Environmental concerns and the changing work landscape could lead to a noticeable drop in both domestic and international business travel
Year: 2020
BBC News: Ipswich air pollution campaigner accuses councils of lack of action
Two councils have been accused of failing to properly address dangerous levels of air pollution in Ipswich.
Emissions Analytics: What else is coming out of our tailpipes?
We are in danger of over-regulating familiar, easy-to-measure emissions such as CO2 and NOx while ignoring a wide range of other, potentially harmful substances that can now be measured but are being ignored.
Edie: Dixons Carphone to covert to electric and alternative fuel fleet by 2030
Dixons Carphone has signed up to the Climate Group’s EV100 initiative, pledging to switch its commercial fleet to electric and alternative fuel vehicles by 2030
Telegraph: How airships could provide the future of green transport
Zeppelins and dirigible airships are with us again after eighty years out of favour – faster and hopefully much safer than in the inter-War era – promising ultra-low carbon air transport for the net-zero age. It may not be long before we…
UK charity, Gas Safety Trust, launches 2020 funding call for CO poisoning research
This week, the Gas Safety Trust (GST) launched its 2020 call for grants for research into carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.
Guardian: Infants exposed to air pollution have less lung power as adolescents – study
Infants exposed to even low levels of air pollution experience reduced lung function as children and teenagers, researchers have found.
BBC News: Wales Clean Air Plan proposed tougher limits
BBC News reports on tougher limits on levels of air pollution are proposed to tackle a problem thought to contribute to as many as 1,400 deaths a year in Wales.
ClientEarth Clean Air Business Update
ClientEarth’s June 2020 update outlines air quality news and its relevance to business. The latest GDP estimates for June from the Office for National Statistics show that the UK economy is now in its worst recession on record. As lockdown conditions look…
WCRAQ Alternative Fuels and Vehicles Working Party launch
The launch of the Alternative Fuels and Vehicles Working Party was attended by prominent industry experts and kicked off important discussions.