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Opinion

What the EU’s climate plan means for Europe

July has been a big month for Europe and not just because of the Euro Championships. After two years of excruciatingly hard work the Commission has pu...

Opinion

EU’s Henry Ford moment for electric cars is here. Let’s make sure it’s not fake electric

When Henry Ford started to build his first car assembly line, horse dung was still littering the streets. What he invented in 1913 was not a new techn...

Opinion

EU misses golden chance to right the wrongs of disastrous biofuels policy

The EU’s ‘green’ fuels law has been an unmitigated disaster. Instead of pushing sustainable alternatives, it led to widespread deforestation, habitat ...

Opinion

A carbon market for road transport: much ado about nothing?

‘When it rains in Paris, it drizzles in Brussels’ is a famous Belgian proverb. It is testimony to the French influence on Belgian policymaking. Simila...

Opinion

Decades of inaction on flying’s climate impact are being replaced by action. But does it go far enough?

It took many years of campaigning, and the efforts of people like Greta Thunberg for politicians to finally start paying attention to aviation emissio...

Opinion

EU takes big step towards making charging anxiety a thing of the past

Yesterday the European Commission presented a completely revamped infrastructure law to make charging anxiety a thing of the past. As part of the Fit ...

Opinion

Why we cannot celebrate yet: EU’s strategy on sustainable finance

The EU has launched its new sustainable finance strategy. For those relatively unfamiliar with the topic, but even for those who work in the sector, i...

Opinion

Shippers made to cut their pollution at last

The European Commission just unveiled a host of regulatory measures, dubbed the Fit-for-55 package in typical Brussels fashion, aimed at more than hal...

Press Release

EU axes airlines’ fuel tax exemption in drive for greener fuels

The EU will end jet fuel’s tax exemption which has let flying go untaxed for decades, and instead will drive airlines to use cleaner, low-carbon fuels...

Press Release

Fit for 55 ‘fails’ to right wrongs of EU’s disastrous biofuels policy

The European Commission has backed down on a proposal to shift its ‘green fuels’ law towards non-liquid alternatives like electricity as part of its F...

Press Release

EU push to green shipping is positive but risks locking in fossil gas

The EU today published proposals to make the shipping sector finally pay for its pollution and fossil fuels - and to start using cleaner maritime fuel...

Press Release

EU climate plan will make emissions-free cars accessible for all

An EU plan to sell 100% emissions-free cars in 2035 will democratise electric vehicles in Europe, green group Transport & Environment (T&E) has said. ...