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NEW: Most EU countries are on track to meet their public EV charging infrastructure targets. There were more than 630,000 charge points in the bloc at the end of 2023, with the charging network growing faster than the electric vehicle fleet. 🧵

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BREAKING: Plug-in hybrids in new emissions scandal as tests show higher pollution than claimed Three of the most popular plug-ins in 2020 all emitted more CO2 when tested in the real world – even when starting with a full battery

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BREAKING: The European Parliament has voted to set a 2035 deadline for zero-emissions cars and vans👏 It's huge step forward for climate action, air quality and the affordability of electric vehicles.

EU Parliament backs 2035 end date for combustion engine cars

Environment Ministers should support phase-out deadline for polluting cars and vans – with no exceptions.

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BREAKING: Cars powered by synthetic fuel emit as much poisonous NOx as fossil fuel engines, new emissions testing shows. E-fuels, which have been touted by the fossil fuel industry as a way to prolong the life of the internal combustion engine, will not alleviate air pollution.

In tests, cars powered by e-petrol pollute the air as much as petrol

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Transport is the climate 'bad boy' of the EU economy - the only sector to grow its emissions since 1990 @TimmermansEU @AdinaValean , here's our vision for how the #EUGreenDeal can turn that around:

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Bike use 🚴🏽‍♀️ in Paris and its suburbs is up 54% - in one year alone. 840,000 bike journeys per day. Car trips are down 5% since 2010 💨 Partly, thanks to the building of a bike lane network by @Anne_Hidalgo 's Plan Vélo. 👏👏👏

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BREAKING: Parisians have voted to increase parking rates for heavier vehicles, signaling that the tide is turning against huge SUVs in our cities. It's time for other European cities to ask whether large SUVs have a place on their streets.

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BREAKING: Electric cars will be cheaper than petrol cars in ALL segments by 2027, finds @BloombergNEF study for T&E 2025: Light vans 2026: Sedans 2026: SUVs 2026: Heavy vans 2027: Small cars 👉 Time to #NameTheDate for ending new fossil-fuel car sales!

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NEW: Europe wastes land the size of Ireland on crops for biofuels. If we ditched #biofuels , we could use that area of land to: 🌽Feed 120mn people a day 🌻Create carbon sinks that thrive with biodiversity by returning it to nature ☀️Generate solar & wind energy

Land used for European biofuels could feed 120 million people daily

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BREAKING: 10 years of EU's failed biofuels policy has trashed the planet 🌴Forests the size of the Netherlands wiped out 🦧An estimated 10% of the world’s orangutan habitats destroyed 💨Up to 3x more CO2 emissions than the fossil diesel it replaced

10 years of EU's failed biofuels policy has trashed the planet

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NEW: The burning of animal fat biofuels is set to triple by 2030🐷📈 ❌But there is not enough to scale it up sustainably. ✈️The growing use of animal fat to power planes is raising concerns over the availability of ‘waste’ biofuels. Read the study➡️

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BREAKING: leaked @EU_Commission study confirms that Europe is an aviation tax haven. The US, Japan, even Saudi Arabia all tax kerosene! A jet fuel tax can cut CO2, raise revenue and not harm our economy. Time to end aviation's tax free status! Story:

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BREAKING: Green shipping would add just 8 cents to a pair of Nikes. Running ships on renewable hydrogen has almost no impact on the price of consumer goods from trainers to televisions. A tiny price to pay for cleaning up one of the dirtiest industries on earth.

The cost of decarbonising shipping

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Electric cars emit less CO2 over their lifetime than #diesels even when powered w dirtiest electricity – study #EVs

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Stop fake green business across Europe 🌱⚠️ This new law can stop corporate greenwashing 🤬 SIGN TODAY for a green future for our economy 🙌 #StopFakeGreen 📢🐝🌳 Save the #taxonomy 🌱🌿🌳

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BREAKING: The biggest luxury cruise company emits 10 times more #AirPollution than all of Europe’s cars! Time to make it cleaner #BeatAirPollution

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NEW STUDY: Simply no comparison between EV batteries and fossil fuel cars when it comes to raw materials.

Batteries vs oil: A comparison of raw material needs

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WORRYING: Transport has become Europe's biggest climate problem - and things are getting worse. We need stronger, faster action to have a net-zero emissions mobility system in Europe. More on:

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As expected, based on earlier studies, plug-in hybrids perform shockingly badly, emitting an average of 3.5x their official and publicly reported CO2 emissions. JLR PHEVs perform the worst with a 147g CO2 gap for every kilometer driven. 3/6

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Electric cars in Europe emit, on average, almost 3 times less CO2 than equivalent petrol/diesel cars, according to the latest data. #EVs vs #Diesel #Petrol Check out our new, interactive analysis tool: 👉

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BREAKING: EU governments this morning agreed to end sales of polluting cars and vans by 2035. It’s game over for the internal combustion engine in Europe 👏🎉

EU governments take historic decision to end sale of polluting cars

Agreement breaks hold of the oil industry over transport.

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LATEST on the #CO2 impact of #EVs 🚗and their batteries🔋: The 2017 study that was the basis for dozens of critiques has finally been updated👏 And guess what? It shows the impact is 2-3 times less CO2 than previously reported!

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BREAKING: Fuel tax cuts for drivers will cost European taxpayers almost €9bn The richest motorists will receive EIGHT times more public money than the poorest, on average, new analysis finds

Taxpayers face €9bn bill for fuel tax cuts skewed towards the rich

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BREAKING: As vegetable oil prices soar and supermarkets resort to rationing, Europe continues to burn 19 million bottles of sunflower and rapeseed oil every day in cars. We must prioritise food over fuel and end the use of food crop #biofuels now. 👇👇

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Most people don’t know that 51% of ALL #palmoil imported into Europe goes into cars. EU policy promotes it as “green biodiesel” even though it’s three times worse for the climate than fossil #diesel . We have 17 days to change this! #NotInMyTank ✍️SIGN:

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Does an electric vehicle pollute more than a diesel or petrol car over its lifetime? Check out our interactive tool to compare different vehicle types in different countries:

Click for our interactive tool here:

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🚗🌬️BREAKING: New diesel cars’ particle emissions spike to 1,000 times normal levels in tests #Dieselgate #StillNotClean

New diesels’ particle emissions spike to 1,000 times normal levels in tests - Transport & Environ...

New diesel cars’ pollution is peaking at more than 1,000 times their normal levels, tests of two top-selling vehicles show. The dangerous spikes in particles can instantly stress the heart and are a…

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BREAKING: EU Parliament votes to accelerate the electric car transformation #ZeroEmissionCarsBETTER #EPlenary #CarsCO2 #CO2

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"When you have a car, you burn 17,000 litres of oil over the use of that car. For an electric car, you need five or six kilogrammes of lithium that you can recycle and reuse again and again."

The EU needs lithium to help wean it off oil. But is there enough?

Lithium mining has been controversial in Serbia and Portugal, but it is integral to Europe's energy transition.

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BREAKING: The EU Commission must not choose trade over the climate. NGOs across Europe have called on the EU executive to end the use of deforestation-driving soy in #biofuels . Trade deals like #Mercosur must not compromise on ending deforestation.

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🚗LATEST: New diesel cars’ particle emissions spike to 1,000 times normal levels in tests #Dieselgate #StillNotClean Read More:

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Electric vs hydrogen cars? Battery electric cars are at least three times more efficient than hydrogen fuel cell cars due to energy losses.

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#DieselBan - "Children's right to breathe clean air takes priority over the right to drive all kinds of cars on every single street" says Swedish Minister for the Environment @karolinaskog :

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How many countries have announced bans on #diesel and #petrol cars so far?

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The Belgian city of Ghent has reported a 12% reduction in rush-hour traffic, and a 25% increase in cyclists in the first year of its new traffic plan. We explain how here. @BRAL_Brussels @MathiasB9 @BeterLeefmilieu @lienvandamme @www11be @PierreDornier

How a Belgian city is cutting rush-hour traffic - Transport & Environment

The Belgian city of Ghent has reported a 12% reduction in rush-hour traffic, and a 25% increase in cyclists in the first year of its new traffic plan. The findings were reported on the second…

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🚗BREAKING: ⚡️Electric cars will treble market share📈this year as most carmakers on track to meet 🇪🇺 EU emissions targets – analysis

Read T&E's 2020 Car CO2 report

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Europe is a tax haven for aviation! Taxing jet fuel would: 👇cut CO2 emissions by 11% 👇cut aircraft noise by 8% 👌have no net impact on jobs 👆raise €27bn in revenues every year 🙌has the same impact as removing almost 8 million cars from our roads

EU sat on data showing benefits of ending airlines’ tax break – leak - Transport & Environment

Taxing aviation kerosene sold in Europe [1] would cut aviation emissions by 11% (16.4 million tonnes of CO2) and have no net impact on jobs or the economy as a whole while raising almost €27 billion…

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Europeans are forced to burn #Palm Oil in their diesel cars. Citizens don't know about it. When asked, they don't agree with it. 600,000 said #NotInMyTank Tomorrow is the deadline for the Commission to stop it. Will @MartinSelmayr @TimmermansEU @MAC_europa @MalmstromEU do so?

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THIS IS HUGE: EU reaches groundbreaking compromise to stop greenwashing of finance The EU’s green standard will mean people can no longer be sold fake green investments. #StopFakeGreen #taxonomy

EU reaches groundbreaking compromise to stop greenwashing of finance - Transport & Environment

EU negotiators working to agree a ‘green finance’ regulation today left with an unexpected Christmas present: new rules for which financial investments can be labelled environmentally sustainable.

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If we are expecting an ambitious new #EuropeanGreenDeal we need a strong #Taxonomy to make sure investments to develop green / sustainable projects aren't given over to polluting industries like oil & gas. Retweet & let ministers know - #StopFakeGreen ✍️

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RECONFIRMED: 90% of tested Euro 6 #diesel vehicles EXCEED the Euro 6 limits on the road. The average is 4.5x more!

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🍹 The wait is over! Introducing the world’s first ever green cruise. Travel in style - completely guilt free! Book now 👉

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There's a large gap between the officially reported CO2 of cars and what they actually pollute. That's according to the first set of 'real world' data published by the EU Commission - an important step in understanding the climate impact of cars🎉 🧵on what the data says⬇️

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4 years

A Paris déjà trois candidates soutiennent notre campagne pour qu'Uber soit 100% zéro émission d'ici 2025 #TrueCostOfUber

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BANG! Denmark urges Europe to ban the infernal combustion engine (petrol and #diesel cars 🚗🌬️) by 2030. The Danish government leads the (battery) pack with 10 other European countries to accelerate the transition to electrified and shared mobility. #EVs

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RT if you think Europe should stop subsidising palm oil in diesel fuel. Join 625,000 Europeans who said No #PalmOil in My Tank! @JunckerEU @MartinSelmayr @TimmermansEU @MAC_europa @MalmstromEU @FedericaMog can stop this tomorrow! ACT: #NotInMyTank

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🔴Scrapping a 15-year old car in Germany with a brand new one saves NO CO2 🟡If swapped for a low-CO2 car (>110gCO2), you get -28% 🟢BUT if exchange with an EV, the CO2 savings more than doubled to 62%. German taxpayers' money shouldn't be spent on combustion cars, ONLY on #EVs .

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BREAKING: Motorists forced to burn more rainforest to meet EU green energy targets. Diesel cars burned more #PalmOil than food and cosmetics industries together #NoRainforestInMyTank

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Electric car batteries are getting cleaner and cleaner. 2-3 times better than just 2 years ago. #EV #Electrification #electriccar

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NEW: Plug-in hybrids are still presented as a climate solution, but tests on the newest models show they pollute much more than claimed on city & commuter routes. It’s time to tax PHEVs based on their actual emissions & stop subsidising their sale.

PHEVs pollute more than claimed in cities and on commutes – tests

It’s time to treat plug-in hybrids based on their actual emissions after on-road tests find three BMW, Peugeot and Renault models emit more CO2 than advertised.

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Did you know that diesel cars burn half of the palm oil we consume in Europe? Make sure your energy minister says STOP to cutting down rainforests for fuel. #PalmOil #NoRainforestsInMyTank

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BREAKING: The European Parliament's environment committee vote for a faster shift to electric cars. #ZeroEmissionCarsBETTER #EVs #ElectricCars @EP_Environment Our full reaction:

MEPs vote for a faster shift to electric cars - Transport & Environment

The European Parliament's environment committee today signalled the Parliament's support for ambitious CO2 standards for new cars and vans in 2030 and comprehensively rejected the Commission’s…

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BREAKING: Carmakers’ indirect emissions are 50% higher than reported. Car manufacturers are misleading investors who face a ticking 'carbon bomb', as mandatory disclosure of Scope 3 (lifetime) emissions is set to kick in next year. Here's why shares in carmakers are so toxic🧵

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⚡⚡Electric surge!⚡⚡ The number of electric car models will triple in Europe by 2021, new analysis shows. Full details:

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✈️BREAKING: Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden and five other countries have asked the incoming EU Commission to help end the undertaxation of #aviation , the most carbon intensive mode of transport @TimmermansEU @KarimaDelli @pcanfin @BasEickhout

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Dear MEPs, a vote today in favour of phasing out combustion engines would: 🇪🇺Make Europe independent of petro-dictators 📉Radically cut transport emissions 👨‍🏭and create millions of new jobs Embrace a new, clean auto industry and an energy independent EU!

Breaking the hold of the combustion engine over Europe - Transport & Environment

Next week the EU Parliament votes on car CO2 standards. It could mark the end of vast oil imports and radically cut transport emissions.

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✈️ Airlines’ CO2 emissions within Europe🇪🇺 grew 4.9% last year. 🛫 CO2 from flying in Europe has risen 26% in 5 years – far outpacing other transport modes. And yet airlines pay no tax on their fuel or VAT on their tix. Time to rein in their emissions:

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Yes, electric cars really are better than fossil fuel burners. Discrediting or distorting science is a political strategy, as Naomi Oreskes chronicles so well in Merchants of Doubt. And plays into the hands of Big Oil. #EVs #AirPollution #ClimateChange

Yes, electric vehicles really are better than fossil fuel burners

Hans-Werner Sinn’s opinion piece on whether electric cars are as climate friendly as they seem generated a good deal of controversy. William Todts, executive director of Transport & Environment,...

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⚓️BREAKING: The EU Parliament has voted for ships to be required by law to cut their carbon emissions + for shipowners to pay for their pollution in EU carbon market #EUETS 👏 Ball now in @vonderleyen 's court: regulate #shipping emissions

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BREAKING: California will end the sale of new diesel trucks from 2036. The California law is far ahead of the EU’s proposed truck CO2 standard and threatens to leave Europe’s truck industry behind. 🧵

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More Swedes are staying on the ground because of 'flight shame' or #flygskam - 8% drop in air passengers. The “Flygfritt 2019” (No-fly 2019) campaign saw 14,500 people pledge not to fly this year. Organisers aim to boost this figure to 100,000 in 2020.

The Greta effect

More Swedes are staying on the ground because of “flight-shame”

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Transport is the climate 'bad boy' of the EU economy - the only sector to grow its emissions since 1990. @TimmermansEU : We need a #GreenRecovery for transport #EUGreenDeal

The race is on to stop EU stimulus going to polluting industries

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New survey - Clear majority of EU city dwellers don't want #AirPollution to come back and would support measures such as zero-emission zones and more public space for pedestrians, bikes and public transport. It's time for cities to take concrete action!

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Denmark leads the way when it comes to putting zero-emission urban buses on the streets in Europe. 78% of new vehicles were electric in 2019. Other EU countries now have a chance to catch up by including emissions-free buses in their Covid recovery plans.

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The rise in #SUV sales is the main responsible for the increase in CO2 emissions from new cars in Europe. These cars are heavier, bigger, less efficient than conventional vehicles. #SUVs exacerbate the #ClimateCrisis #ClimateStrike #Aussteigen More:

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BREAKING: Biofuels are pushing the Amazon closer to the tipping point. Growing demand for soy oil in biofuels is contributing to the climate crisis, food insecurity and the collapse of the Amazon. Read the full report to see how we can stop this👇👇

Soy in biofuels is fuelling our crises

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🚨BREAKING: Carmakers fined €875 million for colluding to delay cleaner vehicles First #Dieselgate , now this - carmakers cannot be trusted. Only an EU target to switch to 100% emissions-free cars by 2035 will be enough to decarbonise by 2050 #Fitfor55

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It's time to move past the basic emissions debate about electric vehicles – which by any reasonable standard of proof is over. The debate now needs to switch to vehicle size, improving batteries and environmental impact, and reducing car dependency.

Petrol and diesel engines are dying technology. The electric car age is inevitable | Ben Lane

Arguments over the green credentials of electric cars are already over. Work on 21st-century tech, and leave the past behind, says Zapmap co-founder Ben Lane

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What would happen if we started taxing jet fuel? Find out from the video: #FridaysForFuture #aviation

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Olio di palma, non solo biscotti: in Italia il 70% usato per biocarburanti e bioenergie. @SergioCosta_min @giannipitella : Togliamo i sussidi legali a #palmoil dai biocarburanti #UnPienoDiPalle #NotInMyTank @Legambiente @Greenpeace_ITA @Kyoto_Club

Olio di palma, non solo biscotti: in Italia il 70% usato per biocarburanti e bioenergie. "Paghiamo...

Stiamo pagando 900 milioni di euro all’anno, tra distributore e bolletta, la distruzione delle foreste. Perché con l’olio di palma, le cui piantagioni sono la principale causa di deforestazione...

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One of Europe's biggest carmakers finally gets it: plug-in hybrids are fake electrics that pollute the climate far more than manufacturers claim Daimler is stopping all new R&D in PHEV technology to focus exclusively on all-electric vehicles

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More palm oil in EU cars than on our plates! The amount of forest-ravaging #PalmOil used to make biodiesel reached an all-time high of 4.5 million tonnes in 2019. In contrast, the use of palm oil to make food dropped to an all-time low of 2.8 Mt. Click to learn why #NotInMyTank

Palm oil for food vs fuel

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EU governments should end the purchase subsidies and generous tax breaks for plug-in hybrids that are fuelling another emissions scandal And it's time Europe overhauls how it rewards fake 'electric' PHEVs in EU car CO2 tests and regulations, @TimmermansEU

Plug-in hybrids in new emissions scandal as tests show higher pollution than claimed - Transport &...

Sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles are skyrocketing in Europe, but tests on the newest models confirm they pollute the climate far more than carmakers claim – even when starting with a full battery.

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Surprise, surprise... more than half of ALL the #PalmOil used in Europe in 2017 wasn't used to make cookies, but added to #diesel to make 'biodiesel'. The @EU_Commission can stop this on February 1, 2019. Tell them #NotInMyTank ! Sign the petition:

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BREAKING: The biggest luxury cruise company emits 10 times more #AirPollution than all of Europe’s cars! Time to make it cleaner #BeatAirPollution

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#AirPollution - There are now 51 million dirty diesel cars on EU roads! Our new analysis shows an increase by 18% over the past 12 months and a 74% rise since 2016. This scandal must stop! #Dieselgate

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BREAKING: Major European companies tell EU lawmakers to ban fossil-fuel cars and van sales by 2035 IKEA, Volvo, Metro, Uber, Sky, Iberdrola and Enel X among 27 brands to tell @vonderleyen @TimmermansEU to #NameTheDate 🗓️in the upcoming #car CO2 law

IKEA, Volvo, Uber among companies telling EU to end petrol and diesel car sales by 2035 - Transport...

EU lawmakers should set an end date for selling new combustion engine cars in Europe no later than 2035, 27 companies have said in a joint appeal today.[1] The open call will continue to gather…

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BREAKING: Electric vans are 25% cheaper per km than diesels to own and operate, on average, a new study finds Yet e-van sales are rising extremely slowly – just 3% marketshare vs 9% for electric cars – due to weak EU targets that don’t require manufacturers to increase supply.

Electric vans cheaper overall than diesel, study finds

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Europeans don't want to burn palm oil in their cars. Tell EU Vice President @TimmermansEU and Commissioners @MalmstromEU and @MAC_europa that forests and wildlife are more important than diesel! ACT: #PalmOil #NotInMyTank

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🚨BREAKING: Report that EU will target switch to 100% emissions-free cars by 2035 Big, bold, achievable step that Europe needs to take Huge test now for the @vonderleyen Commission: 5 days to resist onslaught from oil industry and 🇩🇪🇫🇷engine suppliers✊

EU to Urge 2035 Goal to End Combustion-Engine Era in Autos

The European Union is set to propose all new cars sold from 2035 should have zero emissions, as part of an unprecedented plan to align its economy with more ambitious climate targets.

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Why is flying within Europe cheaper than taking a train? @TiesJoosten , from the Dutch platform for investigative journalism Follow the Money ( @FTM_nl ), gives you some answers. Take a look!

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Zero emission buses🚌are on the rise: 16% of new sales in 2020 (12% in 2019) Good news but progress too slow for race to decarbonise and cut air pollution. To speed up, EU should set 100% zero emission sales target for urban buses by 2027 🧵on the state of the EU bus market👇

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Over. And out. 🚘⛽️🔚 Only emissions-free cars to be sold in the EU from 2035, says the EU Commission #Fitfor55

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BREAKING: EU agrees first-ever CO2 targets for trucks, delivering a 30% cut in fuel burnt and kick-starting zero-emission vehicles. Truckers will benefit with almost €60,000 in fuel savings per vehicle over a 5-year period. @BasEickhout @MAC_europa

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Dear MEP: Today you have a once-in-a-decade opportunity to clean up cars and vans & stop the cheating! Zero-emission cars are better for: 1. Our health and planet 2. Our jobs 3. Our drivers 4. Our energy sovereignty Vote for more ambition on car CO2 law! #ZeroEmissionCarsBETTER

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4 years

New diesel cars’ particle emissions spike to 1,000 times normal levels in tests #Dieselgate #StillNotClean Read More:

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6 years

In just 3 days, over 65,000 Europeans have said #NoRainforestInMyTank ! EU citizens urge @JunckerEU @MAC_europa @EU2018BG to stop subsidising #PalmOil #Biofuel because it fuels deforestation and destroys orangutans' habitats. #CleanEnergyEU Please SIGN:

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Europe is losing out on €34 billion a year in revenue by not taxing its aviation sector properly. Closing this ‘tax gap’ needs to be a priority for governments by implementing a fuel tax, VAT on tickets or extending the carbon market. Read the study ➡️

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BREAKING: Carmakers have cheated European drivers to the tune of 150bn euros since 2000. Top 5 cheated nations: Germans €36bn Brits €24.1bn French motorists €20.5bn Italians €16.4bn Spaniards €12bn #ZeroEmissionCarsBetter Full story:

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Cutting the speed of #ships has huge benefits for humans, nature and the climate - new report. A 20% reduction would cut greenhouse gases and air pollutants. This speed limit would cut underwater noise by 66% and reduce whale collisions by 78%.

Climate change: Speed limits for ships can have 'massive' benefits

Cutting the speed of ships by 20% can benefit health, protect whales and limit warming, say campaigners.

www.bbc.com

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2 years

Myth busted at #EUTrucksSummit : Weight is not a problem for zero-emissions trucks Even the biggest electric long-haul trucks will be able to carry same payload as diesel because the weight of battery is offset by removing the engine and by a 2tn extra allowance under EU rules

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5 years

“These [cruise] ships burn as much fuel as whole towns. They use a lot more power than container ships and even when they burn low sulphur fuel, it’s 100 times worse than road diesel.” #cruises #shipping #airpollution

The world's largest cruise ship and its supersized pollution problem

As Harmony of the Seas sets sail from Southampton docks on Sunday she will leave behind a trail of pollution – a toxic problem that is growing as the cruise industry and its ships get ever bigger

www.theguardian.com

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4 years

🚗💼Six out of 10 cars sold in Europe are company cars, and almost all of these are diesel or petrol 💨😷 End VAT deductions 💶and write-offs for polluting fossil fuel vehicles! Guide corporate fleets to emissions-free cars instead

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5 years

For cleaner air and our climate, we need an EU sales target for zero-emission trucks NOW. #CleanerTrucks

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5 years

The biggest luxury cruise company emits 10 times more #AirPollution than all of Europe’s cars! Learn more:

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2 years

BREAKING: Solid state batteries can reduce the carbon footprint of electric vehicle batteries by 39% – further increasing EVs’ advantage over combustion engines Raw materials specialists @minviroltd compared the emerging technology to current batteries

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5 years

Europe uses more #PalmOil to make diesel for cars than to make cookies and cosmetics. Madness! Over 650,000 people have said #NotInMyTank 65,000 Europeans have taken part in the public consultation urging the @EU_Commission to stop this. Will the Commission listen to the people?

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Did you know that each year more than 400,000 people die because of emissions in Europe? On 3 October, the European Parliament has a chance to reduce this tragic number by demanding 40% of new cars be clean in 2030 #ZeroEmissionCarsBetter

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4 years

Survey: 64% of Europeans living in cities don’t want to see air pollution return to pre-Covid levels and support radical changes in transport in order to keep air quality improvements. Cities must protect citizens from air pollution‍ 🚶‍♀️🚲🚌🛤️

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It's official! Diesel from palm oil is unsustainable, says the EU 🇪🇺 The law published today should considerably reduce the amount of #PalmOil that counts towards EU renewables targets. #NotInMyTank Read our earlier reaction:

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