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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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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EU Has Right To Pass Carbon Price On To Oil Majors — Legal Analysis

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 21:30:22 +0000

For a fair and just environmental transition, the EU should pass on part of the carbon price for cars and homes to fuel suppliers rather than European households. The EU can legally require fuel suppliers to absorb part of the EU’s forthcoming carbon levy for buildings and road transport instead of passing the burden entirely […]

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Airlines Call for End to Loopholes in Carbon Market & Back European Climate Measures

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2022 20:30:35 +0000

Airlines call for an end to loopholes in carbon marketFour airlines — easyJet, Ryanair, Jet2, and Wizz Air — together with clean mobility group T&E are calling for equal rules to apply to all flights departing from European airports, regardless of their destination, in order for European measures to effectively decarbonise the aviation industry by 2050. As part of its Fit for 55 package, […]

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Research Undermines Jobs & e-Petrol Claims of the Fossil Industry in its Bid to Save Engines

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2022 12:00:40 +0000

Lab results and employment analysis blow another hole in the well-funded campaign, which is aimed at lawmakers deciding on new EU car CO2 targets. Originally published on Transport & Environment. A concerted campaign by lobbyists to save the combustion engine and delay the switch to electric vehicles was dealt a blow last month when tests revealed […]

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Auto Expert Says Tesla Semi Is “Pointless,” Seems To Miss The Point

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 16:07:28 +0000

Markus Lienkamp is the chair of Automotive Engineering at the Technical University of Munich. It seems that would make him a full blown auto expert (hence the title). Lienkamp says that “this is technically not easily feasible and it’s also pointless both economically and ecologically.”

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