by its diesel emissions scandal in Europe. Germany's motor vehicle authority KBA has approved the proposed fixes for Passat, CC and Eos models with 2.0 litre TDI EA 189 engines, Volkswagen said on Friday. The German carmaker, which triggered the biggest scandal in its history with last year's admission that...
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