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Neste joins eFuel Alliance

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billion vehicles are currently powered by conventional internal combustion engines. All solutions are needed in the fight against the climate crisis. We cannot afford to exclude these options if we want to reach the climate targets and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport. Throughout the world, more than 1.3

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EEA TERM Report Finds Efficiency Gains of Clean Vehicle Technology Being Offset By Ongoing Increases in Travel

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Transport, including international aviation and maritime transport, accounts for around a quarter of total EU greenhouse gas emissions. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Europe Policy. Professor Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director of EEA. On the other hand, implementing such changes will require a paradigm shift in planning approaches.

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2023’s Top Stories About Energy

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And yet more air conditioning exacerbates the very problem—climate change—that is driving the need for more air conditioning. This past November, he focused on the efforts of three Baltic states—Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia—to separate their electrical grids from the Russian-controlled synchronous AC power zone. What to do?

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

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Emissions of GHG have increased by 26% (EU-15) or 180 million tonnes between 1990 and 2006, excluding international aviation and marine transport—an amount larger than the entire annual national emissions for 2006 from Belgium (132 million tonnes) or Romania (157 million tonnes). Transport at a crossroads. EEA Report No 3/2009 ).

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2018 Environmental Performance Index: Air quality top public health threat

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Switzerland’s top ranking reflects strong performance across most issues, especially air quality and climate protection. Burundi, Central African Republic, Madagascar, the Bahamas, and Latvia slipped significantly in environmental performance, largely due to sub-par performance on climate change. Source: EPI. Click to enlarge.

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