Chris Harto, CR’s senior transportation policy analyst, says: “Electric vehicle owners don’t need a coupon to get half-off typical maintenance and repair costs from their dealer, it comes standard! These savings are going a long way to offset the upfront costs for consumers.”
Consumer Reports confirms electric car owners spend half as much on maintenance Read more
The city of Seattle has passed a new wage scale for Uber and Lyft drivers, including a $16.39 minimum wage, to ensure their wages match those of other minimum wage workers in the city.
Seattle protects Uber and Lyft drivers with new gig economy wages Read more
The Louisville Metro Council passed the ordinance in mid-September. The ordinance passed committee unanimously the week prior and passed Metro Council 24 to 1. The lone “no” vote was Councilman Stuart Benson, who said he didn’t think the matter was in the council’s lane.
Louisville, Kentucky mayor signs ban on harmful gay ‘conversion therapy’ Read more
The university will divest from conventional energy by the end of the year, build “significant investments” in renewable energy by 2025, divest from remaining fossil fuels by 2035, and become net-zero across its portfolio by 2038.
University of Cambridge drops its $4.5 billion endowments from fossil fuels Read more
The declaration was initially signed by the mayors of Berlin, Bristol, Cape Town, Durban, London, Los Angeles, Milan, New Orleans, New York City, Oslo, Pittsburgh, and Vancouver. Together the cities represent more than 36 million residents.
Mayors from 12 major cities commit to divesting from fossil fuels Read more
A new study out of University College London found that only 7.1 percent of YA authors in the UK were people of color in 2017. That figure jumped to 13.25 percent in 2018 and has risen even further to a more promising 19.6 percent as of 2019.
Number of young black authors doubles to nearly 20% in U.K. Read more
Electricity from coal power plants has declined from 26.9% of US electricity generation in the first 7 months of 2018 to 17.7% in the first 7 months of 2020. That’s down from 33% in 2015, 39% in 2014, 45% in 2010, and 50% in 2005.
Coal dropped from 27% of U.S. electricity to 18% in two years Read more
By signing, Bogotá and Rio de Janeiro commit to implementing ambitious new policies and regulations to address the top sources of air pollution within their city by 2025.
The mayors of Bogotá and Rio de Janeiro sign the Clean Air Cities Declaration. Read more
Researchers found that those who eat meat without any restrictions, are for the first time a minority in Germany.
Meat-loving Germany is quickly becoming vegetarian Read more
The super enzyme could have major benefits for recycling PET, which is the most common thermoplastic used in single-use drinks bottles and clothing. PET takes hundreds of years to degrade in the environment.
Scientists create a ‘super enzyme’ that breaks down plastic six times faster Read more
