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NGOs write to Commission on electrification of transport within a European...
Ahead of the Communication on the European Energy Union with a forward-looking climate policy, NGOs wrote to the College of the European Commission asking it to pay special attention to the...
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Transport: Europe's biggest climate problem – read T&E's 2016 annual report
Type of publicationAnnual reviewTransport ModeAll modesAviationCarsFreightFuelsInfrastructureLorriesPublic and urbanShippingVansRelated issuesAir PollutionClimate Change and EnergyNoisePolicy...
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How to make the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) work for renewable...
In November 2016 the Commission presented its new proposal for a Renewable Energy Directive in the 2021-2030 period. The main elements of the proposal on transport are to reduce the cap on food and...
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Transport now biggest source of US climate emissions
Transport has taken over from power generation as the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the US – and the situation is likely to get worse as the Trump administration plans to weaken...
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The human cost of the EU biofuels policy – Hernán Bedoya
Environmental destruction costs human lives too. On 8 December an NGO friend phoned me up with the shocking news that Colombian community leader and land claimant Hernán Bedoya had been assassinated,...
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Roll-out of public EV charging infrastructure in the EU
Which comes first, electric cars or the recharging points? How to tackle this dilemma has been the subject of considerable debate. This report examines the importance and availability of public...
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Only 5 percent of EV charging happens at public charging points
Despite the perception that public recharging is a major barrier to the mass uptake of electric vehicles (EV), public chargers are only used for about 5% of charging events, including on-street city...
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Gas should be treated same as other fossil fuels, report shows
Powering Europe’s transport with fossil gas – widely known as ‘natural’ gas – would emit as much greenhouse gases as using petrol, diesel or conventional marine fuels, a new T&E report has found....
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Is renewable gas another biofuels disaster waiting to happen?
Recently the gas sector has been playing up the role of or renewable gas in decarbonising the European Economy. The industry says biogas, biomethane, renewable hydrogen and renewable methane –...
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Runaway driverless cars will increase congestion and accelerate climate...
The unregulated advent of driverless cars could increase traffic in European cities by 50% to 150% by 2050, which would be like a rush hour that lasts all day, a new study by Europe’s transport...
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