GOODYEAR DUNLOP LAUNCHES WEB PORTAL TO HELP FLEETS IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Published at 10.03.2012 in Components, Environment
As part of its campaign to help commercial fleets improve fuel economy, today Goodyear Dunlop launches a website (www.fleet-fuel-efficiency.eu) dedicated to providing fleets with information to reduce their costs and improve their carbon footprint.
UK GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES PROJECT TO EVALUATE HYDROGEN FUEL CELL ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Published at 22.01.2012 in International developments, Environment
UK Business Minister, Mark Prisk, has announced a project to ensure the country is well positioned for the commercial roll-out of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (HFCEVs). In order to improve local air quality in cities, reduce carbon emissions and meet the UK Government’s carbon reduction targets, the new program, ‘UKH2Mobility’, will evaluate the potential for hydrogen as a fuel for Ultra Low Carbon Vehicles in the UK, before developing an action plan for an anticipated roll-out to consumers in 2014/15.
EUROPEAN COACH & BUS WEEK FEATURES FIRST EURO 6 BUS
Traditionally preceeding the Busworld exhibition again was the European Coach & Bus Week, an event where the latest additions to the bus and coach market are analysed by dedicated groups of jurors. One of the vehicles presented to them was the first Euro 6 coach, the Mercedes-Benz Travego Edition 1.
GLOBAL CO2 EMISSIONS AT RECORD HIGH; EXTREME STEPS NEEDED SAYS NEW RESEARCH
Published at 03.10.2011 in Technology, Environment
World CO2 emissions rose 45% between 1990 and 2010 reaching an all-time high of 33 billion tonnes, according to a new report by the EU's Joint Research Centre (JRC). Meanwhile, new research to be published in a leading journal says that large scale removal of CO2 from the atmosphere may be neccessary if emissions keep rising after 2020. The JRC's report says that the increased use of renewables, nuclear power, and better energy efficiency, have not kept up with the world's growing demand for power and transport, which is strongest in developing countries.
BIOENERGY TARGETS BASED ON FLAWED SCIENCE, REPORT SHOWS
Published at 28.09.2011 in Alternatives, Environment
Existing targets for biofuels and other forms of bioenergy are based on flawed carbon accounting and should be revised downwards, a draft report by a panel of 19 top European scientists showed recently. "It is widely assumed that bioenergy is inherently carbon-neutral -- however this assumption is flawed," said the Scientific Committee of the European Environment Agency (EEA), the EU's environment watchdog.
