electrification
Rail
Clean transport advocates point out £30bn price tag for railway electrification is in the same ball park as budget for road building
13 December 2021
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4 min read
Energy
'You don't fight a war because you can afford it - you fight a war because you can't afford not to - We can't afford not to fight the war on climate change'
03 September 2021
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5 min read
Transport
Transport secretary Grant Shapps announced £794m investment package over the weekend in two rail routes that closed 50 years ago, but campaigners have criticised the plans for relying on diesel engines
26 January 2021
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2 min read
Energy
A new report from McKinsey predicts global fossil fuel demand 'will never return to its pre-pandemic growth curve', but warns the world is still on track to badly miss its climate goals
14 January 2021
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6 min read
Rail
Rail electrification would bring many benefits and doesn't have to be expensive, argues Lib Dem transport spokesperson Baroness Randerson
21 February 2020
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4 min read
Energy
But BloombergNEF analysis highlights gaping holes where supportive policies are needed to spur widespread decarbonisation towards net zero
11 February 2020
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6 min read
Rail
An initiative exploring the feasibility of using community-owned renewable energy technologies to electrify Welsh train lines has won a grant of £110,000
11 April 2019
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2 min read
