Sowing the seeds of smarter transport policy
Opinion by Jos Dings - T&E Director Did we miss something? Last year, the European Commission didn’t propose a single new legislative measure to clean up transport. To be fair, it has been spending...
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A third of Europeans breathing polluted air
A new report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) says a lot of work still has to be done to tackle air pollution that is damaging to human health.Transport Mode: CarsShippingRelated issues: Air...
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Electro-mobility and alternative fuels central to ‘energy union’ agenda
Further decarbonisation of transport through a shift to alternative fuels and electro-mobility forms a major part of the European Commission’s strategy for an ‘energy union’, unveiled last week. With...
View ArticleEnergy Union: The road ahead for more efficient transport
This blogpost was first published by EurActivThe much-hyped Energy Union communication has finally been published. Rumour has it that it represents the European Commission’s five-year work plan and the...
View ArticleTransport White Paper: efficient, electric, priced, and international
Speech delivered by Jos Dings, T&E director, at the European Parliament Transport Committee’s hearing on the White Paper on Transport on 17 March 2015.Consultation responseTransport Mode:...
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Transport can no longer hide from its obligations
Last year was the one in which it became plain for everyone to see that transport had turned from being the grey sheep to the black sheep in Europe and the world’s efforts to improve the environment....
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Low oil prices: better get used to if Paris deal means something
A lot of people ask us what we think the oil price plunge from over $100/bbl to $30 today will do to sustainable transport policy. The short answer is: there is no short answer. Better get used to it...
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Natural gas in vehicles – on the road to nowhere
In February 2016, the European Commission released a proposal to guarantee its gas supply security and is preparing another one to implement the EU’s 2030 climate targets for the transport, buildings...
View ArticleNatural gas vehicles an expensive, ineffective way to cut car and truck...
Increasing the use of natural gas in cars and trucks would be largely ineffective in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and air pollution, a new independent study finds. There are no GHG savings...
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Natural gas not a ‘bridge fuel’ to cleaner trucks and cars – study
Natural gas is not a ‘bridge fuel’ to a cleaner future for cars and trucks – as the fossil fuel industry claims – because it would be largely ineffective in cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and...
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Efficiency first, electrification second, regional ambition for aviation and...
Speech to Informal Council of EU Environment Ministers by Jos Dings, executive director, Transport & EnvironmentAmsterdam, 14 April 2016Thank you Madam President for the invitation and for...
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EU plan for road transport emissions going in the ‘right direction’, but...
The overall direction for road transport in today’s leaked draft of the European Commission strategy for low-emission mobility has been welcomed by Transport & Environment (T&E), though the...
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Europe shows ambition on cleaner road transport – now it must deliver
The announcement of new CO2 standards for cars, vans and, for the first time in Europe, trucks forms the centrepiece of the EU’s strategy for low-emission mobility and has been welcomed by Transport...
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Transport White Paper: efficient, electric, priced, and international
Speech delivered by Jos Dings, T&E director, at the European Parliament Transport Committee’s hearing on the White Paper on Transport on 17 March 2015.Type of publicationConsultation...
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Transport can no longer hide from its obligations
Last year was the one in which it became plain for everyone to see that transport had turned from being the grey sheep to the black sheep in Europe and the world’s efforts to improve the environment....
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Low oil prices: better get used to if Paris deal means something
A lot of people ask us what we think the oil price plunge from over $100/bbl to $30 today will do to sustainable transport policy. The short answer is: there is no short answer. Better get used to it...
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Natural gas in vehicles – on the road to nowhere
In February 2016, the European Commission released a proposal to guarantee its gas supply security and is preparing another one to implement the EU’s 2030 climate targets for the transport, buildings...
View ArticleNatural gas vehicles an expensive, ineffective way to cut car and truck...
Increasing the use of natural gas in cars and trucks would be largely ineffective in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and air pollution, a new independent study finds. There are no GHG savings...
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Natural gas not a ‘bridge fuel’ to cleaner trucks and cars – study
Natural gas is not a ‘bridge fuel’ to a cleaner future for cars and trucks – as the fossil fuel industry claims – because it would be largely ineffective in cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and...
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Efficiency first, electrification second, regional ambition for aviation and...
Speech to Informal Council of EU Environment Ministers by Jos Dings, executive director, Transport & EnvironmentAmsterdam, 14 April 2016Thank you Madam President for the invitation and for...
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