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Peter Yeung

Cars Are Vanishing from Paris

The share of journeys made by car in the city has fallen by nearly half, and the trend is only accelerating.

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Anthony Kimpton, Dorina Pojani, Jonathan Corcoran, Julia Loginova, Richard Bean & Thomas Sigler

E-scooters are becoming wildly popular – but we have to factor in the weather

E-scooters offer commuters and tourists a way to cover shorter distances quickly – and without breaking a sweat. It’s for this reason that Australian cities are trialing these schemes as part of broader interest in micromobility – small, light, and often electric ways of getting around, such as bikes, e-bikes, and e-scooters. But one question previously unanswered is: what about the weather?

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Dr Timothy F. Welch

Why lower speed limits aren’t so radical

Timothy Welch explains how those reduced speed limits won't impact your travel as much as you think they will.

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Tharanya Arumugam

Calling it what it is: Climate Emergency

NEW YORK: United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres Wednesday painted a fairly grim picture of the future should countries continue to ignore warnings or delay sustainable climate actions, following his recent visit to flood-hit Pakistan.

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Oliver Milman

Criticism intensifies after big oil admits ‘gaslighting’ public over green aims

Fury as ‘explosive’ files reveal largest oil companies contradicted public statements and wished bedbugs upon critical activists.

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