What we learned this week

The Science Based Targets Initiatitive verifies climate targets to see if they are in line with what actually needs to happen to reduce emissions. This week they verified Aldi’s climate targets, making them one of very few retailers to have acheived the standard.

I mentioned this week that most electric car owners charge them at home, which is much harder if you don’t have a driveway. So it’s good to see the results of a study by UK Power Networks into charging from lamp posts. They’ve concluded that it’s more feasible than they thought and we should do a lot more of it.

Exciting news yesterday that the UK’s last coal power station will close next week, earlier than planned. It will end the burning of coal for electricity in Britain, hopefully never to return.

As the Conservatives elects a new leader, the Conservative Environment Network has published a manifesto to remind the party that it has a legacy on the environment that should be celebrated and built upon. In fact, they go so far as to argue that “the environment is the quintessential conservative cause” and they should not be afraid to reclaim that ground.

Have you got a favourite bus stop? The Campaign for Sustainable Transport would like to hear about it, for a forthcoming campaign to improve the state of bus stops across the country.

If there was ever a week not to start a construction project, it was this one. Luton had a month’s worth of rain in one day and then kep going all week. But lack of progress there did mean a bit more writing time, so two posts this week and some banked for next week too.

This week’s articles

• Cheaper, Faster, Better, by Tom Steyer
• What petrol and diesel drivers don’t know about EVs