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Transport & Environment – Pollution and Damage from ‘Floating Cities’ are Creating Conflict

September 11, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Anger at the growing environmental and local impact of massive cruise ships has resulted in two important moves to lessen the burden that mega-ships impose on ports. Barcelona has proposed electrifying the city’s docks to […]

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Transport & Environment – €8.5m Ruling against Ryanair State-Aid just the Tip of the Iceberg

September 8, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

The EU has ordered €8.5 million in illegal state aid to be recovered from Ryanair in the latest indication of how extensive public subsidies are to aviation, one of the fastest growing sources of carbon […]

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Transport & Environment – EU-Commission Turns Blind Eye to ‘Inadequate’ Climate Plans

July 18, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

European governments’ climate plans will not meet the EU’s 2030 decarbonisation target for transport, a new analysis shows. Yet the European Commission is letting national governments off the hook in refusing to criticise them, said […]

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Transport & Environment – 24% of Ryanair Airports Likely to be Propped up by Subsidies – Fueling Rapid Emissions Growth

July 16, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 1

The EU economic policy results in systematically increasing destruction of the environment and climate disaster. Transport & Environment’s mission is to promote, at EU and global level, a transport policy based on the principles of […]

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Transport & Environment – Disastrous Mercosur Deal Opens Door to South American Biofuels While Palm Oil Biodiesel Use Reaches Record High

July 11, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Anyone who takes the time to read about the Mercosur trade deal realises it is not in the interest of the environment, neither in Europe or South America. It is however excellent news for the […]

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Transport & Environment – EU: Is This the Turning Point for Aviation’s Tax Haven?

July 7, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

A pro-environment message was not to the fore of the gilets jaunes (yellow vests) protests in France, but it’s just possible they may have turned the tide Probably not, as this would be the first […]

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Transport & Environment – Almost Two-Thirds of Palm Oil Consumed in the EU is Burned as Energy – New Data

July 3, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 1

This is typical for the EU. While citizens are trying to reduce their personal consumption of palm oil to protect the environment, the EU is increasingly using it in fuel. The new trade deal with […]

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Transport & Environment – Cruise Ships Poisoning City Air with Sulphur as much as Cars – New Data Reveals

June 9, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 2

Cruise ships are choking Europe’s port cities with the biggest cruise company, Carnival Corporation, emitting 10 times more sulphur oxides (SOx) than all of Europe’s 260 million cars, new research shows. Royal Caribbean Cruises, the […]

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Transport & Environment – Carmakers are Recalling Dirty Diesels in Germany, but Europe Will Have to Wait Two More Years – EU Data

June 7, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Germany is once again employing a national solution for its problems, exporting them to poorer EU nations – in this case polluting diesel cars made by the Volkswagen Corporation. Transport & Environment’s mission is to […]

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Transport & Environment: First gas-powered cruise ship is not sustainable tourism

May 19, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

T&E has joined forces with environmental NGOs in Spain to warn that a high-profile exercise in cleaning up shipping risks locking in fossil fuels for decades to come. The port of Barcelona has committed to […]

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This Is Not Normal: The Collapse of Liberal Britain by Will Davies

January 9, 2021 0

Book Review by Sean Kippin There is a particular brand of UK media figure. Usually male, they revel in the gossip, intrigue and parlour games of British politics. Policy seems to bore them. Economic policy is […]

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The Call of Catalonia by Sue Crampton

December 14, 2020 0

Book Review by Toni Strubell Sue Crampton’s “The Call of Catalonia”, apart from being a good read, is a book that will be useful to those wondering what the recent kerfuffle was about with the […]

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