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Tag: Green transport

Brussels mandates roll-out of electric-car 'recharging points' - 28 January 2013 - News

The EU has pledged a huge expansion of infrastructure for electric vehicles with binding targets to multiply the number of Europe’s charging stations, part of a new strategy to kickstart Europe’s low-carbon automotive industry.

Green cars legislation faces 'dilution', says Irish presidency - 18 January 2013 - News

Tough new EU carbon dioxide emissions targets for cars are facing "dilution" due to heavy pushback from member states with strong auto-industry lobbies, such as Germany, according to an Irish presidency source, who was speaking on condition of anonymity at a press briefing on 16 January.

MEPs OK law on cutting sulphur content in shipping fuels - 12 September 2012 - News

The European Parliament has approved legislation to slash sulphur levels in shipping fuels, a move environmentalists say will help prevent thousands of deaths linked to maritime pollution.

The lessons of London’s bicycle network - 03 April 2012 - Opinion

Lack of central coordination and inconsistency between mayoral terms have undermined London's bicycle network, says Shin-pei Tsay of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

EU's new transport strategy to put price on pollution - 02 November 2010 - News

The European Commission wants to make transport users pay for emissions, noise and other harm they cause as part of proposals laid down in a draft White Paper on Transport, seen by EurActiv.

Finland eyes world's first 'green highway' - 06 September 2010 - News

The Nordic country is planning to build a carbon-neutral highway, placing filling stations for electric and biofuel-powered cars, smart lighting systems and clean energy production facilities along the route.

Brussels pushes for electric cars - 28 April 2010 - News

The European Commission has approved a new strategy to promote clean and energy-efficient vehicles in the EU, primarily focusing on the role of electric cars rather than biofuel-powered vehicles.

EU 'wise men' chief wants more rail, less road - 05 February 2010 - News

Rail is the perfect answer to respond to the challenge of greening passenger and freight transport, said Felipe González, chairman of the reflection group on the future of Europe beyond 2020.

Electric cars: On the road to greener transport? - 25 August 2009 - LinksDossier

Significant progress has been made in developing electric cars, but critics complain that the distance these vehicles can cover is still too short and much work is needed to prepare electricity infrastructure for radical change.

Ministers reiterate support for green railway transport - 15 June 2009 - News

EU transport ministers yesterday (11 June) paved the way to make rail freight transportation more attractive, as a way of reducing pollution and traffic on European roads.

Bicycles touted as ‘first modern post-fossil vehicle’ - 15 May 2009 - News

Cycling is not only good for the health, but can also help tackle global challenges like climate change and oil dependency, specialists argued at the world 'Velo-City' conference in Brussels this week.

Potočnik: Europe must lead ‘green revolution’ - 10 April 2009 - News

The EU will invest billions in green technologies using a series of public private partnerships (PPPs), Janez Potočnik, Commissioner responsible for Science and Research, has said in an interview with EurActiv Slovakia.

Greening logistics - 24 October 2008 - LinksDossier

Soaring fuel prices, together with growing road congestion and increasingly stringent EU legislation, are forcing freight and delivery services to rethink their transportation strategies so as to save money on fuel and limit their environmental impact.

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