public transport

Personal energy use

While the government needs to act to transform our energy and transport systems for a low carbon future we can all do our bit to reduce our energy demand. Changes big and small in the way we use electricity, power our vehicles and heat our homes and businesses cumulatively have a significant impact.

Reducing our energy demand is something that we should be excited about, not scared of. It can save us money (the government estimates that increased efficiency in heating, electricity and transport could save us £12bn in reduced bills), as well as protect our planet.

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Clean transport

Transforming the way we get around is crucial if we’re going to reduce our dependency on oil. Burning oil to power our vehicles pollutes the air and creates huge amounts of the greenhouse gases which are causing climate change.


Over three-quarters of the UK's oil use is for transport.Here in the UK, over three-quarters of our oil use is for transport. Most of these are going into the cars, trucks, buses, motorbikes and trains that make up our surface transport, but the aviation and shipping industries are also using vast quantities of oil.

This has to change.

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Shipping and aviation will count in emission targets, electric cars get new funding

Posted by jossc - 27 October 2008 at 4:06pm - 3 Comments

Planes at Heathrow

Energy and climate change secretary Ed Miliband has agreed to include emissions from aviation and shipping in the new Climate Change Bill, which is due to become law next month. Having already taken the important step of upping Britain's commitment to curb its carbon footprint from 60 per cent to 80 per cent by 2050 during his first week in office, he's now accepted an ammendment to the bill proposed by rebel Labour MPs to include the carbon footprint of the aviation and shipping industries.

Article tagged as: aviation, climate change bill, co2 emissions, electric vehicles, public transport, shipping

Greenpeace response to Heathrow consultation

Publication date:  27 February, 2008

Greenpeace response to the Department for Transport's consultation "Adding capacity at Heathrow Airport"

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Over a barrel

Publication date:  5 April, 2007
This report by the Institute for European Environmental Policy studies scenarios in which practical and realistic steps are taken to curtail oil use in transport. A range of scenarios is examined on a 20-30 year timescale. The authors calculate that with simple transport efficiency measures Britain's dependence on foreign oil can be restricted from an eight-fold increase to a two-fold increase. Oil use could be reduced by developing:
  • Vehicles that are more fuel-efficient
  • The use of alternative transport fuels
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Day Seven: The Good Stuff

Posted by graham - 26 July 2006 at 8:00am - 0 Comments

Part of the Greenpeace Motor Show blog

After a sustained period of whinging, it's time to have a look at some of the good things on display at the motor show. Whilst most car journeys really ought to be by foot, cycle or public transport, there will be a place for private motor vehicles for quite a while yet, and if you look hard enough, the show has some useful ideas for how we can keep driving in a non-Kamikaze fashion.

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