Vehicle noise: final trilogue negotiations
Traffic noise is the second-biggest environmental factor affecting Europeans’ health after air pollution. Almost half of EU citizens are regularly exposed to road traffic noise over the level that the...
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When industry makes a racket, citizens end up paying the bill
It is a sign of the times that even the British Lords in the House of Lords have accepted that noise is a major problem. After recent noisy protests outside their building, some Lords were forced to...
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Air pollution forces Paris number plate ban
A peak in air pollution brought a drastic change to transport habits in Paris for one day, following a combination of unseasonably hot weather and diesel cars fumes. No strangers to air pollution...
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Brussels and Gothenburg highlight difficulties of tackling congestion
The unofficial capital of Europe is the most congested city in Europe, according to the latest ranking of congested cities, but opinion sampling and a vote in Gothenburg suggest public willingness for...
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Denmark pushing to include transport in ETS
The Danish government has asked EU leaders to consider including transport in the emissions trading system (ETS) when they discuss climate and energy targets at a European Council later this month....
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The ETS mess – Denmark’s unholy alliance with the German car industry
Many people tend to see the world in a Manichean way. You’ve got the good guys and the bad guys. That’s as true within the environmental movement as anywhere else. So it is perhaps surprising to see...
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Spain announces measures to meet CO2 obligations
Spain has announced a €27 billion investment in 43 greenhouse gas reduction measures designed to meet its EU burden sharing obligations and create 45,000 jobs per year. But environmental groups say the...
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Commission pushes environmental taxation
The Commission has said a number of EU member states could be making more and better use of environmental taxation.Transport ModeCarsVansRelated issuesClimate Change and EnergyPolicy areaPricing and...
View ArticleVehicle fuel efficiency standards can help EU countries halve their climate...
Europe can only meet the climate targets Heads of State agreed on for sectors outside the Emissions Trading System (ETS) if it sets fuel efficiency standards for new cars, vans and lorries by 2025 or...
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Truckmakers fined record €2.93bn for running 14-year cartel on emissions...
Europe’s largest truckmakers have been fined a record total of €2.93 billion in a settlement with the EU after they admitted to involvement in a 14-year price-fixing cartel. Iveco, DAF, Volvo/Renault,...
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Time to take vans out of their regulatory black hole, say hauliers and T&E
The European haulage industry and green groups have jointly called for stricter rules for vans as transport carried out by vans continues to increase. In a letter, the organisations ask that the...
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Electric vehicles in Europe - 2016
Electro-mobility offers an unequalled solution to make Europe’s transport more efficient and less polluting. But the market for electric vehicles (EVs - both battery and plug-in hybrids) has had...
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Urban E-Freight Conference
When? Wednesday, November 16, 2016 - 09:00 to 12:45Discussing benefits, risks and potential of electrifying city logistics and public transportation, this event addresses representatives of member...
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Vans: Falling through the cracks of Europe’s transport policy
The Commission is currently drafting its “road initiative”, which consists of two main objectives: one is the protection of the rights of truck drivers and the other is a promotional mechanism to...
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We can still change trucks (and the world) for the better
By William Todts, freight and climate directorWHAT WE LEARNED IN 2016: “So what did you learn in 2016? And could you write a blog about it?" asked our communications officer.Silence. My God, where do I...
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The beginning of the end for the infernal combustion engine
By Greg Archer, clean vehicles directorWHAT WE LEARNED IN 2016: After many false dawns, 2016 is the year electric cars showed they are on a path to rapidly replacing the infernal combustion engine....
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Spain announces measures to meet CO2 obligations
Spain has announced a €27 billion investment in 43 greenhouse gas reduction measures designed to meet its EU burden sharing obligations and create 45,000 jobs per year. But environmental groups say the...
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Commission pushes environmental taxation
The Commission has said a number of EU member states could be making more and better use of environmental taxation.Transport ModeCarsVansRelated issuesClimate Change and EnergyPolicy areaPricing and...
View ArticleVehicle fuel efficiency standards can help EU countries halve their climate...
Europe can only meet the climate targets Heads of State agreed on for sectors outside the Emissions Trading System (ETS) if it sets fuel efficiency standards for new cars, vans and lorries by 2025 or...
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Time to take vans out of their regulatory black hole, say hauliers and T&E
The European haulage industry and green groups have jointly called for stricter rules for vans as transport carried out by vans continues to increase. In a letter, the organisations ask that the...
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