The port of Gioia Tauro has been abandoned by the vast majority of container ship customers who prefer it to African ports. As Italian roads become more and more invaded by trucks, pollution will increase and, as a result, harm the health of citizens. These will be the consequences of the entry into force of […]
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MEPs want to tighten the requirements for reducing CO2 emissions from trucks
The European Parliament’s Environment Committee is proposing stricter standards for reducing CO2 emissions2 for buses, trucks and trailers The reduction will take place in relation to what the European Commission has proposed, the European Parliament reports. The EP vote on this issue is scheduled for November. “The Environment Committee has adopted its proposals to tighten […]
Green light from EU governments to Euro7 cars: what’s changing
It is such a low compromise in terms of environmental standards (and environmentalists) that it is difficult to find any difference with the rules already in place today for the approval of Euro 6 vehicles. But the new Euro 7 regulation, approved by the governments of the 27 states of the EU, is liked by […]
The PD shouts about excise taxes, but proposes new taxes on emissions
Friction between the government and the opposition over fuel prices has not eased. The display of plates with the average price does not seem to discourage speculation, given the numerous interventions by the Guardia di Finanza. The last reduction in excise taxes, which reduced the cost by around 30 cents per litre, was in effect […]
Ireland wants to cull 200,000 cows to protect climate
Ireland could culled around 200,000 cows in the next three years to combat climate change. This is a recommendation made by the Dublin Department of Agriculture to ensure that the country complies with the climate targets of the European Union. It is a target that must be reconciled with the livestock sector, which is one […]
Italy rejects Brussels’ green plan for heavy vehicles
Milestone postponed for now greens Road transport as required by Brussels in its plans. The Italian Senate EU Policy Commission rejected the European directive on heavy vehicles as part of the green transition. The resolution, adopted by a majority of 11 votes, called for a European incentive plan to review timing and implement the new […]
The battle is eFuel’s battle to save automakers. Very expensive compared to market needs, and produced in minimal quantities, “neutral emission” fuels can save vehicles’ internal combustion engines from the new EU directive, even if they are not completely green.
First, the fear of stopping the sale of cars with internal combustion engines, then the confrontation with Germany, which leads a group of countries that oppose the European directive on zero-emission vehicles. Everything now revolves around eFuels biofuels, “neutral emission” fuels that will allow automakers to stop the shock that will hit the automotive industry […]
Why do Germany, Italy and luxury car manufacturers want eFuel?
The directive on zero emissions from vehicles was blocked in Brussels due to unexpected opposition from Germany, which led a group of countries, including Italy, which opposed the text. The reform, which envisages stopping the sale of new cars and non-ecological vehicles from 2035, was agreed between the Council and the EU Parliament last year […]
Since the EU has not yet decided to stop petrol and diesel vehicles
It doesn’t come out in Brussels about the future of the automobile. Final approval of the ban on the sale of polluting vehicles in the EU from 2035 was expected on Wednesday. Now coming to the end of the legislative process, the text was adjourned to today after Italy predicted that it would vote against […]