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January 8, 2018 - 14:15The Dutch government’s refusal to publish documents about a controversial CO2 standard for aircraft, among other issues, is being challenged in court by T&E member Natuur & Milieu. It’s...
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January 8, 2018 - 09:57Next week, the European Parliament will vote on a law to promote renewable energy from 2021 to 2030. This is key to meet EU’s climate goals.
But burning whole trees and food crops is not ...
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January 3, 2018 - 12:06The World Bank has said it will stop all funding for oil and gas exploration projects within two years because of the need to tackle climate change. The announcement was made at last month’s ‘One...
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December 14, 2017 - 13:51T&E strongly condemn the assassination of Hernán Bedoya, Colombian community leader and human rights activist, reportedly by neo-paramilitary group Autodefensas Gaitanisas de Colombia. He was...
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December 5, 2017 - 22:12The French president has reiterated his call for a European carbon tax on the EU’s borders to guarantee fair competition for companies taking action to reduce their climate impact. The idea –...
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December 5, 2017 - 16:11Europe’s only government that does not tax diesel fuel more favourably than petrol has gone a step further by increasing tax on diesel engine cars while leaving it unaltered for petrol cars. In...
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December 5, 2017 - 14:01Topics: Air PollutionCarsVansStandardsT&E’s German member DUH has won a historic victory over Volkswagen (VW) in the German courts. The judgement grants DUH (German Environmental Assistance) the right to criticise VW’s emissions...
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December 5, 2017 - 11:23A long-awaited proposal to decarbonise EU cars and vans was met with disappointment last month – except among European carmakers who could barely conceal their satisfaction at an early Christmas...
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December 5, 2017 - 10:45Just released emails between Airbus and the European Commission expose the extent of the company’s hold on EU aviation policy. The aeronautics giant was given special privileges in determining...
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December 5, 2017 - 00:05An environmentally ruinous ‘renewable’ energy target for transport should be continued in 2030, according to members of the European Parliament’s industry committee. The report adopted last week...
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December 4, 2017 - 23:58Efforts to position electrofuels as the great hope to decarbonise road transport received a blow with findings that the synthetic fuel is neither an efficient or a cost-effective solution for cars...
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December 4, 2017 - 16:57The days of time-based charges for heavy-goods vehicles may be numbered after it emerged that two more EU member countries are close to introducing distance-based charging schemes for heavy goods...
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December 4, 2017 - 10:41A report by two respected climate scientists says the EU’s plans for natural gas as an energy source are incompatible with its commitment to the 2015 Paris climate accord. The report’s authors say...
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November 29, 2017 - 16:24The EU has confirmed its intention to include shipping in its emissions trading system (ETS) if the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) does not deliver effective global measures to reduce...
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October 30, 2017 - 20:04The rapid growth of renewable energy has reached a new milestone, with renewable sources contributing more than two-thirds of new power added to the world’s electricity supply in 2016. The figures...
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