Environment

It’s all too easy for elements of the media to constantly use the term 4x4 as a generic label when covering news items about high emission cars. However the more informed amongst the media will understand that high emission cars are just that - high emission cars - not necessarily 4x4s.

Today, 15 May, is National Work from Home Day, when up to five million workers are expected to work from home across the UK.

The Board Members of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) (the CEOs of thirteen car companies producing and marketing products around the world) have written to give support and encouragement to the UN-sponsored ministerial talks on climate change in Bali.

The majority of business travellers rely on the car because public transport is not ‘fit for purpose’, according to a major new study launched by the Royal Automobile Club Foundation and the British Chambers of Commerce.

Clarkson is in Birmingham from the 20-22 August and is offering you an eco-friendly, car-free way to get to work.

Over recent years there have been countless predictions that climate change will mean increased occurrences of extreme weather, and of the consequences such as flooding. There have also been many experts warning of the need to change the way we do things in the UK to protect ourselves from the sort of flooding that we are currently experiencing in the areas of the Severn, Avon and Thames valleys.

The Volkswagen Group has become the first car maker worldwide to produce series vehicles which are recyclable to a minimum of 85 percent and reusable to a minimum of 95 percent by mass.

Leaders of the G8 nations have agreed to seek “substantial” cuts in emissions in an effort to tackle climate change

Today the BBC reports from the UN climate change conference in Bangkok and the headline message is that tackling climate change need not cost the Earth.

Speaking exclusively to www.saabbiopower.co.uk, Sir Richard Branson has revealed why he is such a staunch supporter of new environmentally-friendly fuels such as bioethanol and biodiesel.