EU Has Right To Pass Carbon Price On To Oil Majors — Legal Analysis

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 21:30:22 +0000

For a fair and just environmental transition, the EU should pass on part of the carbon price for cars and homes to fuel suppliers rather than European households. The EU can legally require fuel suppliers to absorb part of the EU’s forthcoming carbon levy for buildings and road transport instead of passing the burden entirely […]

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Airlines Call for End to Loopholes in Carbon Market & Back European Climate Measures

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2022 20:30:35 +0000

Airlines call for an end to loopholes in carbon marketFour airlines — easyJet, Ryanair, Jet2, and Wizz Air — together with clean mobility group T&E are calling for equal rules to apply to all flights departing from European airports, regardless of their destination, in order for European measures to effectively decarbonise the aviation industry by 2050. As part of its Fit for 55 package, […]

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Battery Electric Cars Climbed to 9% of Sales in 2021, Driven by EU CO2 Targets

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2022 00:59:17 +0000

Thats Paris EV, Tesla Electric Scooter, Bicycles, PedestriansOne in every 11 cars sold in the EU last year was fully electric as EV sales were boosted by EU CO2 targets for the second year running. Battery electric vehicles had a 9.1% market share, according to ACEA data for 2021. That’s up from 1.9% in 2019 — before the current EU CO2 standards, which […]

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Research Undermines Jobs & e-Petrol Claims of the Fossil Industry in its Bid to Save Engines

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2022 12:00:40 +0000

Lab results and employment analysis blow another hole in the well-funded campaign, which is aimed at lawmakers deciding on new EU car CO2 targets. Originally published on Transport & Environment. A concerted campaign by lobbyists to save the combustion engine and delay the switch to electric vehicles was dealt a blow last month when tests revealed […]

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Unique killings, same language, lawyers say of drug war reports

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 21:40:24 +0000

The police reports on the killings of suspects in President Duterte’s brutal war on drugs “leave much to be desired,”

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