Transport

The train derailment in Ohio was a disaster waiting to happen

When a freight train filled with volatile chemicals derailed in rural Ohio earlier this month, it set off a chain of reactions: th...

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Why Not Cover Ugly Parking Lots With Solar Panels?

The French Senate has approved a bill requiring new and existing lots with more than 80 spaces to be at least half covered with ...

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Wait, why are there so few dead bugs on my windshield these days?

After a long drive, the only thing that makes our stomachs churn faster than a windshield smeared with bug guts is a windshield be...

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E.V.s Start With a Bigger Carbon Footprint. But That Doesn’t Last.

The manufacturing and disposal of electric vehicles result in more greenhouse gases than nonelectric models, but that difference w...

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Climate change: World aviation agrees ‘aspirational’ net zero plan

At a meeting in Montreal, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), pledged to support an "aspirational" net zero avia...

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