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Up in smoke: Europe’s cars driving deforestation in South East Asia
More than half of the palm oil imported into the EU is used to make biodiesel for cars and trucks. Palm oil used for biodiesel has increased sharply over the last years while food consumption of palm...
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Diesel cars and trucks burned more than half (51%) of all the palm oil used in Europe in 2017 - a 13.5% rise in palm biodiesel over the previous year - new data from OILWORLD, the industry reference...
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How to decarbonise European transport by 2050
Transport is Europe's biggest climate problem accounting for 27% of its GHG emissions in 2017. This report summarises a series of studies by Transport & Environment. (T&E analysed pathways for...
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Will the real MAC please stand up?
“What a day! More tomorrow. Goodnight and goodbye #EU2050”. EU climate commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete was obviously very pleased about the announcement he made last Wednesday. Under his stewardship...
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Petition: No palm oil in my tank!
Palm oil expansion is increasing deforestation, ravaging some of the planet’s remaining rainforests and our most precious wildlife.But we can change this! Click here to sign the petition. Transport...
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High risk biofuels in the new RED II
When? Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - 08:00 to 09:00 The EU Renewable Energy Directive has been approved by the European Parliament and the Council and officially published. But one major piece of the...
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To burn or not to burn – Juncker’s palm oil conundrum
Should Europeans be forced to burn palm and soy in their cars in the name of EU climate policy? This is the simple question the European Commission needs to answer today. Related Environmental...
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EU says palm oil diesel a climate catastrophe but leaves loopholes open
Pressure is mounting on EU officials to remove several loopholes in its plan to phase out subsidies for biodiesel produced from palm oil. Earlier this month the European Commission took the landmark...
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People or palm oil corporations: who will the EU listen to?
More than 65,000 Europeans have taken part in the public consultation urging the Commission to close the door to palm oil and soy in diesel Transport ModeFuelsRelated issuesClimate Change and...
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How to surf the green wave – and get a Green New Deal for transport
You could almost hear the sigh of relief going through the ‘Quartier Européen’ two weeks ago. Despite all the talk of a populist anti-EU insurgency taking Brussels by storm, that was not Sunday...
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