T&E

Background Briefing on the European Commission proposal on the Greening Transport Package

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:19:34 CET

T&E background briefing on the Commission Proposal to revise the Eurovignette Directive. Updated August 2008.

Air Pollution from Ships

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:32:09 CET

Emissions from shipping contribute significantly to the concentrations and fallout of harmful air pollutants in Europe. This report examines the latest research on the impacts of shipping pollution and what political and technical changes need to take place in order to reduce the environmental impact of the sector.

T&E Reaction to the adoption of the 'Greener Transport Package' by the European Commission

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:10:00 CET

The European Commission adopted today a package entitled "Towards Greener Transport" which included a long-awaited strategy to allow transport to pay for the costs that they cause to environment and society. The package includes a legislative Proposal to revise the Eurovignette Directive that aims to remove a legal obstacle which prohibits trucks being charged for the costs that they cause in terms of congestion and pollution.

Euro VI standards should be stricter and sooner, says MEP

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:14:00 CET

The MEP responsible for coordinating responses to the Commission�s Euro VI emissions standards for heavy vehicles says the standards should be stricter and come into force 18 months earlier than Brussels envisages.

Green capitals

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:04:00 CET

The European Commission has launched a search for Europe�s greenest capitals.

German limit

Wed, 14 May 2008 16:53:00 CET

Germany�s city-state of Bremen announced last month that its 60 kilometres of motorway will have a blanket 120 km/h speed limit.

Drive Time Permits

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:05:00 CET

An Irish academic has suggested that the way to solve congestion problems is to give drivers a set amount of driving time per year.

Breakthrough on shipping fuels as IMO working group recommends sulphur cap

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:52:00 CET

Significant progress has been made in the fight to reduce air pollution caused by ships, as the International Maritime Organisation looks set to impose caps on sulphur in shipping fuels later this year.

Bad air quality

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:04:00 CET

Air quality is getting worse in the EU, according to a report into concentrations of particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide and ozone, and local traffic is largely to blame. The report by the European Topic Centre on Air and Climate Change said legal limits were exceeded in a �considerably higher� number of measured zones in 2005 than in 2001. PM was exceeded in 44% of the zones examined.

Is shipping�s climate contribution underestimated?

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:45:00 CET

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�.