EU government ministers sign off on new Weights & Dimensions which grant trucks extra weight to accommodate heavier zero-emission technologies
Car, aviation and shipping industries would require 2-9 times the advanced biofuels that can be sustainably sourced in 2050.
Priority must be placed on tackling bottlenecks in cross-border rail infrastructure and supporting domestic clean fuel production.
Making EU cars with green aluminium would save as much CO2 a year as removing 900,000 fossil fuel cars from the road.
EU lawmakers vote in favour of a watered-down 2040 emissions reduction target of 85% and a a one-year delay to ETS2
Industry claims, often echoed by governments to justify airport expansion, that more flights benefit the economy, undermined by new research.
European shipping emissions jumped 13% in 2024 despite a downtick in trade, while emissions from moving fossil fuels around remain stubbornly high
EU government ministers have agreed on a watered-down 2040 emissions reduction target of 85%, inclusive of reliance on offsets
‘STIP’ diagnoses the problems for decarbonising planes and ships, but there is an urgency to act now, says T&E.
Over 100 members of the global scientific community have warned world of the dangers of unrestrained biofuels production
Scania, MAN, Volvo Trucks, Daimler, IVECO and Ford sent a letter to EU Commissioners asking to delay Europe’s transition to zero emission trucks.
Fossil fuel companies made €180bn in taxable profits in the EU in the two years following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine