General Environment

News: French experience ‘green revolution’

The French president Nicolas Sarkozy has announced what he calls ‘the second French revolution’ – but the environmental community is studying it to see if it is as revolutionary as he is suggesting.

November 12, 2007 | General Environment | T&E Bulletin

News: French ‘grenelle’: a good first step if not yet a full revolution

Michel Dubromel, head of sustainable transport and mobility at France Nature Environnement, assesses the French president’s ‘green revolution’

November 12, 2007 | General Environment | T&E Bulletin

News: Slow Sustainability

A new progress report on the EU’s sustainable development strategy shows only ‘modest’ progress, with transport’s achievements very limited.

November 12, 2007 | General Environment | T&E Bulletin

News: Carbon Questions

A television documentary has cast doubt on the effectiveness of ‘carbon offset’ schemes.

October 16, 2007 | General Environment | T&E Bulletin

News: Green Deregulation

A former high-ranking Brussels official says the Commission’s ‘Better Regulation’ campaign is aimed at undermining EU environmental rules.

October 16, 2007 | General Environment | T&E Bulletin

News: Ship scrapping

A group of 10 NGOs, including T&E, has cautiously welcomed a Commission green paper which floats the idea that the shipping industry could be forced to fund an international ship scrapping scheme.

June 21, 2007 | Shipping | T&E Bulletin | General Environment

News: NGO community calls for urgent implementation of EU's proposed shipbreaking policy

The NGO Platform on Shipbreaking is calling for urgent implementation of the recommendations contained in the European Commission´s (EC) "Green Paper on Better Ship Dismantling", released today.

May 22, 2007 | Shipping | Press Releases | General Environment

News: EC still seeing environmental problems, not opportunities

The European Commission remains too fixated on the costs of tackling climate change, and is not seeing enough of the opportunities, or the hidden costs of delaying action.

May 9, 2007 | General Environment | T&E Bulletin

News: IPCC says climate change can be beaten by 2030 if measures are taken now

Two IPCC reports have highlighted the damage being done by global warming and what measures need to be taken to tackle it.

May 9, 2007 | General Environment | T&E Bulletin

News: Green groups deliver critical mid-term review of Barroso Commission

Ahead of the European Commission’s own performance assessment, environmental groups today issued a critical verdict on the Commission’s record in protecting and improving Europe’s environment during the first half of its term in office, and laid out a series of recommendations for its remaining 2½ years.

Download the full press release in English or French.

Download the full report: Mid-term report on the European Commission's environmental record.

April 27, 2007 | General Environment | Press Releases

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