Mayors and political leaders from major cities - including Manchester and Liverpool - want to provide residents and businesses up to £6,000 to upgrade to cleaner vehicles.
Tesco has revealed that the size and suitability of suppliers’ packaging will be assessed from next year, warning that it reserves the right to ban products with ‘excessive’ or ‘inappropriate’ packaging.
The government’s departmental spending plans for 2020-21 include new funding for decarbonisation schemes and air quality, while £400 million has been earmarked for electric vehicle infrastructure.
New research has concluded that northern Britain is experiencing the largest increase in flood events in Europe due to climate change, with major increases in flood risk expected.
An expert working in partnership with the University of Salford has developed a first-of-its-kind, low cost prosthetic limb made from recycled plastic bottles.
NHS bodies in Greater Manchester have jointly committed to far-ranging actions to slash carbon emissions, tackle air quality, reduce waste and improve health with green spaces.
The government has invested £390 million in hydrogen and other low carbon fuel switching technology to help industry cut emissions, including a glass manufacturing project in Merseyside.
Organisations of all sizes who are leading the way on sustainable travel or reducing the impact of their fleet are being encouraged to enter the 2019 Fleet Heroes Awards.
Manchester-based Zoom’s car insurance is aimed exclusively at electric vehicle owners and complements the start-up’s unique charging, parking and green energy offer for drivers.
