Electric and hydrogen cars rely on renewable electricity that the EU can produce locally. But, instead, fossil-fuelled cars are driving Europe's addiction to oil. Crude oil and petroleum products represent around a third of the EU’s total energy consumption. The EU imports around 90% of the oil it needs and this share is expected to rise in the future. Two-thirds of the EU’s oil is used in transport.
The draft regulations are not 'a strategic blunder', they are essential to ensure that high-carbon projects cannot receive public funding, write GH2's...
Study shows major irregularities in the reported consumption of palm residues used in renewable diesel (HVO) being sold by oil majors
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