In a letter to the European Commission, T&E and Hydrogen Europe call for quick fixes to the draft FuelEU Maritime proposal before publication.
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Timmermans says vehicle CO2 targets more effective than road transport in ETS
The EU’s climate chief supports more ambitious vehicle CO2 standards to clean up road transport. Speaking just one week before the Commission was due to publish its new 2030 climate strategy, Commission vice-pre…
Carmakers set to produce enough EVs to meet CO2 targets, but UK may fall behind after Brexit
Car manufacturers will produce more than enough electric vehicles to comply with their CO2 reduction targets if they stick to their plans, new analysis shows. The production of electric cars and vans in Europe i…
Billions could be saved if governments embrace ‘smart charging’
The switch to electric vehicles could save EU member states billions of euros, but only if governments make space for ‘smart charging’ and Europe embraces the potential of recycling. These are the conclusions of…
Public takes flying’s impact into its own hands
Tackling environmental problems is generally thought to involve politicians introducing regulations and imposing measures that encourage or nudge behaviour in desired directions. But, following decades of govern…
Carmakers are recalling dirty diesels in Germany, but Europe will have to wait two more years – EU data
While carmakers have recalled on average between 70% and 99% of highly-polluting diesel vehicles in Germany, progress has been much, much slower elsewhere in Europe, official data shows. More than three years af…
How citizen science is helping combat air pollution
The 1.2 million people living in Brussels have very little idea what’s in the air they breath every day. Let’s take PM2.5 for example. Monitoring stations watching this pollutant can be counted on the fingers of…
Official petition launched to end ‘kerosene tax haven’
A European Citizens’ Initiative has been launched that calls for European governments to end aviation’s fuel tax exemption. The petition followed the leak of a report for the European Commission showing that tax…
Airlines are biggest carbon emitters in four European countries
Airlines were the biggest carbon emitters in four European countries last year and were among the top 10 emitters in another 12, the latest analysis of EU emissions data shows. The data shows that airlines are i…
Petition: No palm oil in my tank!
Palm oil expansion is increasing deforestation, ravaging some of the planet’s remaining rainforests and our most precious wildlife.But we can change this! Click here to sign the petition.
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