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April 6, 2017 - 11:40EU governments and MEPs are under pressure to consider phasing out the use of vegetable oils for biofuels by as early as 2020 after the European Parliament backed the move in a non-binding...
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April 6, 2017 - 10:38A new study into the potential of biofuels to reduce aviation’s environmental impact has said that even advanced biofuels will not decarbonise aviation. The findings from the International Council...
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April 5, 2017 - 18:20MEPs have called on the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to ban the highly polluting marine fuel ‘heavy fuel oil’ – sometimes referred to as ‘residual fuel’ – from use in Arctic waters....
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April 5, 2017 - 18:14Topics: Environmental policyTwo leading European figures have condemned the decision by Hungary’s government to label non-government organisations ‘foreign agents’, and has criticised them for using ‘accusatory rhetoric...
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April 5, 2017 - 13:54Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions for 2016 will show an increase on 2015, and growing freight transport is a major factor. The figures come from calculations by the country’s environment agency...
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March 8, 2017 - 22:38MEPs’ proposal to include shipping in the EU emissions trading system (ETS) from 2023, if the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) fails to agree a global measure to reduce shipping emissions...
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March 8, 2017 - 22:14Flights to and from Europe would continue to go unregulated, indefinitely, within the EU emissions trading system (ETS), under a proposal last month from the European Commission. The proposal was...
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March 8, 2017 - 20:36For the first time more electric and hybrid vehicles are being sold in Norway than petrol and diesel vehicles. The new milestone in the rapid growth of EVs is largely the result of incentives...
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March 8, 2017 - 18:51Topics: Air PollutionCarsStandardsThe demise of diesel engines in Europe’s car fleet will continue following announcements affecting Barcelona and Munich. Barcelona will ban all cars older than 20 years old from 2019, while a...
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March 8, 2017 - 16:12PSA, the manufacturer of Peugeot, Citroën and DS cars, has published real-world fuel consumption data for 58 of its models that makes it possible to estimate the consumption of more than 1,000...
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March 8, 2017 - 14:39The contribution flying makes to climate change is finally starting to slow down plans to expand a number of airports across Europe. Two recent decisions in particular – one in Vienna, the other...
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March 6, 2017 - 16:37Topics: Air PollutionCarsVansStandardsMEPs continue to pave the way for the final vote in the European Parliament on establishing a EU agency to spot check cars on the road. After the environment committee’s vote in favour, the...
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February 21, 2017 - 15:17The controversial EU-Canada free trade agreement (CETA) has received the backing it needs to provisionally enter into force on 1 March. Last week the European Parliament voted in favour of the...
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February 21, 2017 - 10:39Topics: Air PollutionAviationClimate Change and EnergyShippingPricing and taxationStandardsEnvironmental policy· MEPs also back tightening cap on aviation emissions.
Support from ports and cargo owners for last week’s vote by MEPs to include shipping emissions in the EU emissions trading system (ETS...
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February 20, 2017 - 18:11France’s national Court of Auditors has been fiercely critical of the country’s government and MPs for allowing the French heavy goods ‘ecotax’ to be abandoned. The tax was first suggested as part...
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