Aviation
Transport & Environment: Low cost airlines pollute more than ever, latest emissions data shows
More than three quarters of European aviation emissions aren’t subject to a carbon price, new study shows. Read HERE Photo: Public Domain
Transport & Environment
Climate Crisis
Transport & Environment: Europe’s luxury cruise ships emit as much toxic sulphur as 1bn cars
Research shows harmful gases from vessels quadruple that of cars as campaigner says people are ‘choking on toxic air’ Read HERE
Aviation
Transport & Environment: Pay €2 to greenwash a flight to New York with UN aviation scheme
ICAO, the UN body tasked with cutting global aircraft emissions, uses a system of purchasing emissions offsets that has so far proven totally ineffective for reducing aviation’s climate impact. New analysis by T&E shows that […]
Climate Crisis
Transport & Environment: Food vs fuel: Europe burns 19 million bottles of sunflower and rapeseed oil every day in cars
Corporate profits are the goal of the EU, not the common good or environment Read Here
Climate Crisis
Transport & Environment: MEPs opt for weak car targets in blow to affordable EVs and the climate
EU Parliament must support more ambitious 2030 target and interim 2027 goal to drive down electric car prices and help countries cut their transport emissions. Read Here
Climate Crisis
Transport & Environment – True cost of Big Oil’s profits: Trillions in unpaid health and environmental costs
BP, Eni, Repsol, Shell, and TotalEnergies have paid back just 5% of the €13 trillion in societal and environmental debt. Read Here
Climate Crisis
Transport & Environment: Food crisis: Europe burns equivalent of 15 million loaves of bread every day in cars
Europe’s biofuels lobby is pushing for more crop burning despite collapse in supplies of key grains from Ukraine and Russia and impending global food crisis Read Here CC BY 3.0
Climate Crisis
Transport & Environment: Taxpayers face €9bn bill for fuel tax cuts skewed towards the rich, study finds
In EU, richest drivers will receive eight times more public money than poorest. Read Here Photo: Pp391 licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported
Climate Crisis
Transport & Environment: Shipping carbon price loophole lets millions of tonnes of CO2 off the hook
The EU’s “Brown Deal” makes it possible Read Here
Climate Crisis
Transport & Environment: In tests, cars powered by e-petrol pollute the air as much as petrol
Running cars on e-fuels, which have been touted as a way to prolong the life of the internal combustion engine, will not alleviate air pollution problems. Read here