T&E Director Jos Dings writes in today's Financial Times:

European Union officials must be getting used to the familiar refrain they hear every time an industry sector is asked to cut carbon emissions. But when the latest industry to claim it will be “destroyed” by a flagship European climate policy also happens to be one of the richest and most influential, its arguments warrant a closer look.

Apr 25, 2008 | Climate Change & Energy | Fuels

MEPs have called for car makers to be set long-term targets for CO2 emissions now and not in a later round of consultations.

Apr 16, 2008 | Climate Change & Energy | Cars | T&E Bulletin

A new era of wind-powered cargo ships could be about to begin, following an apparently successful trial of a German ship sailing from Bremen to Venezuela.

Apr 16, 2008 | Climate Change & Energy | Shipping | T&E Bulletin

MEPs have called on EU governments to resurrect a proposal to link passenger car taxes to carbon dioxide emissions.

Apr 16, 2008 | Cars | Climate Change & Energy | T&E Bulletin | Pricing & Taxation

Jacques Barrot has told the USA that the EU could restrict the right of American airlines to fly to Europe if the US does not pay for the carbon dioxide emissions they cause.

Apr 16, 2008 | Aviation | T&E Bulletin | Climate Change & Energy

Europe’s 30 trans-European network transport priority projects will overrun in cost by at least €40 billion, according to a new report by the financial services firm PriceWaterhouse Coopers. The overspend leaves four countries facing heavy bills.

Apr 16, 2008 | Infrastructure | T&E Bulletin

Signs that the EU is doubting its 10% target for biofuels in transport emerged at last month’s European summit in Brussels.

Apr 16, 2008 | Fuels | T&E Bulletin

EU rules introduced five years ago to limit noise at airports have had very little effect, according to a Commission report.

Mar 12, 2008 | Aviation | Climate Change & Energy | Noise | T&E Bulletin

A new report suggests shipping’s contribution to global warming may have been underestimated, while a coalition of environmental NGOs has said cleaning up shipping’s pollutant emissions would save ‘tens of thousands of premature deaths’.

Mar 12, 2008 | Air Pollution | Climate Change & Energy | Shipping | T&E Bulletin

More evidence has emerged about the damage traffic noise can do to people’s health.

Mar 12, 2008 | Aviation | Cars | Noise | Railways | T&E Bulletin

EU environment ministers will have a major say on the sustainability criteria that will accompany the future of European transport fuels, following a decision by representatives of the 27 governments.

Mar 12, 2008 | Climate Change & Energy | Fuels | T&E Bulletin

The European Environment Agency has attacked the transport sector for causing the EU to miss its Kyoto greenhouse gas reduction target. And its leading official has called for much stricter carbon dioxide targets for new cars than the EU is currently discussing.

Mar 10, 2008 | T&E Bulletin | Climate Change & Energy | Cars | General Transport

T&E welcomes the broadly positive response of Environment Ministers to legally binding new car CO2 targets proposed by the European Commission in December, but urges all member states to back longer term targets, robust penalties and footprint not weight-based standards.

Mar 03, 2008 | Cars | Climate Change & Energy | Press Releases

Environmental groups BirdLife International, EEB, Friends of the Earth and Transport and Environment, welcome UK transport secretary Ruth Kelly's announcement that the UK will initiate a wide ranging review of biofuel production.

Feb 21, 2008 | Climate Change & Energy | Fuels | Press Releases

The idea of making road transport pay true prices has moved a step closer. The Commission has announced it will propose a revision of the Eurovignette directive in June that will include internalising external costs.

Feb 06, 2008 | Pricing & Taxation | Lorries & Road Freight | T&E Bulletin

The EU strategy for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transport fuels is in disarray today following the European Commission's proposal to massively increase biofuel use, according to environmental groups BirdLife International and Transport and Environment (T&E). Whereas both organisations strongly support the Commission’s proposal of a 20% target for renewable energy by 2020, they argue that the 10% biofuels target is a dangerous dead end.

Jan 29, 2008 | Fuels | Press Releases

The EU’s mandatory biofuel target must be suspended unless substantial environmental and social safeguards are put in place, say 17 NGOs in a joint letter to the European Commission.

Jan 11, 2008 | Fuels | Press Releases

Just days after the UN climate conference in Bali agreed the need for deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, environment ministers have said the aviation industry can pollute around 90% more than in 1990 when it joins the EU emissions trading scheme. Other sectors on average are already reducing emissions in line with the Kyoto target of -8% based on 1990 levels, with further cuts to be agreed.

Dec 31, 2007 | Aviation | Press Releases | Climate Change & Energy

Europe's proposed CO2 emissions standards for new cars are a pat on the back for SUV makers and a setback for Europe's low carbon future according to T&E.

Dec 31, 2007 | Cars | Press Releases | Climate Change & Energy

The European Parliament has challenged the Commission not to weaken the terms on which aviation enters the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme in a vote that calls for the existing proposals to be made stricter.

Dec 13, 2007 | Aviation | Climate Change & Energy