Soaring SUV sales in Ireland prompt calls from Green party for action

Data shows proportion of new cars sold in Ireland that are sport utility vehicles is higher than EU average

Ulez made me try to scrap my car, but TfL is stalling me

I’m on my fifth scrappage application because it keeps finding fault with my documents

Europe and the US should work with China. Joint climate action could be a win-win

From deals on electric cars to solar panels, all sides could benefit from the global green energy transition, says Simone Tagliapietra of the Brussels-based thinktank Bruegel

In Detroit, a ‘magic wand’ makes dirty air look clean – and lets polluters off the hook

Across the US, local governments, lobbyists and industry have spent millions to get wildfire pollution excluded from the record. People like Robert Shobe pay the price

SUVs emit more climate damaging gas than older cars do, study finds

Exclusive: UK climate campaign group Possible calls for ‘polluter pays’ tax based on vehicle size

Australia may increase standard car parking spaces as huge vehicles dominate the streets

Critics say boom in sales of SUVs and dual-cab utes has been disastrous for safety and the environment – and car parks may be at risk of collapse

Stockholm to ban petrol and diesel cars from centre from 2025

Scheme goes further than most, as Swedish city tries to reduce pollution and noise

‘This is political expediency’: how the Tories turned on 15-minute cities

Party appears to have embraced conspiracy theory that the greener, healthier, more sustainable way of life is a ‘sinister’ attack on freedom

The Tories say 15-minute cities are sinister. That’s nonsense – here’s the truth

Labour shows little sign of wanting to counter Rishi Sunak’s rhetoric about a divide between motorists and ‘woke’ spoilsports, say academic Kate Soper and writer Martin Ryle

Hundreds of potentially toxic road runoff outfalls polluting England’s rivers

Exclusive: No regulator is monitoring scale of impact of dangerous chemicals on wildlife or public health

Global heat is now ‘gobsmackingly bananas’, but there’s hope humanity can limit the climate damage

It’s hard to overstate just how exceptionally high global temperatures are now, but we have the technology to avert disaster

Sunak ‘backs drivers’ with curbs on 20mph limits and bus lanes

Low-traffic neighbourhoods and fines also face clampdown under plans condemned by active travel groups

Biden is right to praise the auto strike. His climate agenda depends on it

The president has a golden opportunity to prove that green jobs will bear dividends for the working class

Most new cars sold in UK will have to be fully electric by 2030, government confirms

Green campaigners relieved after last week’s decision to delay ban on petrol and diesel cars

UK electric car sales risk falling further behind after Sunak U-turn, analysts say

Country already trails well behind Europe and PM’s backtracking on climate policies could widen the gap