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Going car-free was painful – but you should do it too

Going car-free was painful – but you should do it too

4 March 2020

No planet B | My car is draining my finances and harming the planet, so I am finally giving it up. Though it will be difficult to adjust, you should consider doing it as well, writes Graham Lawton


Adding more bioethanol to petrol is no way to go green

Adding more bioethanol to petrol is no way to go green

18 July 2019

Making “greener” fuels by adding bioethanol to petrol will wreck the environment, not save it. We need to focus on making electric cars work, says Michael Le Page


Daniel Craig as James Bond, leaning on an Aston Martin

James Bond is making the switch to an electric car, so when will you?

19 March 2019

You don’t need to be green to embrace an electric car – their design and performance now rivals their gas-guzzling equivalents, says Jason Barlow


A cat by the roadside

Prolific ‘M25 serial killer’ beheading cats is an old feline foe

11 July 2018

Time to end the scare over hundreds of headless pets that sparked a police inquiry and much anguish among cat owners, says Stephen Harris


electric cars in China

Why 2018 is gearing up to be a tipping point for climate action

13 December 2017

What will next year hold for global temperatures, carbon dioxide levels, the electric car revolution and Trump's coal dream, wonders Owen Gaffney


uber app

Uber's major pile-up with London's regulators is no big surprise

28 September 2017

Obsessed with their technology's disruptive potential, fast-moving outfits like Uber have long been on a collision course with regulation, says Paul Marks


Volvo XC90 SUV

Hailing e-Volvos as imminent saviours of the planet is nonsense

14 July 2017

High praise was heaped on Volvo when it said it would stop making cars powered only by petrol or diesel. This is no revolution, says Olive Heffernan


Unshackled, big auto will keep choking the world on diesel fumes

Unshackled, big auto will keep choking the world on diesel fumes

18 May 2017

We now know diesel vehicles pollute more than they should to deadly effect everywhere, but the real scandal is government foot-dragging, says Olive Heffernan


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