Transport & Environment - Secretariat https://www.transportenvironment.org/ Articles and publications from Transport & Environment - Secretariat en Mon, 16 Jun 2025 14:15:41 +0200 Mon, 16 Jun 2025 14:15:41 +0200 The moment to make automotive steel more circular is now https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/the-moment-to-make-automotive-steel-more-circular-is-now Mon, 16 Jun 2025 14:10:00 +0200 Eoin Bannon https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/the-moment-to-make-automotive-steel-more-circular-is-now Recycled steel targets will help clean up car production, strengthen Europe's domestic industry and reduce our dependence on imports.

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Europe risks losing its early e-fuels lead for aviation, study warns https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/europe-risks-losing-its-early-e-fuels-lead-for-aviation-study-warns Mon, 16 Jun 2025 01:00:00 +0200 Sophie Bauer https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/europe-risks-losing-its-early-e-fuels-lead-for-aviation-study-warns As the aviation sector gathers at the International Paris Air Show, a new T&E study highlights Europe’s potential to be an e-kerosene trailblazer – the most scalable sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) – but severe bottlenecks mean it could lose its first mover advantage.

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Spotlight on e-SAF https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/spotlight-on-e-saf Mon, 16 Jun 2025 00:30:00 +0200 Nele Pärje https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/spotlight-on-e-saf E-SAF is the most sustainable aviation fuel and it can be produced at scale. Explore the parts of the world that are leading on its development, and how close Europe is to reaching the EU’s targets.

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Call upon the French, Spanish and Portuguese governments to improve cross-border rail connections https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/call-upon-the-french-spanish-and-portuguese-governments-to-improve-cross-border-rail-connections Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:30:00 +0200 Gonzalo Cachero https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/call-upon-the-french-spanish-and-portuguese-governments-to-improve-cross-border-rail-connections The global and Iberian business travel associations and logistics company Transfesa ask for completion of key international connections between the three conutries

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Car bonnets becoming half centimetre higher every year, driving road safety fears – study https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/new-car-bonnets-becoming-half-centimetre-higher-every-year-study Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:02:00 +0200 Eoin Bannon https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/new-car-bonnets-becoming-half-centimetre-higher-every-year-study Drivers of high fronted cars are unable to see children as old as nine, tests find.

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Civil society calls on the EU to limit new car dimensions by 2035 https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/civil-society-calls-on-the-eu-to-limit-new-car-dimensions-by-2035 Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0200 Eoin Bannon https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/civil-society-calls-on-the-eu-to-limit-new-car-dimensions-by-2035 Without action, carmakers are set to continue increasing bonnet height and car width – with significant negative consequences for safety.

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Ever-higher: the rise of bonnet height, and the case to cap it https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/ever-higher-the-rise-of-bonnet-height-and-the-case-to-cap-it Wed, 11 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0200 Eoin Bannon https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/ever-higher-the-rise-of-bonnet-height-and-the-case-to-cap-it Report calls on European law-makers to cap bonnet height by 2035, recommending an 85 cm limit for further study

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Ocean protection means including shipping in countries’ Paris climate targets https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/ocean-protection-means-including-shipping-in-countries-paris-climate-targets Mon, 09 Jun 2025 05:00:00 +0200 Sam Hargreaves https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/ocean-protection-means-including-shipping-in-countries-paris-climate-targets Joint press release by Opportunity Green, Seas at Risk and T&E

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Unlocking e-SAF’s potential for the EU competitiveness and energy independence https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/unlocking-e-safs-potential-for-the-eu-competitiveness-and-energy-independence Fri, 06 Jun 2025 13:11:00 +0200 Sophie Bauer https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/unlocking-e-safs-potential-for-the-eu-competitiveness-and-energy-independence The EU's Sustainable Transport Investment Plan is an opportunity to unlock the full potential of e-SAF - the greenest and most scalable sustainable aviation fuel. In doing so, it could also boost the EU’s industrial competitiveness, energy independence, and jobs.

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German car industry demands the EU guts its CO2 law, despite climate consequences https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/german-car-industry-demands-the-eu-guts-its-co2-law-despite-climate-consequences Fri, 06 Jun 2025 10:57:00 +0200 Eoin Bannon https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/german-car-industry-demands-the-eu-guts-its-co2-law-despite-climate-consequences After crying wolf on the 2025 EU target despite EV sales growing in Germany, the industry now wants to roll back the 2035 standard.

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