Fuels

News: Cracks appearing in EU’s ‘10% by 2020’ target for biofuels

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

April 16, 2008 | Fuels | T&E Bulletin

News: Breakthrough on shipping fuels as IMO working group recommends sulphur cap

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.

April 16, 2008 | Air Pollution | Fuels | Shipping | T&E Bulletin

News: EU biofuels target is hindering real progress on fuel quality

Editorial by Jos Dings T&E Director It may not seem like it to people outside the Brussels ‘microcosmos’, but the debate on the future of EU biofuels policy is reaching fever pitch. What makes the debate difficult to understand is its complexity – both technical and political – and the fact that the battleground is a split site.

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

News: Environment experts to have say on sustainability criteria in setting future fuel quality standards

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.

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

News: Environmental groups welcome UK government concern over biofuels

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.

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

News: Commission ignores criticism and sticks to 10% target

The Commission has published draft legislation committing the EU to 10% use of biofuels in transport, despite an admission by the environment commissioner that the EU had not foreseen the problematic side-effects of biofuels targets.

February 6, 2008 | Climate Change & Energy | Fuels | 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: Biofuels targets are 'a dangerous dead end'

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.

January 29, 2008 | Fuels | Press Releases

News: NGOs call for suspension of biofuels targets

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.

January 11, 2008 | Fuels | Press Releases

News: Legislation on fuel production emissions should have sustainability criteria

The European Parliament’s environment committee has given its support to the idea that sustainability criteria should be included in any legislation on reducing lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions from fuels in transport.

December 13, 2007 | Fuels

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