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What went right this week: China’s shrinking emissions, plus more

Gavin Haines — Fri, 16 May 2025 05:59:21 +0000

China’s emissions shrank, scientists made a breast cancer discovery, and Europe’s best cycle city was revealed, plus more

Gavin Haines — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 06:00:10 +0000

The Earthshot prize revealed its winners, the UK trialled a four-day week, and cancer research took a step forward, plus more

Lucy Purdy — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 12:19:58 +0000

The reduction is close to that recorded in Europe at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic

Robin Eveleigh — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 04:30:45 +0000

The world’s largest offshore wind farm went live, Europe got a new ‘green capital’, and the rail rival gathered pace, plus more

Robin Eveleigh — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 09:54:23 +0000

Talk about low-hanging fruit. Here are a dozen fairly simple ideas to slash emissions. Why aren’t we doing them?

Robin Eveleigh — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 10:40:54 +0000

The Swedish capital’s dirty diesel ferries will soon be superseded by a greener, sleeker fleet that runs on electricity

Helen Coffey — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 10:23:03 +0000

When travel journalist Helen Coffey quit flying, her colleagues were stunned. But she soon wondered why she hadn’t done it before

Gavin Haines — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 16:48:26 +0000

Lumo promises to provide a greener, cheaper, more comfortable alternative to flying on the UK’s busiest domestic route

Gavin Haines — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 13:02:53 +0000

The moon-like landscape will also boost biodiversity and suck up floodwater. Its launch couldn’t be more timely

Lucy Douglas — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 16:25:08 +0000

The plan will see a switch to low- and zero-carbon logistics to transport teams and equipment between events