Air Pollution

News: 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.

February 6, 2008 | Euro Standards | Air Pollution | T&E Bulletin | Lorries & Road Freight

News: ‘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.

February 6, 2008 | Euro Standards | Air Pollution | T&E Bulletin | Cars

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.

February 6, 2008 | Air Pollution | Shipping | T&E Bulletin

News: 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.

February 6, 2008 | Air Pollution | Lorries & Road Freight | T&E Bulletin

News: Cleaner ship fuel could save 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.

February 4, 2008 | Shipping | Press Releases | Fuels | Air Pollution

News: 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.

November 12, 2007 | Shipping | T&E Bulletin | Air Pollution | Climate Change & Energy

News: Ship Pilot

Germany’s Environment Protection Agency has published a study on reducing shipping emissions in the Baltic Sea.

September 19, 2007 | Shipping | T&E Bulletin | Air Pollution

News: 17/10/07 - How to Make the Sea Green: Seminar on Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Maritime Transport

On 17 October 2007 the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union, the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA), the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) and the European Federation for Transport and Environment (T&E) organised a seminar in Brussels to discuss air pollution and emissions of greenhouse gases from maritime transport.

September 14, 2007 | Shipping | Events | Air Pollution | Climate Change & Energy

News: T&E calls for EU action after latest IMO failure to tackle ships

T&E has called on the Commission to start EU action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants from ships following the latest failure of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to take concrete action.

July 26, 2007 | Shipping | T&E Bulletin | Air Pollution | Climate Change & Energy

News: EURO-6 PROPOSALS

The Commission has proposed four possible scenarios for cutting air pollution from heavy vehicles as a first step towards a set of Euro-6 emissions limits.

July 26, 2007 | Euro Standards | T&E Bulletin | Air Pollution | Lorries & Road Freight