Sean Goulding Carroll
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Anger at Germany as vote to finalise combustion engine ban is delayed
EU diplomats reacted with surprise and annoyance to Germany’s last-minute refusal to back a ban on the sale of new combustion engine cars by 2035, which has led to a postponement of the vote to approve the law. → Read More
Business as usual 'dangerous' for aviation, warns Rome airport chief
A realistic pathway to cut aviation emissions is the best way the sector can prevent lawmakers from restricting flying on environmental grounds, the head of Rome’s Fiumicino and Ciampino airports has said. → Read More
EU transport policy: Hard on citizens, weak on industry?
A picture is emerging that the EU Commission is hard on passengers, but weaker when it comes to freight, where citizens are affected only indirectly and much stronger lobbies seem to be at work. → Read More
EU retains combustion engines for trucks with 90% CO2 reduction target
The European Commission has set a 90% carbon emissions reduction target for new heavy-duty vehicles by 2040, a move that keeps the door open for the sale of some combustion engine buses and trucks beyond that date. → Read More
EU sees brutal drop in renewable energy used in transport
Recently released figures by EU statistics agency Eurostat show a substantial fall in the amount of renewable energy in the transport sector for 2021, an alarming trend that affects almost all EU countries. → Read More
Industry warns EU against combustion engine ban for trucks, buses
Vehicle manufacturers, fuel companies, and other industry bodies have warned lawmakers that banning the sale of combustion engine lorries and buses too early could imperil Europe's road freight industry. → Read More
'No longer science fiction': Digitalisation heralds new era for railways
Rail operators are backing a shift to digital technology to remove barriers to cross-border journeys, a move in line with EU goals to double the share of rail freight and high-speed rail traffic by 2030. → Read More
Brussels aims to make night train dreams a reality
Last week, Transport Commissioner Adina Vălean announced that the EU will throw its support behind 10 rail pilot projects, expanding cross-border train options across the continent. → Read More
Car repairers condemn automakers for reluctance to share data
EU regulators must compel car manufacturers to share vehicle-generated data with independent repairers to avoid raising costs for car owners and imperiling businesses, repair companies have said. → Read More
Aviation industry must 'embrace change', says Rome airport chief
As public opinion turns against polluting industries and lawmakers mull increasingly punitive green taxes, shifting to low-carbon flying will safeguard the economic success of the aviation sector, Rome’s airport chief has said. → Read More
Will accelerating high-speed rail put the brakes on cars, planes?
A new report found that tripling the number of high-speed rail (HSR) connections between big cities in Europe by 2050 would entice passengers out of cars and planes and into trains, resulting in significant socio-economic and environmental benefits. → Read More
No plan but plenty of blame over Germany's transport emissions
An emergency climate programme will have to enable Germany to reduce annual transport emissions to only 85 million tonnes of CO2 by 2030. To make that a reality, pointing fingers or highlighting what does not work won’t be enough. → Read More
Car rental companies frustrated at 'growing exclusion' from EU meetings
Avis, Europcar, and Hertz have written to the European Commission to share their frustration at being left out of EU-organised urban mobility discussions. → Read More
A final sprint to make the EU Fit for 55
To kick off the new year, EURACTIV takes a look at the 'Fit for 55' transport files still on the docket for 2023. → Read More
Spectre of the Yellow Vests haunts carbon tariff agreement
The ETS for road transport and buildings is an impressive, important, and risky legislative feat. But if not implemented with care, it risks creating the same sense of aggrievement that birthed the Yellow Vests. → Read More
Laid-off autoworkers encouraged to join Europe’s booming bicycle industry
As the automotive sector braces for job losses in the wake of increased competition and the end of the combustion engine, bicycle manufacturers are encouraging redundant workers to enter the growing cycling industry. → Read More
CORSIA: A ‘dangerous distraction’ for climate action on aviation?
Once again, CORSIA is being used as an argument by policy-makers not to expand the EU’s own carbon pricing scheme, the Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), to international flights departing from and going into the European Economic Area. → Read More
EU batteries to be the world's greenest under new rules
Batteries produced in Europe will be the most sustainable in the world, under new rules agreed upon by EU lawmakers on Friday (9 December). → Read More
Lawmakers agree to restrict EU carbon tax to flights within Europe
A surprise deal struck by EU legislators early Wednesday morning (7 December) affirms that the tax on aviation carbon emissions will continue to apply only to flights within Europe, a blow to environmental campaigners who had lobbied for complete coverage. → Read More
With France decision, EU empowers member states to ground flights
Brussels gave France the green light Friday (2 December) to ban domestic short-haul flights where a train journey under two-and-a-half-hours is available, paving the way for member states to force a shift from sky to rail on environmental grounds. → Read More