Olivia Rudgard

6 days ago | thestar.com.my | Olivia Rudgard

CITIES around the world trying to limit driving have faced objections – namely that the measures would limit personal freedom, cost too much, destroy commerce or have negligible effects on air quality. Now the first data from these experiments in New York, London and Paris has trickled in.

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Olivia Rudgard

The Shard skyscraper, London bridge and River Thames looking south from the city financial district in London. (Bloomberg) -- Electric car drivers will have to pay London’s congestion charge for the first time next year but at a discounted rate, city authorities said. The full fee, which drivers pay to enter the center of the city, will rise from £15 ($20) to £18 a day, under proposals released by Transport for London, which manages the city’s road charging program.

1 month ago | bloomberglinea.com.br | Laura Millan |Olivia Rudgard

Bloomberg — Quando a eletricidade caiu repentinamente na Espanha na última segunda-feira (28), Irene Casas e seu marido Luis Morate, que moram em um prédio em um subúrbio de Madri, ficaram sem energia junto com todo mundo. Isso apesar do fato de que eles, juntamente com seus vizinhos, possuem uma fonte de eletricidade: 200 painéis solares no telhado instalados no final de 2023. Os painéis não os ajudaram a superar o apagão porque estão conectados diretamente à rede.

1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Laura Millan |Olivia Rudgard

Candle lit windows in residential buildings during a power outage in Ourense, Spain, on Monday, April 28. (Bloomberg) -- When the electricity suddenly went out in Spain on Monday, Irene Casas and her husband Luis Morate, who live in an apartment building in a Madrid suburb, lost power along with everyone else. That’s despite the fact that they, along with their neighbors, own a source of electricity: 200 rooftop solar panels installed at the end of 2023.

1 month ago | insurancejournal.com | Olivia Rudgard

The UK should spare flood defense programs from budget cuts to be announced in June, as the country is already woefully unprepared for worsening disasters linked to climate change, a government adviser has said. “We are seriously concerned that resilience and climate adaptation may be cut in the spending review,” said Julia King, chair of the Climate Change Committee’s adaptation group.