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The top 25 most sustainable fleets

GreenBiz

Fleets are often the workhorses that toil behind the scenes: the garbage trucks that pick up your trash before dawn; the long-haul semi-trucks that move goods from the port; the bucket trucks that utilities use to fix power lines and keep your lights on; the delivery vans that drop off your packages and help you stay safe inside your homes.

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Government promises £2bn active transport blitz, as fears grow over spike in post-lockdown pollution

Business Green

The wide-ranging package promised to introduce a £250m Emergency Active Travel Fun to support the development of pop-up bike lanes, wider pavements, and cycle and bus-only corridors. It also unveiled plans to fast track trials for e-scooters rental schemes, in a bid to make it easier for urban commuters to get to work.

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Future of travel: Government seeks views on rural role for green transport innovation

Business Green

The latter solutions provide low-carbon alternatives to transport by car that could cut down on delivery times and air pollution, it explained. The government, which kicked off year-long trials of rental e-scooters this summer, confirmed it would "continue to engage with stakeholders on regulatory proposals" for the zero emission vehicles.

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A wave of electric workhorses is coming

GreenBiz

Vehicles such as the big rigs that carry goods across state lines, vans that drop off packages at your front door, garbage trucks that pick up our waste or the forklifts that move pallets across the floor in warehouses. Scooter company Spin announced this week that it's electrifying the vans that pick up and charge its scooter networks. .

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The Blue Economy: Importance of Ocean Conservation

Green Tech Challenge

The sustainability of this growth is however compromised by overfishing and rising ocean pollution. Pollution from litter, sunscreen chemicals, and boats making day trips to the island in large numbers (200 boats and 5000 tourists per day) had gradually damaged 80% of the island’s ecological system.

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Guarding against 'greenwash': Inside the fight against misleading corporate green claims

Business Green

In recent years obviously false or egregiously overstated environmental claims have become a relatively rare occurrence, as companies and their advertising agencies have responded to the reputational damage that results from trying to rebrand demonstrably polluting activities as environmentally-friendly.

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Grab these eco-friendly gifts for kids before they’re gone

AGreenLiving

Micro Kickboard Your gift recipient will only know the scooter is a lot of fun. But plastic, chemicals and excessive packaging can contribute to environmental waste and pollution. You’ll know it was made from recycled plastic pulled from the ocean. There are two models of the Micro kickboard.