Love e-fuels, not the internal combustion engine on 17/10/23
E-Fuels are a crucial technology to decarbonise transport. Unfortunately, they are being dragged into a lobby fight and misused as an argument to save the combustion engine. After fraught discussions, EU countries reach deal on truck CO2 standards on 17/10/23
EU countries reached a common negotiating position on draft rules to reduce the carbon footprint of heavy-duty vehicles on Monday (16 October), following a long evening of contentious discussions. Italy to earmark €12 billion for mega Sicily bridge project on 17/10/23
Italy's government said on Monday (16 October) it would set aside 12 billion euros to build a giant bridge to connect Sicily to the mainland, as it revives a project that appeared to have been killed off ten years ago. Car-making regions want slice of EU funds to power transition on 16/10/23
As the shift towards electric vehicles majorly changes the employment structure of the automotive industry, car regions should be supported with EU money, the economy minister of Germany’s state of Saxony-Anhalt, Sven Schulze, told Euractiv in an interview. Italy leads charge to allow more diesel trucks under new CO2 targets on 16/10/23
Ahead of a meeting of EU environment ministers on Monday (16 October), an Italian-led coalition of nations has formed to push for synthetic fuels and biofuels to be counted towards heavy-duty vehicle (HDV) carbon standards – a move welcomed by... Czechia behind push to weaken car pollution standards on 13/10/23
On Thursday, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) adopted the Czech rapporteur’s watered-down version of the Commission’s Euro 7 proposal, giving industry more time to prepare for the new pollution standards and echoing the Czech government’s push at the Council level. Conservatives and liberals combine to water down vehicle pollution standards on 12/10/23
The European Parliament’s environment committee voted Thursday (12 October) to water down proposed pollution standards for vehicles, as conservative and liberal lawmakers joined forces to block green and socialist ambitions. Airspace woes saw flight delays jump by over 400% in 2022 on 12/10/23
European passengers were forced to wait longer to reach their destination in 2022, as a post-COVID rebound in air traffic, restrictions prompted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and an acute lack of airspace capacity combined to cause delays. Sweden’s ruling Moderates fume at Stockholm petrol and diesel ban on 11/10/23
Sweden's ruling right-wing Moderates have expressed anger at Stockholm's Green-Social Democrat coalition, which announced a ban on petrol and diesel cars in parts of the city centre from 2025 on Tuesday. Kingmaker Renew decides the fate of Euro 7 on 10/10/23
Ahead of a crucial vote on Thursday (12 October), the centrist Renew group has signalled they will align with the centre-right EPP and ultraconservative ECR groups in backing a milder version of the Euro 7 proposal.
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