National Trust criticised for plans to build Peak District’s biggest car park

Heritage body wants to build 1,065-space car park at Lyme Park despite net zero by 2030 pledge

The Guardian view on the electric car revolution: targets are not enough

Editorial: The government must do its bit to make new electric vehicles more affordable if mass adoption is to be achieved on the road to net zero

Majority of Australians keen to switch from gas to electric to lower emissions, survey finds

Poll also revealed 65% of drivers expect to be buying a hybrid or electric vehicle if they upgrade in the next 10 years

Electric cars: could your employer help you save thousands?

People are waking up to the benefits of using salary sacrifice schemes to buy greener vehicles

Years of breathing traffic pollution increases death rates, study finds

International review establishes strong connections between polluted air and mortality

Europe’s top five carmakers more than double profits since 2019

Figures come despite claims firms cannot afford to comply with planned EU pollution rules

The US needs 1m more electricians to hit climate goals. Can it recruit more women?

Women face barriers in the sector, including harassment and exclusionary unions, but they would help resolve a crucial labor shortage and could also help close the gender wage gap

Labor’s EV policy launch a ‘missed opportunity’ for national consistency, Bridget McKenzie says

Shadow infrastructure minister says road user charging should not be ruled out and accuses government of ‘stalling’ with consultation

Labor’s electric vehicle strategy promises new fuel efficiency standard and battery recycling

Policy contains no new incentives to buy EVs but does aim to improve charging infrastructure

Norfolk dual carriageway plan would ‘wreck’ rare bat colony, experts say

‘Exceptional’ super-colony of endangered barbastelles found in path of proposed road near Norwich

Is driving on the left stopping New Zealand reaching its climate goals?

The country depends overwhelmingly on secondhand cars from Japan, which makes barely any electric vehicles

Biden team proposes strict vehicle pollution limits to boost EV sales

Proposal would require two of every three new vehicles sold in US to be electric by 2032

Investing in public transport could give economy £50bn annual boost, says TUC

Radical rise in spending on trains, trams and buses needed to cut car use, reports body representing unions in England and Wales

‘Everywhere is broken’: how land grabs in Cambodia are demolishing lives

Officials have a ‘masterplan’ for the coastal province of Preah Sihanouk, with tourist meccas built on land given to elite families while the poor and powerless face the bulldozers

Dangerous exhaust particles ‘evading vehicle cleanup systems’

Study finds no sign of improvement in efforts to reduce smallest particles being emitted on busy London road