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Gore’s green challenge

 Former Vice President of the United States Al Gore has laid down a challenge he compares to John F Kennedy’s plans to put a man on the moon - he wants America to shift its entire electricity sector to carbon-free wind, solar and geothermal power within 10 years. Gore believes that this power can then be [...]

Beware that new car smell

 Regular readers of our green car news section will be well aware of the effects that vehicles’ external emissions have on the environment. However, what about those internal emissions? On Tuesday, the Ecology Center in the USA will release its second annual consumer guide to toxic chemicals in cars and child car seats. The rankings will [...]

BMW enjoys a clean image

 German manufacturer BMW is celebrating after being named as the producer of the cleanest premium cars by an environmental website following industry-wide research into CO2 emissions. Thanks to its EfficientDynamics programme, BMW has the most improved average CO2 emission levels of any premium manufacturer. From the period January-June 2008, BMW recorded an average of 161.4g/km of [...]

Green kicks on Route 66

 If you’re planning to get your kicks on Route 66 this summer then make sure you put the environment at the top of your agenda. Anyone planning a road trip across America, perhaps as part of a gap-year holiday, should think carefully about the car they choose to rent with most of America’s leading rental firms [...]

Big green taxi

 In 1970, Joni Mitchell sang in her smash hit song ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ that they ‘took all the trees and put them in a tree museum and they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see em’. Now, nearly 40 years on, it appears that the powers-that-be in the Big Apple have [...]

Nissan 4×4 Fuel Cell Vehicle seen in London.

ETA (Environmental Transport Association) reported today that Nissan have launched a first; a “green” 4×4. The latest vehicle from Nissan, a fuel cell car that runs on hydrogen and emits only water, was trailed on the streets of London. It is not yet known when the vehicle will become commercially available. The 4×4 can cover 300 [...]

The A-Class once again sets the standards for safety, comfort and environmental protection

The New-Generation A-Class is safer, more economical and even greener than before. To date over 125,000 A-Class have been sold in the UK since it first launched in 1997 making it one of the best selling models in the range.  The design has been revised and new technical developments have further enhanced levels of safety [...]

Experts weigh in on duty decision

 Chancellor Alistair Darling has taken the decision to scrap the planned 2p rise in fuel duty this October, prompting a series of experts to express their own opinions as to whether this move goes far enough. The decision is expected to save UK industry around £280million per year, but, despite the dropped plans, the Chancellor still [...]

Citroen reveals its air dreams

 After surveys earlier this week revealed confusion among Brits about how green cars and CO2 emissions are advertised, Citroen is ready to introduce a new environmental programme for its award winning LCV range called Airdreams. The Airdream logo will offer neat reassurances to consumers that the Citroen vehicle it is stamped on meets the following criteria: It [...]

The strangest reason yet to go green

 As if saving cash and helping the environment aren’t justification enough to pick up a green car, now you can add a new reason to the list - namely, avoiding bird muck. Actually the green cars in question aren’t hybrids or electrics, but rather those that are the colour green. According to a survey by Zurich [...]