Air

After failing to muster a majority at a vote in the council chamber last Friday, Madrid city council has announced it will definitively drop plans to water down its low emissions zone by allowing newer petrol and diesel-engined vehicles to enter

German cities taken to court over illegal air quality saw pollution levels drop twice as steeply as other cities between 2018 and 2019, according to green group Deutsche Umwelthilfe

With almost six out of 10 cars in Europe bought by companies, large leasing and rental firms should be required to purchase zero-emissions vehicles as a simple way to drive down CO2 emissions, the campaign group Transport & Environment said as it released a detailed report into the sector on Monday

If the European Commission is serious about its ambition to slash emissions from road transport it must match the demands it is making of producers with a huge roll-out of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles, the head of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association said on Tuesday

A European Commission review looking at the effectiveness of the EU industrial emissions directive has concluded that more transparency and participation in the decision-making process on permitting needs to be made available for civil society