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EU Parliament committee asks for tougher transportation standards

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union
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November 27 2011

On November 22, by a vote of 35-5, the European Parliament’s transportation committee passed a resolution calling on the European Commission to introduce legislative proposals to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from road transportation by 20 percent and from aviation and shipping by 30 percent compared to a 2010 baseline

EU announces vehicle efficiency measures

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union
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October 2 2011

On September 29, the advocacy group Transport and Environment released a report concluding that cars sold in the European Union are becoming more fuel-efficient, cheaper to run, and less polluting, demonstrating the value of 2008 legislation mandating carbon dioxide emissions from the passenger car fleet cannot average more than 130 gkm by 2015

EU shipping emissions regulations to be released in 2012

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union
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January 22 2012

On January 19, the European Union announced it will consider proposals on how to regulate international shipping’s greenhouse gas emissions, and publish those standards by year-end

EU transport emissions

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union
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November 13 2011

The European Environment Agency released a report November 10 calling for a fundamental shift in transportation and climate policies in order to ensure that emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants from the area’s transportation sector do not rise in the event of an economic upturn

EU report on carbon dioxide emissions caps for vehicles

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union
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June 10 2012

According to a report released on June 6 and sponsored by the European Commission, the European Union’s 2020 carbon dioxide emissions cap for vehicles of 95 grams per kilometer is achievable and at a lower price tag than previously thought

EU ship fuel standards

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union
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February 19 2012

On February 16, the European Parliament's environment committee voted 4815 to follow the United State’s example and surpass International Maritime Organization standards by only permitting ships using fuel with very low levels of sulfur

EU cars on GHG reduction track

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union
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June 24 2012

The European Environment Agency published figures June 20 finding that new cars sold in the European Union in 2011 emitted an average of 3.3 percent less carbon dioxide than cars sold the previous year

EU shipping rule results in SO2 reduction

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union
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August 19 2012

The European Commission announced August 14 that an EU rule restricting the amount of sulfur in fuel used by ships at berth led to almost immediate improvements in harbor air quality when it became effective in 2010

EC’s shipping emissions proposal potentially harmful

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union
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September 23 2012

Speaking at a European Policy Center event September 18, Andreas Chrysostomou, chairman of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee, said that an upcoming European Commission proposal on controlling shipping emissions could disrupt international negotiations on the issue and provoke a backlash from developing countries

EU fuel economy tests

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union
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March 18 2013

On March 14, the nonprofit group Transport & Environment (T&E) released a report that claims European Union auto manufacturers are undermining the