Climate Change & Energy

News: Car makers failing on efficiency data

Car makers are failing to give information on environmental performance, according to a study of car companies in France, Germany and Italy.

July 22, 2008 | Cars | Climate Change & Energy | T&E Bulletin

News: Zero emissions from air and sea

A British researcher says he has come up with an emissions trading proposal that would cut shipping and aviation emissions to zero by 2052.

July 22, 2008 | Aviation | Climate Change & Energy | Shipping | T&E Bulletin

News: IMO 'fails to grasp seriousness' of ships' CO2

Unilateral action by the EU to combat carbon dioxide emissions from shipping may have moved a step closer following a disappointing meeting of the International Maritime Organisation's working group on greenhouse gas emissions from ships in Oslo last month.

July 22, 2008 | Climate Change & Energy | Shipping | T&E Bulletin

News: Let's hand some power back to customers over choice of tyres!

Editorial by Nina Renshaw, T&E Policy Officer What's black and round, saves you money, protects the climate, improves your health and makes you more popular with your neighbours?

July 22, 2008 | Cars | Climate Change & Energy | Noise | T&E Bulletin

News: It may be a first, but will aviation in the ETS cut emissions?

Editorial by João Vieira, T&E Policy Officer There are moments in the life of an NGO when a major step is taken which doesn't go as far as the NGO would like, but which nonetheless represents significant progress. As such, we are quite happy to recognise last month's vote in the European Parliament to include aviation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme as an important moment.

July 22, 2008 | Aviation | Climate Change & Energy | T&E Bulletin

News: Cars-CO2 deal 'unacceptable'

Italy has reacted angrily to last month's French-German deal on car emissions worked out by Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy.

July 22, 2008 | Cars | Climate Change & Energy | T&E Bulletin | Pricing & Taxation

News: Transport's emissions still growing

The transport sector continues to be Europe's worst emitter of greenhouse gases, according to the European Environment Agency's official inventory report on emissions in 2006 released last month.

July 22, 2008 | Climate Change & Energy | General Transport | T&E Bulletin

News: MEPs want better quality biofuels as EU's 10% target faces further attack

The European Parliament's environment committee says biofuels must be 60% better than fossil fuels if they are to count towards EU fuel consumption targets.

July 22, 2008 | Climate Change & Energy | Fuels | T&E Bulletin

News: First EU aviation deal confirmed – but is it a milestone or a missed opportunity?

The EU's first legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from aviation has been formally agreed by MEPs and governments – but only after a series of compromises that caused T&E to describe it as 'a historic missed opportunity'.

July 22, 2008 | Aviation | Climate Change & Energy | T&E Bulletin

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

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.