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Motorsport goes green

Christchurch is hosting New Zealand’s first electric motorsport event. Amy Robin reports.

Carpooling for climate change

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By carpooling just twice a week, 1,600 pounds of greenhouse gases can be kept out of the air each year.carpooling is easy with the Let's carpool website. Register at www.letscarpool.govt.nz. Find a carpool match & ...

Batteries safe enough to eat

New technology makes safe batteries to solve the problem of storing renewable energy.

Can cement fight climate change?

Did you know the cement-making industry releases more CO2 every year than all of the world’s aircraft?

London goes electric to cut smog

Up to 3000 electric cars are set to help London clean up its dirty air, as a new car-sharing scheme comes to the British capital.

Refuel while you drive

Ford is set to release a car with rooftop solar panels that charges as you drive.

Concrete that heals

Dutch scientist Henk Jonkers has made waves in the construction industry by inventing a concrete that heals itself

Cool cycling 2

Okay, so we know that riding bikes is better for the environment – and we also know that one of the things that stops people doing it is the hassle of hills, and the sweat ...