European governments should hold off for now on signing up to a UN carbon offsetting scheme for aviation, according to an official EU proposal circulated last week – a copy of which was published by Politico. If…
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MEPs to vote on deeper truck CO2 cuts sought by green groups, business and transport sector
MEPs will have the opportunity to ramp up the ambition of the EU’s first ever truck CO2 standards this week – a move sought by environmental groups and businesses alike. Tomorrow (14 November) the European Parli…
London mayor says Commission acting too slow on truck fatalities
Pressure on the European Commission to speed up the introduction of safer trucks has come from the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. In a letter to the industry commissioner Elzbieta Bieńkowska, Khan says the Commiss…
Number of charging points isn’t the problem
Which comes first: the electric vehicles or the charging points? This is the central question addressed in a new report by T&E about public infrastructure for charging up e-vehicles, which adds weight to ear…
EU urged to stand firm on aircraft emissions
NGOs working on aviation’s climate impact have called on the European Commission to reject industry demands to hastily sign up to the controversial ‘Corsia’ carbon offsetting scheme for international aviation. T…
Parliament sends clear signal to ministers: more ambition needed to cut car CO2
MEPs have sent a strong signal to EU environment ministers about the car CO2 cuts and low-emission vehicle sales needed if Europe’s industry is to catch up in the electric revolution and secure jobs here. The Eu…
EU air quality rules are failing, says Court of Auditors
The EU’s air quality laws are failing. That is the conclusion of two reports, one by the EU’s Court of Auditors into ambient air quality standards and monitoring, the other by T&E that shows the number of po…
Truckmakers push to use accounting tricks to meet CO2 targets
German and European truck lobby groups are piling the pressure on lawmakers to weaken emission reduction targets so they can keep selling even dirtier diesel lorries for another decade – while selling as few ele…
T&E hiring emissions testing expert
T&E is about to undertake an ambitious new programme of vehicle emissions testing. We are looking for a motivated professional with experience in emissions testing to manage this programme and contribute to …
Will Hungary have to pay back EU funds from metro expansion?
The European Commission has told Hungary that it may have to pay back money given from EU funds for the expansion of the Budapest metro network because a condition of the grant – the introduction of a congestion…