Ban on new petrol and diesel cars in UK could come as early as 2030.
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Ban on new petrol and diesel cars in UK from 2030
The PM confirms he is bringing the ban forward as he sets out his “green industrial revolution”.
Would UK be ready for a new petrol car ban in 2030?
The BBC understands the government is set to announce it will bring 2040’s ban forward by a decade.
Small steps taken to make shipping greener
Delegates agree on guidelines to align the industry with the Paris climate change treaty.
Dragon capsule docks with space station
The four astronauts who left Earth on Monday have arrived at the 410-km orbiting outpost.
World’s last-known white giraffe fitted with GPS
Rangers are tracking the giraffe in north-east Kenya, after poachers killed his family members.
Inverted cables doom European Vega rocket
Improperly installed wiring caused the rocket, with its satellite payloads, to veer off course.
Launching the search for the Gretas of the future
Can young people help solve the biggest problems facing the planet, given support and opportunity?
Our Planet Now
How big are Biden’s climate change ambitions?
Rolls-Royce plans 16 mini-nuclear plants for UK
UK to ban illegally logged rainforest products
Inside the destruction of Asia’s last rainforests
Back from the dead: Race to save prehistoric fish
Space
New Sentinels to check the pulse of Earth
Nasa’s new ‘megarocket’ set for critical tests
Nasa’s giant SLS rocket: a guide
Rock mining with microbes may aid space explorers
Europe moves ahead with Ariel exoplanet mission
Features
‘Rogue orcas’ causing havoc in the Atlantic
Will there be more than one coronavirus vaccine?
Newly discovered primate ‘already facing extinction’
What’s the science behind mink and coronavirus?
How one woman’s ‘immortal’ cells changed the world
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