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Greening measures will add around 8% to airline costs, EU estimates
(Euractiv — 10/1/21) Environmental regulations aimed at cutting the carbon footprint of aviation will increase the cost of flying by around 8% by 2050, according to the European Commission. The EU executive tabled a package of energy and climate laws in July this year, aiming to halve the EU’s carbon emissions by the end of […]
FAA plans to reduce the time planes spend taxiing on the runway
(Marketplace — 9/30/21) The Federal Aviation Administration announced this week that it will soon start rolling out new software at 27 U.S. airports that is designed to reduce the amount of time planes spend taxiing and idling on the runway – that will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Planes burn a fair amount of fuel […]
U.S. states push to surpass world emissions norms on aviation
(Reuters — 10/6/21) U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration should exceed global standards designed to curb emissions from flights, as pressure mounts to limit the sector’s greenhouse gases, five states told the White House in a letter seen by Reuters… The EPA should move ahead of the U.N.’s aviation agency in approving standards to curb greenhouse […]
Will India’s biofuel push threaten food security? A look at ‘real’ cost of green fuels
(The Federal — 10/11/21) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious plan to manufacture biofuels from sugarcane, rice, corn and other crops and blend 20% ethanol in petrol and diesel by 2025 has been criticized for ignoring food security in an attempt to cut oil import bills… The government is banking on present food stocks, which shows […]
News reports and features, May 2018
Mexico City Looks for New Ways to Tame Air Pollution —City Lab, The Atlantic, 5/2/2018 El ayuntamiento de Madrid pone en marcha su ‘radar’ de emisiones —El Economista, 5/2/2018 „Wäre nicht erstaunt, wenn es zu weiteren Anklagen kommt“ —Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung, 5/4/2018 Electric cars make inroads in California — but fast enough? —San Francisco Chronicle, […]
News reports and features, April 2018
Rolling back GHG light vehicle rules: what does it mean for trucking? —Fleet Owner, 4/2/2018 Das neue Verordnungsmonster der EU ist bürokratischer Aktionismus —STERN.de, 4/2/2018 How U.S. Fuel Economy Standards Compare With the Rest of the World’s —The New York Times, 4/3/2018 В ФРГ план Трампа отменить нормы расхода топлива машинами считают эгоистичным —Deutsche Welle, […]
News reports and features, March 2018
Autobuses de Metrobús L7, de última tecnología ambiental: ICCT —La Prensa, 3/1/2018 Autobuses de L7 Metrobús, aliados del medio ambiente —Excélsior, 3/1/2018 Autobuses de L7 del Metrobús contaminan 99.7% menos: Sedema—El Universal, 3/1/2018 En vilo, ciclovía de Reforma por paso de L7 del Metrobús —El Universal, 3/2/2018 The World Is Embracing S.U.V.s. That’s Bad News […]
News reports and features, February 2018
Was die Diesel-Verkaufszahlen senkt —Heise Online, 2/5/2018 UN agency targets black-carbon pollution from ships —Nature, 2/6/2018 Study Ranks Trans-Pacific Airline Fuel Efficiency —Aviation International News, 2/6/2018 ICCT-Studie: Elektroautos deutlich klimafreundlicher als Fahrzeuge mit Verbrennungsmotor —DER SPIEGEL, 2/9/2018 ICCT: Elektroautos (BEV und PHEV) sind schon nach kurzer Zeit klimafreundlicher —MobileGeeks, 2/12/2018 Elektrofahrzeuge trotzdem auf lange Sicht sauber —Eurotransport, 2/12/2018 Elektroautos […]
News reports and features, January 2018
Diesel demise? —Deutsche Welle, 1/2/2018 Bunker Consumption Failing to Keep Pace With Rising Demand for Shipping —Ship & Bunker, 1/3/2018 Revisiting glider truck sale cap could ‘reopen loophole’—Automotive World, 1/4/2018 VW whistle blower: Drivers want higher m.p.g’s; Trump shouldn’t weaken fuel rules —Detroit Free Press, 1/11/2018 Consumers want high fuel efficiency standards, and automakers can meet […]
News reports and features, December 2017
EPA Urged Not to Repeal Rule Regulating Glider Truck Emissions —Transport Topics Online, 12/4/2017 EPA Proposal to Exempt Gliders from GHG Regs Draws Criticism in Hearing —Heavy Duty Trucking, 12/4/2017 Trucking Industry Objects to EPA’s Proposed Rollback on Gliders —Trucks.com, 12/5/2017 Elektrogeräte verbrauchen mehr Strom als angegeben: Betrug im großen Stil oder Einzelfälle? —Web.de, 12/7/2017 Does Hong Kong […]
