Overblown infrastructure projects damage lives and imperil democracy. Why is Britain addicted to them?

The Lower Thames Crossing proves the point. It’s a white elephant plan, sucking money from local projects that could actually improve lives, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Noise pollution harms health of millions across Europe, report finds

About 110 million people suffer stress and sleep disturbance that lead to tens of thousands of early deaths

Labour scraps £950m EV rapid charging fund first announced by Conservatives

£400m to be set aside for on-street charging points instead of motorways after RCF was mired in delays

Trump blocks California rules for greener vehicles and gas-powered car ban

State says it would challenge president’s resolution, setting up a battle over California’s environmental measures

Ever-rising height of car bonnets a ‘clear threat’ to children, report says

High-fronted SUVs are more likely to kill and are on the rise in Europe, with the UK an extreme example

‘Cleaner, greener and absolute reliability’: trams make UK comeback

Pioneering light-rail tech poised to revamp network after chancellor announces £15bn transport boost

UK sales of new Tesla cars slump by more than a third amid Musk backlash

Electric carmaker sold 36% fewer cars year on year in May as it loses ground to China’s BYD and other rivals

UK’s shift on car sales rules may lead to higher emissions, says statutory adviser

Up to 500,000 more plug-in hybrids could be sold because of government flexibility on the zero-emission mandate

Dieselgate pollution killed 16,000 people in UK, study estimates

Experts decry lack of UK government action and warn a further 6,000 early deaths could occur

Four former Volkswagen managers convicted of fraud in ‘dieselgate’ trial

Braunschweig court gives two former executives prison sentences for roles in emissions test-cheating scandal

Trump’s tax bill to cost 830,000 jobs and drive up bills and pollution emissions, experts warn

Bill will unleash millions more tonnes of planet-heating pollution and couldn’t come at a worse time, say experts

Weakening of UK EV sales rules ‘likely to result in significantly more carbon emissions’

Analysis suggests there could be 500,000 additional plug-in hybrid electric cars on Britain’s roads by 2030

Cobalt firm taps in to electric car boom with £174m London stock market float

Cobalt Holdings aims to buy up supply of the metal from Glencore as slowing EV growth has pushed down prices

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Company supplying critical EV metal ‘did not disclose’ Erin Brockovich pollutant in drinking water

Leaked documents indicate Harita, owner of key nickel mine in Indonesia, did not reveal water contamination