Transition or Mobility? An Interview with Dirk Spaniel
The freedom we have experienced in recent decades to decide for ourselves when, where, and how we get around will no longer be affordable for many people.
The freedom we have experienced in recent decades to decide for ourselves when, where, and how we get around will no longer be affordable for many people.
The Commission has celebrated the move as an “important step towards zero-emission mobility.”
The media accused European Commission official Diederik Samson of influencing Dutch policy. He said he was only reminding the government of the Commission’s point of view.
If passed, the referendum would have enshrined a commitment to a 95% cut in emissions by 2030.
Before agreeing to a post-2035 ban on the sale of traditional cars, the German transport minister negotiated a provision for those running on so-called ‘e-fuels’.
A panel led by editor-in-chief Alvino-Mario Fantini agreed that “when you get beyond the rhetoric” of the EU’s legislative priorities, “you see something very different.”
Protectionism from America has sent European manufacturing into crisis mode, seen in the proposal of the Net-Zero Industry Act.
The EU’s Farm to Fork policy is not only facing strong opposition from agribusiness, but even the commissioner responsible for agriculture has expressed his reservations.
The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive was passed, despite intense opposition from conservative groups in the European Parliament.
A taxation of 1.5% “from a heritage of 50 million euros” could help aid the West’s transition to carbon neutrality, according to the backers of a new campaign.
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