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BBC News By Roger Harrabin image copyrightReuters Carry on flying, the government has told the British public, in its plan to reduce transport emissions to virtually zero by 2050. Ministers say new technology will allow domestic flights to be emissions-free by 2040, and international aviation to be zero carbon by mid century. The policy has been ridiculed by environmentalists who say the government is putting far too much faith in innovation. They say demand for flying and driving must be curbed if the UK is to meet its ambitious climate targets. The aviation proposal is contained in the gove...

But those unconvinced by making the switch to electric cars are still a bigger proportion, with a over a third, saying they were unlikely to buy one in the near future.

Unlike any other charging station in the UK, the new Oxford hub will draw all 10 megawatts of power from the National Grid. This will make it the most powerful EV charging site in Europe when it opens this year.

Electric car owners are subjected to a “postcode lottery” for access to charge points, a green group has claimed. The east and south west of England suffer a “charging desert” while other areas have “ample infrastructure”, Transport & Environment said. Its analysis found that the worst performing local authority areas have less than 5% of the public chargers they are expected to need to meet demand by 2025. The research found that the current rate of around 800 new chargers being installed every month in the UK will need to almost double from 2025 as the number of electric cars gr...

news Growing doubts over 'chip fat' biofuel © Getty Images New research questions the environmental impact of rising imports of used cooking oil (UCO) into the UK and Europe. Chip fat and other oils are considered waste, so when they are used to make biodiesel it saves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil. But such is the demand across Europe that imports now account for more than half of the UCO that's made into fuel. According to the study, there's no way to prove these imports are sustainable. With no testing of what's coming in, experts believe it is also ripe for fraud.