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Climate change: UK to speed up target to cut carbon emissions
Radical new climate change commitments will set the UK on course to cut carbon emissions by 78% by 2035, the UK government has announced.
Smart motorways will be made safer but ministers reject hard shoulders [subscription]
New safety measures on smart motorways will be accelerated by up to ten months amid government warnings that reinstating the hard shoulder will make roads more dangerous.
Martin Tugwell appointed as Chief Executive of Transport for the North
Martin Tugwell will succeed Barry White in becoming the next Chief Executive of TfN from summer 2021, with Tim Wood acting as Interim Chief Executive in the meantime.
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
BBC News
- Climate change: UK to speed up target to cut carbon emissionsRadical new climate change commitments will set the UK on course to cut carbon emissions by 78% by 2035, the UK government has announced.
- Climate change: Growing doubts over 'chip fat' biofuelNew research questions the environmental impact of rising imports of used cooking oil (UCO) into the UK and Europe. Chip fat and other oils are considered waste, so when they are used to make biodiesel it saves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil.
- Welsh election: Homeworking could ease M4 traffic, says ministerWelsh Labour responds as Tory manifesto pledges to resurrect plans for M4 relief road at Newport.
- No new smart motorways without additional safety measuresAny motorway without a hard shoulder will need to have radar technology to detect stopped vehicles.
- Shanghai Auto Show: Five electric car brands to look out for in ChinaRobin Brant talks through five companies showcasing electric vehicles at the Shanghai Auto Show.
The Guardian
- Government promises radar on UK smart motorways to detect stopped vehiclesSafety campaigners say plan does not go far enough and demand hard shoulders be reinstated
- Ignore the rhetoric: the UK government still fails to grasp the climate crisisIt’s been a rollercoaster couple of years for anyone interested in the future of the planet. From thinking we’d forever shout from the sidelines at politicians who’d never listen, to 4 million of us, spurred on by schoolchildren, taking to the streets across the world to demand climate action.
Times Online
- Joe Biden’s driving a revolution in the land of the car [subscription]The president was supposed to be a moderate but his radical plans to decarbonise the economy may soon transform American society
- Unstoppable charge of the electric car [subscription]fter years of political lobbying that undermined attempts to cut emissions and make vehicles cleaner, carmakers have pulled a handbrake turn on electric vehicles (EVs).
- Smart motorways will be made safer but ministers reject hard shoulders [subscription]New safety measures on smart motorways will be accelerated by up to ten months amid government warnings that reinstating the hard shoulder will make roads more dangerous.
Daily Post (North Wales)
- The A55 investment plans from parties vying to lead next Welsh GovernmentThe dual carriageway is the main route across North Wales and a vital link with the rest of the UK and beyond
- How to tell if your vehicle is incompatible with new E10 petrol ahead of major fuel change this autumnFuel retailers will be required to make E10 the standard by September this year - but some vehicles aren't compatible
London Evening Standard
- Smart motorways: Key questions answeredTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said the Government would ‘do all we can to help drivers feel safer’.
Other Regional Press
- Smart motorways to stay but with technology to make them saferCritics say the government is gambling with motorists' lives
- Pothole-related breakdowns hit record-breaking high on roadsThe RAC has recorded a three-fold increase in incidents between quarters
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