‘A make-or-break moment’: what does Labour’s U-turn mean for the UK’s green transition?

Labour has dropped its £28bn green pledge and the Tories are underfunding carbon-cutting measures, despite benefits of net zero projects

After Paris’s coup against SUVs, the UK should slam the brakes on these polluting monsters too

Parisians have voted to triple parking charges for these behemoths. Let that be the start of a much wider crackdown, says author Andrew Simms

Australians keep buying huge cars in huge numbers. If we want to cut emissions, this can’t go on

We subsidise the purchase of twin-cab utes and charge GST on bikes and public transport. It’s absurd

Make used electric cars cheaper and tackle battery fears, peers tell ministers

Grants needed towards buying EVs as well as a battery health testing standard to reassure consumers

Will other cities copy Paris decision to hike parking charges for SUVs?

Very low turnout in vote to penalise owners of large cars suggests public still needs to be won over

UK electric vehicle maker Arrival enters administration with 170 jobs at risk

New York-listed company, once valued at $15bn, failed to launch its debut electric van

Millionth pure battery electric car sold in UK after 20 years

Industry lobby group says 2m could be reached within two years in rapid shift away from polluting fossil fuels

Parisians vote in favour of tripling parking costs for SUVs

The referendum comes as the city aims to reduce emissions by targeting wealthy drivers in large, polluting cars

Fuel efficiency standards: Labor unveils proposal, highlighting petrol savings of $1,000 a year for motorists

Coalition-led scare campaign predicted for plan to place yearly cap on emissions for new cars sold in Australia

Paris residents set to vote on plan to triple parking charges for SUVs

Green campaigners hope to win landmark vote, which is being watched closely by other cities such as London

‘Ecocidal disgrace’: activists sabotage Quebec battery factory site in protest

Northvolt, a Swedish battery maker, has planned a ‘gigafactory’ in the region, which protesters have called an ‘ecocidal disgrace’

UK roads being built without ministerial oversight, say environment campaigners

National Highways pushing ahead with projects ‘behind wall of secrecy’

SUVs drive trend for new cars to grow 1cm wider in UK and EU every two years, says report

Bigger cars more likely to kill people, release more toxic gas and are outgrowing design of cities

Country diary: The satnav sacrifice – villages like this are no longer so tranquil

Little Barford, Bedfordshire: Virtually everyone who drives is thankful to technology for helping us to dodge traffic. Those who suffer the consequences might feel differently

‘Cheaper to save the world than destroy it’: why capitalism is going green

Akshat Rathi argues that around the world economies are switching to clean technology as prices drop