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Stephanie Searle – Will Someone Please Tell Me if Biofuels are Good or Bad for the Environment?

December 28, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Biofuels are confusing because they’re complicated, and they’re complicated mainly because of indirect effects. Stephanie Searle is Program Lead at the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) Cross-posted  from the ICCT Website   Few environmental […]

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ICCT – Not Every Tonne of Aviation CO2 is Created Equal

October 29, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

A look at more precise numbers concerning who is flying and how much. By Sola Zheng, Associate Researcher at ICCT Cross-posted from the ICCT Website As concerns about climate change lead countries, companies, and individuals […]

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Peter Mock – Revival of diesel? How the dead hand of the past steers the German economy

September 29, 2019 David Shirreff 0

Sales of diesel cars in Germany jumped towards the end of 2018. Does this indicate a revival? Perhaps its says more about the late response of  Volkswagen to a global crisis. Peter Mock is EU […]

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ICCT: On-road diesel vehicles responsible for nearly half of the deaths from air pollution from vehicles

February 28, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

EU cities are especially affected by diesel cars. EU hegemon Germany is the EU hegemon will block meaningful laws to protect EU citizens. The profits of German car corporations are more important. Read here

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ICCT – Lobbyists sowing confusion on the European Commission’s proposal for truck CO2 standards

September 27, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

The European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) is at again. The lobby organisation of car and lorry manufacturers dictates policy to the EU, which is then ordered by Germany ot be adopted into law. Let us […]

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ICCT – How to think about vehicle bans: An update after two major European judicial decisions

May 7, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

This article may be somewhat overly optimistic. There has been no real change up to now. Even in the United States Volkswagen could buy driving rights for its diesel powered cars. By Drew Kodjak, Executive […]

Climate Crisis

ICCT: Is it finally time to be bullish on International Martime Organisation’s climate policy?

April 22, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Treated as a country, international shipping would be the sixth largest climate polluter, releasing more carbon dioxide (CO2) in 2015 than the German economy.Finally the International Maritime Organisation is taking steps – hesitant and small […]

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ICCT – A no-regrets option: What discussions in the European Parliament spotlight about a light-duty 2025–2030 CO2 standard for the EU

April 4, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

A panel of experts before the EU was of the consensus that the average CO2 emission level of new cars and vans needs to drop by at least 60% between 2020 and 2030 in order […]

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ICCT – Practical lessons in vehicle efficiency policy: The 10-year evolution of France’s CO2-based bonus-malus (feebate) system

March 18, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

 It is seldom that EU governments receive praise fo their policy with regards to cars. Here is one of those rare examples. Zifei Yang is a Researcher in the Passenger Vehicle and China Programs at […]

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ICCT: Early Christmas present to the car industry, or lump of coal? The European Commission regulatory proposal for reducing new vehicle CO2 emissions post-2020

November 12, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

Although there are passages that require background knowledge, this article provides much valuable information concerning the EU once again pandering to the wishes of the car industry in Europe – to the detriment of countering […]

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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler

August 10, 2025 0

Book review by  Branko Milanović As I walked yesterday past the Metropolitan Museum in New York, I saw, among many stands that sell all kinds of trinkets, a table filled with books. One attracted my […]

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The Spectre of State Capitalism by Ilias Alami and Adam D Dixon

July 2, 2025 0

Reviewed by J. D. Evans Alami and Dixon’s The Spectre of State Capitalism is a careful discussion of a topic often dealt with in platitudes and sound-bites. The authors cover uses of ‘state capitalism’ as […]

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