EU drafts plan to exempt long-haul flights from new emissions rules on 19/06/24
The European Commission has drafted plans to exempt long-haul flights from rules on monitoring their non-CO2 emissions, after international carriers lobbied for an opt-out, documents seen by Reuters showed. Carbon pricing: Economists question lump-sum payouts to households on 18/06/24
While many economists have long advocated introducing a 'climate dividend' to avoid social tensions caused by carbon pricing, a group around Nobel-prize winner Joseph Stiglitz questioned this approach in a paper released on Monday (17 June) in Nature Climate Change. What European carmakers really think about the ICE ban on 18/06/24
Euractiv's Transport Brief brings you the latest on the transport sector in Europe. Leak: Hungarian Presidency’s plans for energy, transport, environment on 14/06/24
On 1 July, Hungary will take over the Presidency of the Council of the EU from the Belgians. Euractiv has seen and reviewed Hungary's indicative plan for energy, transport and the environment during its six months as Council President. German car industry, government react against EU EV tariffs as BMW faces 21% duty on 12/06/24
The German car industry association VDA and senior government ministers criticised the EU’s preliminary tariffs on China-made electric cars announced today (12 June), which will also hit European companies producing in China, such as BMW and Dacia. UPDATE: EU-China tensions flare up as Chinese government rebukes EU tariffs move on 12/06/24
The EU will put additional tariffs on electric cars produced in China, the European Commission announced on Wednesday (12 June), as preliminary result of a anti-subsidy investigation showed prices being distorted by Chinese state support. Multibillion-euro court battle over jets stranded in Russia begins in Dublin on 12/06/24
Some of the world's largest aircraft lessors faced off against their insurers in a Dublin courtroom on Tuesday (11 June) at the start of a months-long battle over around €2.5 billion of insurance claims related to jets stranded in Russia. New report finds corporate cars ‘leading on pollution, lagging on electric’ on 12/06/24
The company car market, which is ideally positioned to move towards electric-vehicles, is lagging behind the private market for the third year in a row, a new report by green group Transport & Environment (T&E) finds. EU tariffs on Chinese EVs popular with industry, but China’s trade chamber warns against implications on 12/06/24
With the EU expected to announce preliminary tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles on Wednesday (12 June), most European industry representatives look forward to the move, except the car industry itself. After EU elections, transport sector should be careful what it wishes for on 11/06/24
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