14 January 2022 - BusinessLive
Transport chiefs behind the new HS2 high-speed rail project say the trains running on the service will be net zero carbon from the first day of operation.
This commitment would play a key part, HS2 said today, in the company making the entire project net zero from 2035, with targets of diesel-free construction sites and major reductions in carbon emissions from the steel and concrete used to build the railway.
Major new targets include aiming for diesel-free construction sites by 2029, with the first one expected in 2022.
Carbon emissions from steel and concrete will be reduced by 50 per cent by 2030 compared with 2021 levels, it says, with HS2 planning to collaborate with research organisations to accelerate innovation in low-carbon technologies such as alternative fuels and renewable energy.
Chief executive Mark Thurston added: "HS2 is completely committed to reducing our carbon emissions as we design, build and operate the new railway.
"We've ensured that tackling climate change is an essential feature of all areas of our work - in design, in early works, and throughout major construction, allowing the project to build towards net zero from 2035."
SELF: Net zero means yet more fff are used in machines to sequester the CO2. Net zero is a Boris Johnson deception. Not even fine talk but certainly no action apart from carry on regardless with business as usual.
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