Rise in UK car CO2 emissions largely a result of increasing SUV sales, not...
The increase in UK new car CO2 emissions by 0.8% in 2017 reported by the UK industry arises mainly from a shift to larger SUV and dual-purpose vehicles rather than from declining diesel sales that the...
View ArticleThe 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,...
View ArticleMaking palm oil a poster child for free trade would be a spectacular own goal
“As expected” mumbled Commission president Juncker when an aide passed him a note saying Trump had decided to impose tariffs on European steel and aluminium. The American administration had been...
View ArticleThe battle for low-emission cars: Round 2
Greg Archer & Julia Poliscanova of Transport & Environment (T&E), first published in EurActiv.There is a long history of bruising Brussels battles between left & right, or NGO’s &...
View ArticleWhat would Churchill do?
Coal or oil. That was the question facing ‘a young man in a hurry’ who had just been put in charge of the British navy. A century ago coal-powered steamships were the proven technology. On the other...
View ArticleEverything you need to know about Wednesday’s car CO2 vote
Most regulatory fights on vehicle emission regulations ultimately boil down to one iconic number battle. A few technical disputes get less attention but have a much bigger impact on the stringency of...
View ArticleThe end of the ICE age?
It is nearly 200 years (1824) since French physicist Joseph Fourier first describes the Earth's natural "greenhouse effect". Related Environmental IssueClimate Change and EnergyRelated Transport...
View ArticleWhat the car CO2 deal means
After five rounds and 27 long hours of negotiations, the EU agreed a new car CO2 deal that will cut new car emissions by 15% in 2025 and 37.5% in 2030. This is good news, especially considering where...
View ArticleIs 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 –...
View ArticleVdL says climate is her top priority, but is it?
About a week ago Ursula von der Leyen, Germany’s defence minister, was nominated to lead the next European Commission having emerged as the compromise candidate after a lengthy European Council...
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