Methane at Sea: Finding the Invisible Climate Killer, So-Called “Green” (LNG) Ships

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 11:00:13 +0000

Infrared images show unburned methane – a potent greenhouse gas – being released from supposedly ‘green’ LNG ships, a damning new investigation by Transport & Environment (T&E) shows. European politicians are playing with fire in their support for LNG, says T&E, with methane over 80 times more climate warming than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period.

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T&E Annual Report 2021 — Great Expectation

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2022 12:30:41 +0000

2021 was a year of great expectation. It was a year of lofty climate goals in Europe. From the EU’s landmark climate Fit for 55 package to Germany’s first green government and to the COP Summit in Glasgow, European policymakers were more ambitious than ever before. For T&E, July’s Fit for 55 was the crowning moment of years of […]

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Europe’s Dirtiest Airlines Received Millions in Free Pollution Permits in 2021

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2022 03:53:47 +0000

Ryanair and Lufthansa biggest exploiters of “license to pollute for free” in EU carbon market

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Renewable Electricity + Electric Motors Will Decarbonise Transport In Europe

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2022 03:11:33 +0000

Renewable electricity will do the heavy lifting to decarbonise transport, but we still need the policies to make this happen, T&E says in a submission to the UK Transport Select Committee. Decarbonising transport can only be achieved through an end to the use of all fossil fuels, which must be completed by 2050 if climate […]

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Oil’s Absence From EU Security Strategy Leaves Europe Dependent On Despots

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2022 04:47:43 +0000

EU Commission this week launched its the EU security strategy to protect consumers from energy price rises with barely a mention of oil dependence that is funding Putin’s war in Ukraine. This energy security strategy from the European Commission lacks measures to address Europe’s oil dependence, despite oil being the cash cow for Putin’s war […]

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Green Trucking Watershed Moment As EU Adopts New Tolling Rules

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 04:10:32 +0000

Green Trucking: By May 2023, hauliers operating zero-emissions trucks must be given discounts of at least 50% on road tolls. EU member states have until 2023 to implement a new system of road tolls which give big incentives for zero-emissions trucks after MEPs voted to adopt new legislation today. Transport & Environment (T&E) hailed the […]

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Why The Future Of Long-Haul Trucking Is Battery Electric

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 04:00:17 +0000

In a factsheet, T&E examines the progress to reaching zero emissions in the freight sector and shows how EU truck CO2 standards can make or break the transition. (Download the factsheet.) There is increasing consensus among European truck manufacturers and industry stakeholders that battery electric trucks will play a dominant role in the decarbonisation of […]

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