This study assesses targets for charging infrastructure at the borough level up to 2035, complementing the Delivery Plan created by the Mayor of London’s Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Taskforce. Specifically, it estimates the needs for public and private charging infrastructure in each of the 32 boroughs and the City of London, …
It is well-known fact now that no-a-days mobility in our cities either big or medium, is a huge challenge due to congestion during peak hours which is mainly due to excessive use of private vehicles. There is a need to resolve the congestion issues urgently for improving mobility of the …
London: A woman from Liverpool, who was suffering from an incurable liver cancer, was saved by using a tissue from a cow’s heart to rebuild her liver. Michelle Morgan-Grainger became one of the first to benefit from surgery that used the process known as xenotransplantation — animal organ donation, the …
London Mayor Boris Johnson has called on the nation's capital to recycle this Christmas and save £3.5m in the process. Over the festive season it is estimated that London will generate an extra 29,000 tonnes of household rubbish, mainly from glass bottles, tin foil, Christmas trees and wrapping paper. This …
In 1965, health authorities in Camberwell, a bustling quarter of London's southward sprawl, began an unusual tally. They started to keep case records for every person in the area who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder or any other psychiatric condition. Decades later, when psychiatrists looked back across the …
Short-term exposure to ozone has been associated with increased daily mortality. The shape of the concentration–response relationship—and, in particular, if there is a threshold—is critical for estimating public health impacts.
During the week leading up to the Olympic Games, London experienced its worst ozone episode for six years. Fortunately fresh westerly winds began to clear London's air pollution just before the opening ceremony. On 21 July high pressure moved over the UK and air began to slowly circulate over southern …
London: A British NGO has made a unique appeal to the people: Wash clothes less often to save the planet. A government funded quango advised Britons to cut back on laundary as they believe doing so will reduce carbon emissions and save water. The Waste and Resources Action Programme says …
From smooth newts living by the Tate Modern to common frogs across London, amphibians are widespread in the capital, but snakes and other reptiles are largely confined to its outer rings, the first map of the city's amphibian and reptile populations shows. The map shows London's native amphibians - common …
A senior United Nations chief has praised the measures taken by the UK to ensure that the London Summer Olympic Games are environmentally sustainable. Achim Steiner, executive director of the UN Environment Program (UNEP), says the eco achievements of the London 2012 Games should act as an inspiration for following …
Bhopal: Bhopal gas tragedy survivors on Thursday marched with a jhadu (broom) at the opening ceremony of the ‘Bhopal Special Olympics’ organised to protest Dow Chemicals sponsorship of the London Olympics. Dow has owned Union Carbide, the firm responsible for the a gas, since 2001. Over 40 minors with physical …
Greener Upon Thames warns that the Olympics could distribute hundreds of thousands of throwaway plastic bags Green campaigners have urged visitors to London 2012 to refuse plastic carrier bags offered to them by retailers, after failing to persuade organisers to impose a complete ban during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. …
Tandridge District Council has become the first local authority to commit to a framework that aims to save council waste departments collective costs of up to £85m. Designed to make the procurement of outsourced waste contracts more efficient, it is hoped that by joint procurement the waste market's £1.7bn spending …
Five organisations of the survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster have planned to jointly organise ‘Bhopal Special Olympics’ on July 26, a day ahead of the London Olympics, in protest against the sponsorship of London Olympics by Dow Chemicals, the present owners of Union Carbide Ltd. Talking to media persons …
Physical inactivity accounts for more than 3 million deaths per year, most from non-communicable diseases in low-income and middle-income countries. We used reviews of physical activity interventions and a simulation model to examine how megatrends in information and communication technology and transportation directly and indirectly affect levels of physical activity …
Olympic runners, cyclists, swimmers and even sailors arriving in London on Monday could be taken ill or see their performances impaired by air pollution, health experts have warned. According to Keith Prowse, respiratory consultant and medical adviser to the British Lung Foundation, a summer smog like any of the five …
Activists protesting against the company's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic have targeted London and Edinburgh Greenpeace activists shut down 74 Shell petrol stations in Edinburgh and London in a protest against the company's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic that saw 24 campaigners arrested on …
The risk of flooding for many English homes and businesses could increase fourfold by 2035 if more action to deal with the impact of climate change is not taken, government advisers said on Wednesday. As severe floods continue to batter parts of Britain after the wettest June since records began, …
Unseasonably wet and windy weather led to low air pollution during June. Short periods of moderate air pollution were measured in London and Sheffield, and both Port Talbot and Grangemouth experienced pollution from industry. Fine weather from the 19th to 22nd caused a brief return to more typical June pollution …
Major cause of slowdown was drop in investment, which slumped to (-)1.9%, y-o-y during latest 3 quarters from 2010 double-digit levels India's economic troubles are mostly self-inflicted, resulting from policy paralysis and opposition to reforms - a situation that is unlikely to change before the general elections in 2014, says …
Victims and survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy staged a “die-in” protest here on Wednesday to “remind the organisers” of the Olympic Games in London that they have exactly one month to drop Dow Chemical as a sponsor of the event. Starting July 27, the victims will also organise a …
