T&E and ELFAA call on MEPs to support airspace emissions proposal
Transport & Environment and the European Low Fares Airline Association have joined forces to support Peter Liese, the European Parliament’s lead member on the aviation emissions file, in his call...
View ArticleMember states should follow MEPs and back airspace emissions proposal
MEPs on the Environment Committee today stood up to political pressure from member states and industry by voting to endorse the European Commission’s proposal for an aviation emissions trading system...
View ArticleCommission opens the floodgates to public aid for airports and low-cost...
The European Commission today published its final guidelines on state aid for aviation, which will allow regional airports and the airlines serving them to keep receiving subsidies worth an estimated...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists urge governments to make foreign airlines pay for pollution...
Green NGOs [1] have made formal requests to the Emissions Trading System (ETS) enforcement authorities in Germany, the Netherlands and the UK to take all necessary enforcement actions against airlines...
View ArticleEU governments dismantle emissions trading for international aviation
EU member states yesterday succumbed to pressure from third countries and the aviation industry and decided to shrink the aviation emissions trading system (ETS) to only cover flights between EU...
View ArticleMEPs fly in the face of bullying on EU aviation emissions trading
Members of the European Parliament’s environment committee today courageously voted against a bad deal on aviation emissions trading foisted on them by political leaders in the UK, France and Germany....
View ArticleEurope caves in to foreign pressure, guts aviation emissions-reduction law
Members of the European Parliament today capitulated to pressure, bullying and threats from third countries, the aviation industry and EU leaders lacking vision and courage by voting to shrink the...
View Article'Climate and energy portfolio needs Commissioner unencumbered by conflicts of...
Transport & Environment's reaction to the Parliament hearing for Commissioner-designate for Climate Action and Energy, Miguel Arias Cañete.Despite three-hours of grilling by MEPs of the...
View Article250,000 demand end to scandal of Europe’s airline subsidies, tax exemptions...
A ground-breaking coalition of 140 groups representing 250,000 citizens has, for the first time, called on the EU to end commercial airlines’ tax exemptions and subsidies and phase out night flights....
View ArticleNon-EU airlines in spotlight after Saudi carrier breaches emissions rules
Saudi Arabian Airlines has paid a €1.4 million fine levied by a Belgian regional government for not complying with the EU’s aviation emissions trading system (ETS), prompting calls for all member...
View Article‘EU should work with US on aircraft emissions after EPA ruling’
The US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has announced today that emissions from aircraft endanger human health, after being forced to issue a ruling due to a lawsuit filed by a number of US...
View ArticleIreland, backed by Brussels, pours extra €42.5m into aviation black holes
NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) has criticised the decision by the Irish Government, with Brussels’ backing, to grant €42.5 million to a number of small regional airports, a decision which...
View ArticleNew plane fuel efficiency gains are more than a decade late for UN goal – study
Since 2010 the average fuel burn of new aircraft has improved by 1.1% per year, which suggests that aircraft manufacturers may miss UN aviation body ICAO’s 2020 fuel efficiency goals by 12 years, a new...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament urges EU governments to include aviation and shipping in...
The heads of 7 of the 8 political groups of the European Parliament's environment committee wrote today to the Environment Ministers of the 28 EU countries urging them to include international shipping...
View ArticleAsbestos and jet engines on EU’s ‘green’ goods list for lower tariffs
Sales of asbestos, airplane engines, petrol and other environmentally harmful goods will be boosted by lower tariffs from the EU and 16 other WTO countries under a draft trade deal that is actually...
View ArticleParis could leave aviation and shipping fuel tax-free and climate target-free
The aviation and shipping sectors are set to be exempt from targeted CO2 emissions cuts in the December Paris climate agreement, according to the latest draft deal. This is an irresponsible U-turn, say...
View ArticleMEPs call for reduction target on aviation and shipping emissions in Paris deal
MEPs today called on the EU and all other countries at this year’s Paris climate summit to ensure a requirement is included for reducing emissions from international aviation and shipping....
View ArticleAviation and shipping emissions back in draft Paris climate deal
The reinsertion of international aviation and shipping emissions into the draft Paris agreement has been welcomed by sustainable transport group Transport & Environment after it was dropped from...
View ArticleTransatlantic airlines’ poor fuel-economy shows need for efficiency standards...
Some of the world’s largest airlines, including British Airways, Lufthansa and United Airlines, are among the least fuel-efficient carriers on transatlantic routes, according to a new study. The...
View Article‘Fossils of the Day’ award for aviation and shipping bodies at COP 21
The presentation of the satirical Fossil of the Day award today in Paris to the UN bodies responsible for regulating international aviation and shipping emissions is just recognition of their totally...
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