Seven facts about palm oil biodiesel
The EU is entering in the final round of negotiations on the REDII. One of the outstanding issues to be agreed between EU Parliament, the Council and Commission is palm oil biodiesel. In January 2018...
View ArticleUp in smoke: Europe’s cars driving deforestation in South East Asia
More than half of the palm oil imported into the EU is used to make biodiesel for cars and trucks. Palm oil used for biodiesel has increased sharply over the last years while food consumption of palm...
View ArticleElectric vehicles: the truth
This paper presents evidence to dispel many of the myths about electric vehicles and explains why they are key to reduce CO2 emission from personal mobility.Type of publicationBriefingTransport...
View ArticleEU truckmakers’ proposal for CO2 standards will increase climate emissions...
T&E analysed the impact of the truck lobby’s (ACEA and VDA) proposal on transport and truck emissions in Germany and Europe, using the in-house model EUTRM. The analysis shows that if policy makers...
View ArticleImpact of vehicle CO2 standards on national transport emissions
Road transport contributes over 35% of the emissions covered within the Climate Action Regulation that sets member state targets for reducing GHG emissions for sectors outside of the Emissions Trading...
View ArticleDirty diesels heading East: Romanian edition
New evidence shows 370,000 old and highly polluting second-hand diesels were exported to Romania in 2017. There are measures to restrict the influx, says legal analysis.Type of...
View ArticleCobalt from Congo: how to source it better
As the transition to electric vehicles is gaining speed in Europe and globally, demand for cobalt has jumped over past years and will significantly increase in the future. This trend is expected to...
View ArticleOne corporation to pollute them all
The main purpose of this study is to analyse air pollution caused by luxury passenger cruise ships in European waters. The results show that the luxury cruise brands owned by Carnival Corporation &...
View ArticleDirty diesels grow to 51 million across EU, as carmakers still put profit...
Four years after the Dieselgate scandal began, the number of grossly polluting diesel cars and vans on Europe’s roads still continues to grow and now totals up to 51 million.Type of...
View ArticleWhy Britain’s fuel tax giveaway is costing the earth
The UK’s drivers will shortly celebrate a decade of frozen fuel taxes with consecutive budgets maintaining duty rates at 57.95p/l since 2010 rather than raising the tax in line with inflation.Type of...
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