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Here It Comes: Another Hot Summer in Europe

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The sweltering conditions upended vacations throughout the summer season as visitors collapsed from heat exhaustion at crowded tourist sites, and wildfires led to evacuations in Greece, Italy and Spain. Flight searches for Tromsø, Norway, for example, have increased by 85 percent over 2023, according to Kayak.

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EEA finds only mixed progress for Europe’s transport sector in meeting environment, climate goals; GHG emissions up 25% since 1990

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Three Member States (Austria, Finland and Sweden) have already reached the 10 % goal. Oil consumption by the transport sector will need to fall by more than two-thirds to meet the objective of reducing consumption by 70% by 2050 compared with 2008 levels. The share of renewable energy in transport in the EU rose from 6.7% in 2015 to 7.1%

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Emissions study suggests E10 + renewable hydrocarbons a high bioenergy alternative for conventional cars

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The impact of fuels on exhaust emissions was substantial in many cases, with differences between cars representing different engine technologies. 7 °C using a driving cycle according to the Directive 70/220/EEC and its amendments. Broadly, they found elevated emissions from the spark-ignition cars at the test temperature of ?7 7 °C (19.4 °F).

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Neste files patent on gasoline fuels with high bioenergy content

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from VTT Technical Research Centre in Finland and Neste showed that a combination of ethanol or isobutanol with bio-hydrocarbon components offers an option to reach high gasoline bioenergy content for E10-compatible cars. examined the exhaust emissions of three cars using different biofuels at a temperature of −7 °C.

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EEA Report: Trends in European Transport Are Heading in the Wrong Direction

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Despite a reduction in road transport exhaust emissions across Europe, there have been no significant improvements in concentrations of fine particulates (PM 10 ) and nitrogen oxides (NO x ), which have a major impact on air quality and human health. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Europe Market Background Policy.