Six Good News Climate Change Stories you missed in 2018
Climate change news can be incredibly depressing. In 2018 alone, The Conversation covered the loss of three trillion tonnes of ice in Antarctica; Brazil’s new president and why he will be disastrous for the Amazon rainforest; a rise in global CO₂ emissions; and a major IPCC report which...
Oxford could become the world’s first zero emission zone by 2035
Oxford prides itself as a bike-riding city, but the town might well become the world's first zero-emission zone by 2035 if plans to radically lower emissions are implemented. New plans could see any petrol or diesel vehicles entering the city would be fined - pushing commuters to use...
London’s low-emission zone fails to improve air quality
Frank Kelly, from King’s College London, says that for the first 3 years the low emission zone was in effect, there has been no change in the capital’s air quality. Launched in 2008, the zone requires coaches, lorries and buses that fail to meet low-emission standards to pay...