Tag: emissions
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What can we modify in the car to access the Low Emission Zones?
Each municipality has the power to determine the restrictions in these ZBEs, following its own technical sustainability criteria and as long as they are framed within the general regulations proposed in the Climate Change Law. In the case of Madrid, the year 2024 marks an important milestone, as it is the first year in which…
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Lorca’s PSOE warns of the “risk” of losing three million euros if the Low Emission Zones are not implemented
The PSOE of Lorca warned this Wednesday of the “risk” of losing a European subsidy of three million euros if the City Council does not launch the project to implement the Low Emissions Zone (ZBE) and thus fails to comply with the Climate Change and Transition Law Ecological. Councilor Ángeles Mazuecos recalled that the financing…
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Manufacturers welcome delay of European Euro7 emissions standard until 2027
Both the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) and the Spanish Association of Automobile and Truck Manufacturers (Anfac) have welcomed the position of the European Council to lower climate ambitions and delay the application of the Euro 7 standard from 2025 to 2027, considering it a step in the “right direction”, since the initial proposal of…
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Carbon emissions in the Arctic soar due to the great fires in Canada
The devastating wildfires this summer in Canada have triggered total carbon emissions in the Arctic Circle, much higher than last year, and the third largest after those recorded in 2020 and 2019, according to data published in the early hours of this Thursday by the Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS). This organization monitors fires throughout…
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Belgium needs to invest $450 billion to achieve net zero emissions by 2050
The study shows that more than half of the total amount should go to building renovations. In order to limit global warming to 1.5°C, emissions must be net-zero by 2050, according to the UN Climate Panel, meaning no more greenhouse gases should be released than can be stored or removed from the atmosphere. This goal…
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Former Audi boss convicted of “omission scam” over emissions scandal
Tuesday, June 27, 2023, 11:37 comment copy link WhatsApp Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Telegram Rupert Stadler, former head of the German automobile brand Audi, has been sentenced this Tuesday to one year and nine months in jail for the charge of “fraud by omission” and his responsibility in the Volkswagen group emissions scandal. The sentence handed…
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Carbon dioxide emissions in the energy sector will reach a record in 2022
The Energy Institute indicated in the study, which was conducted in cooperation with the two consulting firms, “KPMG” and “Kearney”, that “the global consumption of primary energy (which is available naturally without subjecting it to conversion) increased by about 1 percent in 2022, which is This represents an increase of approximately 3% compared to pre-Covid…
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These are all the cities that already have a Low Emission Zone
At the end of 2022, the Council of Ministers approved Royal Decree 7/2021 on Climate Change and Ecological Transition that regulates ZBEs (Low Emission Zones); an area delimited by a public Administration, in which restrictions on access, movement and parking of vehicles are applied, according to their classification by their level of emissions, and which…
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Easy, fun and emission-free urban transport
Saturday, May 27, 2023, 11:09 comment copy link WhatsApp Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Telegram Honda’s first electric vehicle for young European riders is here, the EM1 e:, following the announcement in September 2022 of the company’s plans to launch ten or more electric two-wheelers worldwide by 2025. It’s also an important first step toward Honda’s stated…
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Government asks not to approach the Popocatépetl volcano due to lava emissions in Mexico
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