What we learned this week

Lidl have announced that you can hire a Christmas jumper from them instead of buying one, saving on waste from what has apparently become a disposable fashion item. Green action or PR stunt?

I wrote recently about why e-bikes are more important than EVs for sustainable transport. Here’s another piece of research on e-bikes that highlights this same point.

The government won’t do it, but Oxford has unilaterally decided that no new homes will be built in the city with gas boilers.

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