Tackling real world emissions from cars
Light duty vehicles (LDVs) emit more pollutants on the road than in laboratory conditions. In order to solve this problem the Commission decided to introduce complementary type-approval procedures to...
View ArticleDraft proposal on pollutant emissions from NRMM
The aim of the European legislation on pollutant emissions from Non-Road Mobile Machinery (NRMM) is to protect human health and the environment. This can only be achieved by strict emissions limits...
View ArticleGreen 10 letter: New Commission sidelining environment
Transport & Environment and the other members of the Green 10, the alliance of leading environmental NGOs at EU level, wrote to European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker to express our...
View ArticleRealistic real-world driving emissions tests: a last chance for diesel cars?
Air pollution emissions limits for cars, vans and trucks (Euro Standards) have been progressively tightened, on paper, over 25 years but have failed to deliver real-world improvements for several key...
View ArticleAnchoring sustainability and the environment in the structure of the new...
The Green 10, a coalition of the 10 leading environmental organisations active at EU level, wrote to Commission Vice-President designate Frans Timmermans expressing grave concerns over the proposed...
View ArticleGreen 10 calls on MEPs to reject Juncker’s environmentally unsustainable...
Following commissioner hearings at the European Parliament, the Green 10 believes MEPs must reject the Commission unless rigorous changes of mandates, job titles and re-allocation of posts are made...
View ArticleThe market for scrubbers
This report prepared by CE Delft for Transport & Environment analyses available data regarding the number of scrubbers installed on ships and the number of orders. It provides an overview of the...
View Article6 facts about diesel the car industry would rather not tell you
The UK car industry's greenwashing of dirty diesel is an attempt to hide the fact that a typical diesel car emits 10 times more nitrogen oxides than an equivalent gasoline car. With 12 out of 13 Euro 6...
View ArticleNon-Road Mobile Machinery: The good, the bad and the dirty
This briefing assesses the new regulation proposal for emissions from non-road mobile machinery (NRMM). It makes modest progress in covering a wider range of engines types and in tackling the issue of...
View ArticleNew South Wales's sulphur fuel requirements for cruise ships
The following submission is in support of the introduction by the state government of New South Wales in Australia of stricter sulphur content requirements in marine fuels used by cruise ships entering...
View ArticleRealistic real-world driving emissions tests: the last chance for diesel cars?
Harmful levels of air pollution are endemic in European cities, especially close to roads, causing 400,000 premature deaths annually and costing the EU a whopping €1 trillion a year. This paper focuses...
View ArticleAssessing the 'sustainable' impact of EU trade deals
This is the T&E’s response to the European Commission’s public consultation on the handbook on Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA). Consultation responseTransport Mode: All modesRelated issues:...
View Article5 facts about diesel the car industry would rather not tell you
A consortium of car manufacturers, suppliers and repairers has, in an attempt to hide the fact that a typical diesel car emits 10 times more nitrogen oxides than an equivalent gasoline car, launched a...
View ArticleDon't Breathe Here: Tackling air pollution from vehicles
In this report T&E analyses the reasons for and solutions to air pollution caused by diesel machines and cars – the worst of which, an Audi, emitted 22 times the allowed EU limit. In fact, every...
View ArticleBriefing: Environmental Goods Agreement
Launched in July 2014, the Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA) is being negotiated between the European Union – on behalf of its 28 member states – and 16 other members of the World Trade Organisation...
View ArticleThe VW scandal and what does it mean for TTIP?
Unless you have buried your head in the sand over the last couple of days, you would have been hard pressed to miss the VW cheating scandal that has erupted in the United States. A tsunami of media...
View ArticleLetter to EU's Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles on finalising new...
In this letter to the EU's Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles, T&E highlights the urgent need to finalise the new Real-world Driving Emissions (RDE) test as soon as possible to reduce emissions...
View ArticleEurope's tax deals for diesel
The gap between petrol and diesel taxes in Europe is quite unique in the world and is the main reason why diesel engines have taken off in Europe and not worldwide. This study analyses fuel price and...
View ArticleSustainable development and environment in TTIP
Nearly three decades after they were first proposed, the pillars of sustainable development are still absent from the EU’s trade policy. Sustainable development is included in the EU’s trade...
View ArticleLetter to MEPs ahead of plenary debate on real-world driving emissions
A Joint letter from 10 urban, regional, health and environmental stakeholders ahead of the plenary debate on the Real-world Driving Emissions (RDE) test calling on MEPs to reject the weak deal from...
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