http://www.transportenvironment.org/ T&E en-gb http://www.transportenvironment.org/images/logo.jpg http://www.transportenvironment.org/ admin@transportenvironment.org http://www.transportenvironment.org/News/2008/3/Bad-air-quality/ 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. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:04:00 CET http://www.transportenvironment.org/News/2008/3/Is-shippings-climate-contribution-underestimated/ 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’. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:45:00 CET http://www.transportenvironment.org/News/2008/2/Lifetime-costs/ The Commission’s long-awaited draft legislation on the rules for public authorities to buy road vehicles came out in December, and as expected they will require all authorities in the EU to consider the lifetime cost of pollution emissions and fuel consumption. The principle of bodies such as public transport authorities paying more for vehicles that are environmentally better than cheaper options has been accepted for some time, but the new legislation proposes a harmonised EU methodology for calculating the lifecycle costs of fuel, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons and particulate matter. One study predicts the proposed law could save up to 1.9 million tonnes of CO2 a year by 2017. Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:32:00 CET http://www.transportenvironment.org/News/2008/2/Low-emissions-zones/ London, which introduced a congestion charge in 2003, was due to begin charging a pollution fee on lorries, buses and coaches entering a ‘low emissions zone’ earlier this month. Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:03:00 CET http://www.transportenvironment.org/News/2008/2/Eco-Pass-begins-as-Milan-fights-city-pollution/ Milan has become the latest European metropolis to introduce a city charge to reduce pollution and congestion levels, as the idea of ‘low emissions zones’ gains in popularity. Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:56:00 CET http://www.transportenvironment.org/News/2008/2/Baltic-NOx/ Countries bordering the Baltic Sea have called for tighter international regulations to prevent a predicted sharp increase in emissions of nitrogen oxides from ships in the Baltic. In a letter to the International Maritime Organisation, the Helsinki Commission, which groups countries with a Baltic coastline, said the IMO must be strict when it approves new emission limits for NOx and sulphur oxides in March. Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:53:00 CET http://www.transportenvironment.org/News/2008/2/New-Euro-6-limits/ The next round of pollution emissions limits for lorries and buses has been proposed by the Commission, and they will change from being a directive to a regulation. Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:50:00 CET http://www.transportenvironment.org/News/2008/2/Cleaner-ship-fuel-could-save-tens-of-thousands-of-lives/ As the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the London-based United Nations body that regulates shipping across the world, began meetings this week to review and potentially tighten air pollution standards for the world’s shipping fleet, continuing scientific research has found that the use of cleaner marine fuel could prevent tens of thousands of premature deaths from shipping air pollution each year. Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:00:00 CET http://www.transportenvironment.org/News/2007/11/Europe-close-to-going-alone-on-shipping-emissions/ Unilateral EU action on harmful emissions from shipping could be just months away, after a senior Commission official gave a strong hint at a seminar organised by T&E. Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:00:00 CET http://www.transportenvironment.org/News/2007/9/Ship-Pilot/ Germany’s Environment Protection Agency has published a study on reducing shipping emissions in the Baltic Sea. Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:00:00 CET