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Rush deliveries use more energy
According to the Daily Green those that try and get their packages from online retailers in a hurry are most likely to consume the most energy. They recommend that you opt for slower delivery times, inconvenient yes, planet saving yes. Watch online as express delivery from some carriers may indeed include airmail.
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Easier, cheaper, greener pot hole repairs
Thanks to Nu-phalt of Rosyth, the road repair industry looks set to be made greener. Not only does their system reduce the amount of materials, energy and labour for road repairs, it means less inconvenience for road users as these repairs are more resilient.
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Biofuel - doing it yourself-Updated
You can make up to 2500 litres of biofuel from things like cooking oil and not have to pay the government any duty. Mind you, you have to do it yourself with one set of equipment, no sharing and no helping others.
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Cycle Parking Fund open for applications
Sustrans has announced the launch of a Cycle Parking Fund, which is now open for applications. The fund aims to encourage and enable more people to travel actively to health and higher/further educational establishments across Scotland.
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Travelling Green
The Travelling Green project is designed to encourage children, young people and their parents to feel more confident about walking to and from school, and so increase their levels of habitual physical activity.
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Vital community transport
The Accessible Transport Forum in Dumfries and Galloway supports a number of community transport providers across the South West of Scotland. These groups provide a vital service in this largely rural area and have produced a promo video to explain their service.
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Edinburgh Tram vital to city's sustainability?
There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the Scottish Government's decision to invest £600 million in the Edinburgh tramline but just how sustainable will it be?
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On your bike!-updated
Your Granddad has probably told you he used to walk 6 miles to school every day and that children these days are tremendously lazy. But they're not when it comes to cycling, apparently.
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Railway stations: Community Assets? updated
It is branded Scotland's Railway yet our stations have little or no activity happening at them despite the best efforts of intrepid community groups and local entrepreneurs.Take our survey
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Sustainable transport in Scotland
SDC Scotland have announced that they will be undertaking research into the policy drivers behind sustainable transport in Scotland, picking up on the apparent inconsistency between proposals for new roads and airport expansion and the aims to reduce energy demand to tackle climate change.
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Pee before you fly
A Japanese airline company has come up with an unusual way to reduce their CO2 emissions. During October, all passengers travelling with All Nippon Airlines will be asked to use the loo before boarding their flight.
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Electric car batteries
Samsung LDI and Bosch have unveiled plans for large-scale manufacturing of lithium-ion car batteries by 2011, with the aim of supplying 30% of the global electric car battery market. The two companies will invest over $400 million in a new manufacturing plant in South Korea.
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Battery powered cars
Interesting article in The Economist on 5 September 2009 talking about disruptive technologies, and asking if that is where we are with cars and battery power. A good summary of the current situation, and a look ahead to what personal transport could be like in the nearer medium term.
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Zero emissions car
Whilst it is unlikely that Jeremy Clarkson or anyone else on Top Gear is going to get excited about it, Nissan will be launching the first affordable zero emissions car in 2010.
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Low carbon vehicles
The Scottish Government has published a consultation to inform the development of policy and a way forward for the introduction and promotion of Low Carbon Vehicle and alternative fuels.
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Top Four Tips for Eco-Driving
Apply these eco-driving tips and encounter an overall fuel saving of around 15% - helps your pocket, helps combat climate change too..
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Network Rail Announces High Speed Rail Link
Network Rail recently announced plans to introduce a high speed rail link running from London to Scotland that could see travelling times cut to just over two hours.
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Active Sustainable Travel seminar
The Glasgow Centre for Population Health will be running a seminar on Active Sustainable Travel on 8 October, which will report the findings of recent research commissioned by the centre.
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Hail a Green Cab
Alistair Dalton reports on the first hybrid engine taxis in Scotland in the Scotsman, 29 July 2009.
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Low carbon infrastructure
Cenex, the UK's first Centre of Excellence for low carbon and fuel cell technologies, has announced that it is currently seeking expressions of interest from private and public sector organisations seeking to apply to their Infrastructure Grants Programme.
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Scotland aims to cut car use as £15m greener travel scheme gets underway
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series of innovative projects aimed at encouraging people in Scotland
to cut their car use in favour of more active and sustainable forms of
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Strathclyde Electric Car Trials
Congratulations to Strathclyde University, who are involved in two projects being supported by the UK Government's £25 million programme to run trials of electric vehicles that will help to reduce our carbon footprint. Expect to see electric cars on the streets of Glasgow soon.
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World's First Clean Emissions Motorcycle Race
Last week at the Isle of Man TT races, the world's first clean emissions motorcycle race, the TTXGP, was held.
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Travel Line Scotland Widget
Why don't you get a cool widget added to your community webspace and encourage people to use public transport?
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Regenerating the rail network
Good news in the North East with the reopening of Laurencekirk station after 40years and a £3.5million refurb.
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Aviation and Climate Change
Going on holiday and leaving by plane is the bug bear of many a deep green. It's never as straight forward as people make out so check out a new book looking at the issue in depth.
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Carbon Neutral DHL
In an effort to support global initiatives that seek to reduce the impact of business on the environment, DHL Express sent its first carbon neutral express shipments from Africa.
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Great news for Green Bikers
For bikers with a green conscience out there is a new kid on the block..the Zero S , an electric two wheeler that does 60miles on a charge with charge costs of about 1p per mile.
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Reduce your footprint. Share a journey
Are you concerned about your carbon footprint from travel? Liftshare.com might be a solution.
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Anger at Heathrow expanison
In this time of recession the government marches on with controversial plans to extend Heathrow to add a third runway. The supporters of this plan argue that the new runway will create new jobs in construction and at the airport itself, and believe the increase in tourist revenue will offset the inevitable environmental problems leading from in the increase in air traffic.
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Scrap a Banger
I read this article in last week's Sunday Mail, interesting if your car is like mine OLD. The Government is considering a scheme to spend more than £200 million
persuading us to trade in our old bangers and buy new cars.
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Travel more sustainably-UK-Europe
Voted the best travel website in the UK, help is at hand for more sustainable european travel.
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Attitudes to Air Travel on the Change
There are high levels of public concern about the environmental impact of air travel, and a growing agreement that the cost of flying should reflect environmental damage even if this means fares rise sharply as a result. This summarises ‘Pay more, fly less? Changing attitudes to air travel’ by Sarah Butt and Andrew Shaw, in British Social Attitudes: the 25th Report, published by SAGE for NatCen.
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Station adopters recognised
A dozen hard working individuals and local groups were recognised at a lunch in Glasgow this week by First Group.
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Another reason to reduce polution levels
If we needed further reasons to be more careful with what we throw into the atmosphere, research published today (23 January 2009) counts the costs of ground level ozone on agricultural production and predicts worldwide crop yields out to 2030.
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The real cost of transport
The first report of the Transform Scotland Trust investigates the economic dimension of sustainable transport options.
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Homecoming a year of added carbon
The much publicised year of homecoming is potentially a great climate change disaster and one which I am sure Robert Burns would not approve of.
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Reverse vending and public transport
An interesting concept that aims to link recycling of drinks cans and bottles to supporting public transport.
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Another bad day for climate change
Just published is the grand plan for transport improvements from Transport Scotland . Plenty of road building projects to depress the greenest of policy observers. Some welcome improvement to rail services in hard pressed areas.
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Communities and Transport

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Energy Savings Trust - travel for business
The Energy Savings Trust provides free travel plans for businesses and other organisations, it can review fleet plans to ensure the greenest options are considered that maximise profitability.
New Online Travel Calculator To Encourage Kids To Walk To School
To support International Walk to School Month, a new interactive online Travel Buster tool has been launched today - a colourful cartoon calculator aimed at showing 7 - 11 year olds that walking, or cycling, to school is healthier for them and their local environment.
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Forth and Clyde Canal: More Than Boats

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Scottish Engine Design Reaches Award Finals

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Angus Demand Responsive Transport
This project provides greater access for rural residents throughout the Glens of Angus to employment, training, education, health and leisure through a demand responsive transport system.
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Dumfries and Galloway Accessible Transport Forum
The Dumfries and Galloway Accessible Transport Forum is a website that encourages groups to establish community-driven transport initiatives, ranging from community minibus, car sharing, dial-a-ride, social car schemes, to 'walking buses' and cycle projects.
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