Germany Threatens To Derail EU Green Deal Over Fossil Car Phaseout

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 20:27:01 +0000

The “Climate Chancellor” needs to draw a line between national disputes and what has already been agreed with Germany’s international partners.

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The “Last Drop of Diesel” Cartel

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2023 04:58:19 +0000

When I joined T&E in 2011 there was a consensus: truckers would have the last drop of diesel. They would be the last sector to decarbonise. If ever. The other consensus – in our community – was that rail was the answer to all freight’s problems. Clearly there was a problem. The last drop of […]

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Plug-in Hybrids 2.0: A Dangerous Distraction, Not A Climate Solution

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 17:10:30 +0000

T&E commissioned the Technical University of Graz to independently test three new popular, average-sized plug-in hybrids — the BMW 3 Series, the Peugeot 308, and the Renault Megane — on the road. Key findings: 1) The real-world CO2 emissions of the tested plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) are 85–114 g/km, around 3 times the artificially low official […]

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EU Could End Reliance On Chinese Battery Supply Chain By 2030 Says T&E

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 11:10:51 +0000

battery supply chainIt’s well known that over the past decade, China has pretty much dominated the lithium-ion battery supply chain. It controls the supply of lithium as a raw material and virtually every step in the supply chain that goes into making that lithium suitable for making EV batteries. Why China has such nearly total command of […]

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Europe, China, & US Could Decarbonise 84% Of Global Shipping Emissions Without IMO

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2022 14:15:34 +0000

With the vast majority of ships calling at European, Chinese and US ports, regulation of shipping emissions in these economies would be enough to decarbonise shipping globally. 84% of shipping traffic goes through Europe, China and the US, a new Transport & Environment (T&E) study shows. If these economies were to regulate ships calling at […]

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Historic Extension of EU’s Carbon Market Gets Green Light from Parliament

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 17:59:33 +0000

The European Parliament votes in favour of including shipping and road transport in the Emissions Trading System (ETS) for the very first time.

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Coalition Calls for EU Hydrogen Quota for Shipping

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2022 17:50:20 +0000

Sulfur emissions from shippingEnergy providers, shipping companies and NGOs call on the EU to introduce a minimum quota of 6% sustainable and scalable hydrogen fuels by 2030 A broad coalition of energy providers, shipping companies and NGOs — including Siemens Energy, Viking Cruises, Green Power Denmark and Brussels-based organisations Hydrogen Europe and Transport & Environment (T&E) — has […]

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Green Aviation Fuels Could Save 5 Million Tonnes of CO2 in 2030

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 17:23:04 +0000

Sustainable fuel manufacturers in Europe could produce 1.83 million tonnes of e-kerosene in 2030, saving about 5 Mt of CO2, a new forecast by Transport & Environment finds.

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Workplace Charging Network Doubles Availability of UK Public Charge Points

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 17:15:42 +0000

33,000 charge points at workplaces effectively double the UK’s electric charging infrastructure, new research finds. Originally published on Transport & Environment. There are more workplace charge points than public chargers for electric vehicles in the UK — doubling the amount of infrastructure available to drivers. That’s according to a recent report on workplace chargers, which found […]

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