The Historic and Classic Vehicles Alliance (HCVA) has been launched today
The mission is to protect and promote the sector and secure its long-term future
Some 100k British jobs are tied up in the industry that generates £18bn a year
Business leaders, motor industry experts and politicians, including a former Tory transport minister, have united to urge the Prime Minister to protect the sector
By Ian Quinn2021-02-18T00:01:00+00:00
A group of cross-party MPs has called on ministers to adopt a variable deposit for the rollout of a deposit return scheme, warning otherwise the UK could be swamped by a new wave of plastic pollution from larger bottles.
An early day motion has been signed by 19 MPs, calling on the government to introduce a DRS model that mirrors those used by Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
Conservative Tracey Crouch MP, former environment secretary Hilary Benn MP, and former Green Party leader Caroline Lucas MP all signed the motion.
Critics warn that plans for a fixed deposit of 20p would cause consumers to switch to bigger bottles rather than reduce plastic consumption. The 20p figure has been proposed in Scotland, where DRS is due to launch in April 2023. Its scheme has been seen as a likely model for a UK rollout the following year.
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Renewables overtook fossil fuels as the European Union’s main source of electricity for the first time in 2020 as new projects came online and coal power shrank, a report shows.
Renewable sources such as wind and solar generated 38 percent of the 27-member bloc’s electricity in 2020, with fossil fuels such as coal and gas contributing 37 percent, the report published on Monday by think-tanks Ember and Agora Energiewende showed.
Denmark achieved the highest proportion of wind and solar power, which contributed 61 percent of its electricity needs in 2020. Ireland achieved 35 percent and Germany 33 percent.
Countries with the lowest share of renewables, below 5 percent, were Slovakia and the Czech Republic, the data showed.