The White House Coup’s Defect in the Fight Against Climate Change. As Michael Regan, president of the powerful US climate policy enforcement arm, warns, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has declared total war on CO2 emissions. His legislative initiative, which just received the green light from the Oval Office, is “unheard of and is the […]
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Europeans are looking into their pockets: most would rather cut the bill than cut polluting emissions
First the pocket. A majority of European citizens prefer that governments implement policies to reduce the cost of energy taxes, even if this means missing carbon reduction targets. This is according to a survey conducted by the Council of Europe’s Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) on European politics, just 80 days before the elections. The […]
The European Parliament has given the green light to a law forcing new homes to be “zero emission” from 2030.
The green light for one of the last initiatives of the European Green Deal before next June’s elections. The European Parliament has approved an agreement reached within the EU that requires new homes built from 2030 to be “zero emissions”. The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive aims to make all buildings climate neutral by mid-century. […]
Kia XCeed PHEV test: attractiveness and the limit of “zero emissions”.
Kia XCeed, a variant of the Ceed crossover, is a complete member of the family that makes up the famous Korean compact and, at the same time, its most distinctive representative. Since it joined the clan in its third generation, it has captivated many drivers with its stylish SUV look, boosting sales of a model […]
Barajas’ expansion highlights the impossible equation of increasing flights and reducing emissions.
More planes are now flying over Spain than before the increase in operations caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. And there will be many more official plans. The Barajas Airport expansion project announced by President Pedro Sánchez alone wants this infrastructure to grow from 60 million passengers in 2023 to 90 million in 2030. Escalation of […]
Mercury levels in tuna have not decreased since 1971, despite emissions reductions
Although environmental policies in recent decades have helped reduce atmospheric mercury emissions from human activities such as coal burning and mining, levels of methylmercury in tuna have not changed since 1971. This is the conclusion of the work, which was published this Wednesday in the journal Environmental Science and Technology Letterswhose authors collected data on […]
The European Union confirms the transfer in the automotive industry by reducing the requirements to reduce vehicle emissions.
The European Union is confirming a transfer to the car industry, one of the main engines of the European economy, and is lowering the ambition of new rules to reduce pollutant emissions. The new legislation was supported by the Association of Motor Vehicle Employers, which put enormous pressure on European lawmakers. The agreement reached by […]
The European Union will force new buildings to be zero emission from 2030
First there was industry, then cars and now buildings. The European Union has reached an agreement to renew the directive on the energy efficiency of buildings and set new criteria: from 2030, new buildings must be zero-emissions, and all buildings must achieve this by 2050. This is one event that is part of. The European […]
Industry minister heads to Brussels to seal deal on zero emissions regulation
The Minister of Industry and Tourism, Jordi Hereu, in a speech before the EU’s Competitiveness, Internal Market and Industry Council in Brussels this Thursday, assured that the 27 must “reach an industry with zero emission technologies that will help us. by re-industrialisation and increasing the weight of the industrial sector in the EU’s GDP”, and […]
CO2 emissions from burning oil, gas and coal rise in 2023, setting new historical record
Greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels continue to rise in 2023. Coal, oil and gas use released about 36.8 billion tons of CO2, according to preliminary data from the Carbon Budget Project Science Group. That’s 1.1% more than in 2022 and a “new record,” concluded the study, released midway through the Dubai Climate Summit. […]
Euro 7 talks: the inside story of how carmakers cut emissions limits
In 2018, the European Commission created a Advisory Group on Vehicle Emission Standards (AGVES), which included representatives of the automotive industry, non-governmental organizations, as well as consultants from the Consortium for Ultra-Low Emissions from Vehicles (CLOVE), which consists of academic experts and researchers. CLOVE received more than €2 million to test the potential for further […]
The right of the European Parliament is also called to reduce the requirements for reducing car emissions
The EU will not be as ambitious in reducing emissions of polluting gases as the European Commission has proposed. The European Parliament is ready to reduce the ambition of the revision of the emission levels allowed by the Euro 7 standard, as already proposed by the governments of the 27. Once the European Parliament finally […]
27 bows to industry pressure and lowers vehicle emission reduction requirements
Economic interests continue to intersect with environmental policy. And once again it is a priority. 27 reduced the European Commission’s ambition to reduce pollutant emissions from passenger cars and heavy vehicles. Governments are ready to maintain the current requirements and postpone the so-called The new requirements of Euro 7 regulations for two years (until 2027 […]
Of the 149 low-emission zones required by law, only 14 are operational after 1.5 billion European funds.
Badalón’s new mayor, Xavier García Albiol (PP), took three months (including holidays) to launch a low-emissions zone in Catalonia’s fourth most populous municipality. He is going to deactivate it by removing its restrictions. It was one of 14 in force – out of 149 – in cities with more than 50,000 people where it has […]
Brussels is studying new weight limits for zero-emission trucks
The Commission recently proposed to make the common rules on the weight and dimensions of heavy-duty vehicles more flexible in order to facilitate their transition to zero-emission technologies, which generally increase the weight of the truck. Specifically, Brussels supports allowing an additional 4 tons of weight in these vehicles, which would increase the limit to […]
June sales exceed 100,000 units, and zero-emission sales are up nearly 50% year-on-year.
For the first time in the last two and a half years, exactly 29 months, the market of light cars and SUVs in our country exceeded 100,000 units. More precisely, it amounted to 101,085, which increased by 13.3% compared to the same month of the previous year. Also in the month of June, which is […]
France bans short-haul flights when trains are available to reduce pollutant emissions
France has banned short-haul flights when trains are available to cut carbon emissions. Thus, this Tuesday France published a law banning short-haul domestic flights for journeys that can be made by train in two and a half hours. French Transport Minister Clement Boun said in a statement: “This is an essential step and a strong […]
How Aquifers Deplete Years of Saltwater Intrusion (And Now It’s Time to Refill and Continue to Water)
At one of the points on the coast of Granada Boom In Spain, an aquifer pressed to irrigate avocado farms is becoming useless: it has been emptied so much by water extraction that seawater has invaded. And once it is salty, the liquid is unsuitable for trees. So, since last January, fresh water has been […]