Environment
Hydrogen cars may be the future – they are not yet the present
in depth
Friday 30 November 2018 |
Peter Teffer Kashyap Raibagi
| Voxeurop
EUobserver
The European consumer is hardly buying any hydrogen cars, despite the EU's belief that it has a potential to reduce the use of fossil fuels.
Revealed: Link between MEPs CO2 votes and domestic car jobs
in depth
Thursday 08 November 2018 |
Peter Teffer | EUobserver
Voxeurop
Members of the European Parliament from countries where there are significant number of jobs in the automotive industry were less likely to support stronger climate measures than those where car jobs are less important, according to an analysis of voting patterns.
Electric buses: Europe struggles to take off
Saturday 17 November 2018 |
Justin Delépine | Alternatives Economiques
The lack of a sufficient number of electric-powered buses in Paris area let local transportation company to put back in service several old diesel-propelled buses next year. A vehicle management issue that shows how much European cities lay behind in renewing their buses' fleet.
Europe continues to sell more and more pesticides
Friday 26 October 2018 |
Déborah Berthier | Voxeurop
Between 2011 and 2016, pesticide sales continued to increase in the European Union. Nevertheless, certain member states, such as Denmark, have made serious efforts to reduce their use.
EU sets new – though insufficient – limits for cars’ greenhouse gas emissions
in depth
Tuesday 16 October 2018 |
Gian-Paolo Accardo | Voxeurop
EUobserver
The new caps for CO2 emissions approved by the member states are ambitious, though not enough to counter the current trend in global warming.
Romania, the only EU country consuming less earthly resources than the world’s average
Tuesday 07 August 2018 |
Gian-Paolo Accardo | Voxeurop
In all of EU countries Earth Overshoot Day – the date when all of the inhabitants have used more from nature than our planet can renew in the entire year – falls before 1 August, except for Romania.
Plastic recycling: uneven progress in Europe
in depth
Monday 23 July 2018 |
Antoine de Ravignan | Alternatives Economiques
The “European plastic strategy” is moving forward in Brussels. While certain member states are already doing well, many trail behind.
EU’s Effort Sharing Decision Initiative on its way to reduce carbon emissions by 15 percent by 2020
Tuesday 23 October 2018 |
Kashyap Raibagi | Voxeurop
The European Union (EU) has set its climate change mitigation objective for 2020, committing itself to reduce its Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 20 percent compared with 1990 levels.
Europe’s water quality falls short
Tuesday 17 July 2018 |
Gian-Paolo Accardo | Voxeurop
Due to pollution, the majority of European rivers, lakes, and estuaries fall below the minimum environmental standards, a report by the European Environment Agency reveals.
Global plastic pollution
Tuesday 11 September 2018 |
Voxeurop An impressive data collection on how plastic production and waste has rocket-soared in the last 40 years, by Our World in Data.
