Fuels / Climate Change & Energy

News: Reuters report asks whether EU officials are changing science to suit EU policy

Another two independent scientific studies have cast further doubt on the EU’s policy of pushing for biofuels to make up 10% of the transport market by 2020. And in a special report, the Reuters news agency says the general picture that emerges from a series of Commission documents is that EU officials might have ‘deliberately skewed the findings of scientific studies to fit their policies’.

July 22, 2010 | Fuels | T&E Bulletin | Climate Change & Energy

News: Opinion

By Chris Bowers Editor, T&E Bulletin In June 2004, I wrote an open letter to the FIA, the governing body of Formula 1 motor racing, suggesting it ought to limit the amount of fuel available to drivers in grand prix races.

July 22, 2010 | Fuels | T&E Bulletin | Vans | Climate Change & Energy

News: MEPs stand up against tar sands

The campaign to make petrol and diesel derived from tar sands less economically attractive received the support of a group of MEPs earlier this month, including the chair of the environment committee, Jo Leinen.

July 22, 2010 | Fuels | T&E Bulletin | Climate Change & Energy

News: 29/06/2010 - Bioenergy: a carbon accounting time bomb

BirdLife International, EEB and T&E invite you to the launch of the study 'Bioenergy: a carbon accounting time bomb' The event will take place on June 29, from 2 to 4.30pm in the European Parliament - Paul-Henri Spaak P7C050, and is kindly sponsored by Theodoros Skylakakis MEP, Kathleen Van Brempt MEP and Bas Eickhout MEP.

June 29, 2010 | Climate Change & Energy | Events | Fuels

News: Studies cast further doubt on sustainability of bioenergy 

Two new independent scientific studies launched today cast further doubt on the EU’s policy of promoting biomass as fuel for heat and power generation, and biofuels for transport, [1] according to BirdLife International, the European Environmental Bureau and Transport & Environment.   

June 29, 2010 | Climate Change & Energy | Fuels

News: Biofuels: ‘Recognised by the European Union’ ... but what does it really mean?

The Commission has published its guidance on the sustainability and certification of biofuels, which it hopes will stop the loss of credibility in the EU’s biofuels policy. But the new guidelines for the sustainability of biofuels production still do not take indirect land-use change into account, which experts and campaign groups say is the most crucial issue.

June 17, 2010 | Climate Change & Energy | Fuels | T&E Bulletin

News: New EU biofuel sustainability rules ‘missing the point’ say green groups

The European Commission’s communication on biofuel sustainability (1), published today, will do precious little to address the impacts on land and emissions from crop-derived fuels used in transport, according to BirdLife International, ClientEarth, the European Environmental Bureau and Transport & Environment. The four environmental groups remain deeply concerned about the Commission’s failure to address the critical issue of expansion of agricultural land into environmentally sensitive areas when food production is displaced by fuel crops, a process known as indirect land use change (ILUC).

June 10, 2010 | Climate Change & Energy | Fuels | Press Releases

News: MEPs join NGOs in expressing alarm about oil from 'tar sands'

The environment impact of oil produced from ‘tar sands’ is becoming an increasingly high-profile issue, after three developments in the last month that could be important in the fight for cleaner fuels. MEPs and a group of NGOs have warned that fuel quality legislation agreed in 2008 could be undermined because the true impact of tar sands on CO2 emissions is not reflected in the small print of the law now being discussed, and another NGO says oil from some of the most carbon-intensive sources is probably already in use on this side of the Atlantic.

May 20, 2010 | Climate Change & Energy | Fuels | T&E Bulletin

News: Commission wants CO2 limits for lorries

Efforts to reduce climate emissions from road freight transport were given a boost last month when the Commission suggested the introduction of carbon dioxide emissions standards for the first time. The idea has been floated in a communication on clean and energy-efficient vehicles, which concentrates mainly on setting a framework for the development of electric cars.

May 20, 2010 | Lorries & Road Freight | Fuels | Climate Change & Energy | Cars | T&E Bulletin

News: Hidden annex calculates the indirect carbon footprint of a range of biofuels

The Commission has been forced to release an annex to a study on the impact of biofuels policy it had withheld. The hidden information suggests that biodiesel made from soy beans can emit four times more greenhouse gases than conventional diesel.

May 20, 2010 | Climate Change & Energy | Fuels | T&E Bulletin

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