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NEW: The EU Commission will propose a weakening of the 2025 car CO2 target. If implemented, it would delay the scale up of EV production in Europe and remove pressure on the industry to roll out cheaper EV models this year. Read our reaction ➡️ bit.ly/3QFGgkS

submitted 8 hours ago • 1 comment

NEW: Half of new EU city buses were zero-emission in 2024, making city buses one of the early success stories of the European Green Deal. 🧵

submitted 14 hours ago • 8 comments

3 reasons why the EU Automotive Plan should leave the car CO2 targets as is: 📈The EV market is up, in part thanks to targets. Now is not the time to stop 🚗Let's focus on fleet electrification to boost demand 🔋The real crisis is developing local batteries capacity Read more➡️ bit.ly/41CW5PW

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

How does the UK government expect to reach net-zero by 2050 while expanding its most heavily trafficked airports? First Heathrow, now Gatwick. This is a crucial moment for limiting growth and scaling green fuels, not pushing for yet more expansion. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

The EU today announced plans to boost green aviation and shipping fuels, but also sent worrying signal on its 2040 climate goal. Here is our take on the EU Clean Industrial Deal, Action Plan for Affordable Energy, and Omnibus proposal 👇 www.transportenvironment.org/articles/eu-...

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Every year £1bn is lost at sea by not charging shipping emissions. Charging ships for their fair share of UK shipping emissions is a win-win. The costs would mostly be borne by large, profitable ship operators at next to no cost to consumers. Read our report ➡️ bit.ly/3XgMdZu

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Sales of EVs by European carmakers grew 51% last month compared to one year ago while the overall EV market grew by 34%. Carmakers have started to boost BEV sales, some with more affordable models, ahead of the EU 2025 CO2 target and will continue to do so. The EU needs to stay the course on 2025!

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Tomorrow the Commission is poised to publish its first Omnibus proposal streamlining green rules to boost competitiveness. First up? Weakening sustainability reporting and due diligence rules that hold companies accountable for their environmental impacts. 🧵

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

NEW: A study commissioned by T&E finds that slightly reducing the newly proposed weight limits in the EU Weights & Dimensions directive could accelerate zero-emission truck uptake and lead to road infrastructure costs savings. 🧵

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

The false hype around H2 planes shows that without regulation, companies like Airbus will never risk profit for the sake of the climate. A net-zero aviation sector will be nothing more than a fantasy if policymakers don’t act now. Read the article 👇

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

Carmakers don’t seem to mean what they say. One minute they can comply with the EU’s car CO2 targets. The next, they are demanding the targets be scrapped. They are playing a double game to weaken climate rules: complain then comply. Explore the timeline ➡️ https://bit.ly/3X8ReTP

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

NEW: The EU State Aid plan to support the Clean Industrial Deal does not effectively support EU-made cleantech. A 'Make, buy, protect Europe' strategy must be at the heart of this plan to make a local batteries industry a reality. Read the report ➡️ https://bit.ly/4k7xbyM

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

The car industry is trying to lobby out climate targets for its biggest polluting vehicles. 10% of the most polluting vehicles would be excluded from the cars CO2 targets under ‘relief measures’ proposed by the industry. Read our analysis ➡️ https://bit.ly/41n4bvR

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

NEW: So-called ‘relief measures’ proposed by the auto industry that would include flexibilities in the EU’s 2025 car CO2 target would result in drastically reduced BEV sales and kill the target altogether if allowed to go through. 🧵

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Chinese-EU battery projects have been more focused on securing short-term battery supplies than bringing local gains. Without regulations to ensure tech and skills transfer in return for state aid, Europe risks becoming a battery assembly plant. bit.ly/41ly8MS

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

e-SAF is the key to decarbonising aviation but without stronger financial tools the 30 large-scale projects planned for the EU could fail. T&E is joining CEOs from the aviation industry to call for urgent policy support to scale e-SAF production in the EU. Read the letter ➡️ https://bit.ly/4gACZhq

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

NEW: Asian-European battery plant partnerships are not meeting EU air pollution standards or resulting in technology transfer, despite millions in EU subsidies. 🧵

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Hapag-Lloyd and a number of industries and NGOs including T&E and Nabu are calling on the IMO to limit crop fuels in green shipping fuels. Instead of creating new problems, the shipping industry should prioritize green fuels made from hydrogen. Read the letter ➡️ https://bit.ly/4b8tSmX

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

NEW: The UN shipping body’s green fuels law could worsen the sector’s climate impact as plans being drafted at the IMO risk creating a huge new market for deforestation-driving biofuels like palm and soy. Read the report ➡️ https://bit.ly/41dOYx1

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Creating a single-ticket booking platform for rail travel could revolutionise the way we travel across Europe. With demand for trains growing, it's time for the EU to simplify rail travel and finally make this a reality. @nytimes.com explores the future of rail in Europe 👇

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Europe badly needs an industrial strategy to scale e-fuels for shipping and aviation. We need clever financial instruments - like a H2 matchmaking platform - to kickstart uptake of H2-based fuels. Read our statement with ECSA and Airlines for Europe 👇 bit.ly/4hVe1KJ

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

What does it take to be a leader in responsible sourcing, human rights practices and fostering sustainable supply chains? Join us today at 15h CET to unpack automakers' performance in this year's Lead the Charge Leaderboard with The Sunrise Project and EARTHWORKS. 👉 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

E-fuels are not at all the miracle fuel that the oil industry wants to make them seem. @spiegel.de investigates how the push for e-fuels in the EU was more likely an attempt by oil lobbyists to slow the EV transition than any real attempt at a climate solution.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Simplification can not lead to a dismantling of the Green Deal, especially when “closed-door” roundtables discuss the reopening of crucial legislation without a proper public consultation. Check out the LinkedIn post from T&E’s Giorgia Ranzato for more 👇 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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NEW: The EU can guarantee demand for more than 2 million EVs for European carmakers in 2030 by using its upcoming fleets law to set binding targets for large corporate fleets to buy fully electric as of 2030. 🧵

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment