Geert de Cock – Transport & Environment

The most important piece of EU climate law you’ve never heard of

Sam Hargreaves — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 12:24:00 +0000

Delegated acts are supposed to be technical pieces of legislation. To write detailed rules that would be difficult to negotiate between 751 European Parliament members and 27 countries the European Parliament and the Council can delegate some powers to the European Commission to come up with. But of course, as the expression goes, the devil is in the detail! Delegated acts are often an opportunity...

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The EU’s green fuels law uses tools from the combustion engine age. It’s time for a change

fbh-import — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 17:48:24 +0000

Receive them directly in your inbox. Delivered once a week. Sales of electric vehicles are taking off, reaching more than 10% in 2020. Just recently, the Audi CEO called for ‘Technologieklarheit’ (technological clarity): No gasoline, no diesel, no (plug-in) hybrids, no gas and no hydrogen in passenger cars, only battery electric. Many other car and truck manufacturers now state publicly that the...

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It’s high time we start taking renewable electricity seriously as a transport fuel

fbh-import — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 17:13:32 +0000

Like the baker who suddenly smells their cake burning, the European Commission has gone running to the proverbial oven to see what can be done about its unambitious climate policies. Belatedly, the EU executive has said it will seriously look into increasing the bloc’s climate ambitions: from a 40% emissions reduction to -55% in 2030. Clearly, EU countries will need all the tools at their disposal to achieve steep emissions cuts.