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The changing climate affects people’s health, especially in children. In 2009, the medical magazine, The Lancet, already called climate change “the largest threat of this century for human health”. In a new bulky report, the British magazine publishes on Thursday, […]
Reluctantly the Dutch government bites the bullet: the maximum speed on all highways in the country is to be reduced to 100 km/hour during the day, between 6 in the morning and 7 in the evening. At night, 130 km/hour […]
The smart kilometer tax didn’t survive in the recent Flemish coalition agreement, but there are some policy documents that put up to reduce traffic emissions. In a note, the new Minister of the Environment, Zuhal Demir (N-VA), says she wants […]
Formula 1 aims to be completely carbon-neutral by 2030, with green electricity, more efficient logistics, and cleaner fuel. The organization will start by making its events more respectful of the environment by 2025. According to F1 boss, Chase Carey, the […]
The Netherlands is considering limiting speed to 100 km/hour on highways to limit the country’s nitrogen emissions significantly. Road Safety Institute, Vias, is already in favor of reducing the maximum speed on Belgian highways from 120 to 100 km/hour. However, […]
In the Netherlands, cars older than 14 years are responsible for 35% of the total nitrogen dioxide emissions due to traffic. The big debate about nitrogen dioxide makes that paying to remove the oldest diesel cars from the roads becomes […]
On the initiative of the Netherlands, nine EU countries are calling on the European Commission to draw up a legislative proposal for a European air passenger tax. “In comparison with other means of transport, aviation is insufficiently taxed,” the Finance […]
Car-sharing is becoming very popular and a step in the right direction for clean air and climate neutrality, but it doesn’t automatically lead to lower emissions. “Car-sharing only brings environmental benefits if it reduces car ownership. That doesn’t happen explicitly […]
Scientists have never been more worried about the state of our planet in general and the climate crisis in particular. In the November edition of BioScience, more than 11.000 climatologists, biologists, physicians, chemists, and agriculturists from 153 countries warn that […]
The Flemish government has dismissed the option to introduce a carbon or CO2 tax. With this decision, another option to implement a climate policy is off the table. This was already the case with the kilometer charge, the necessary energy […]
Will the new full-electric Volkswagen ID.3 again conquer the masses and become the successor of the Golf and (earlier) the Beetle? Given the amount of money VW has already invested, the whole ID. range has no right to fail. This […]
Belgium can’t meet the European climate ambitions for 2020. Worse still, with the current measures, it will only reduce CO2 emissions by 13,3% instead of the promised 35%. Belgium is surely one of the bad pupils here. The situation won’t […]
On Sunday, the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, said the German government wants to intensify its activities to install an extensive network of charging stations for electric vehicles. The goal is to motivate car drivers to opt for an electric […]
Cruise ships are heavy polluters, and the sector is aware of it. That is why the Cruising Lines International Association (CLIA), the largest professional union of the sector, is planning to invest 20 billion euros in more environmentally friendly technologies. […]
General Motors, Toyota, and Fiat Chrysler are starting legal action against stricter emission standards for cars in California. By doing this, they support Trump in his quest against the State. Trump decided to deny California, governed by the Democrats, the […]
The electric car is slowly gaining popularity, but just now, the Flemish government is putting an end to the subsidy system as of 1 January 2020. This is a setback for the car industry and the environment, of course. “We […]
On Friday, the Flemish authorities have approved the new Air Policy Plan. One of the most important differences with the previous plan is the abolition of the smart kilometer tax on passenger cars. The federal government should also change the […]
The Brussels government has approved on Thursday the final version of its climate plan for 2030, that it will submit to the EU Commission by December 31st. Brussels pushes through with its intention to ban diesel cars by 2030 en […]
The Limburg energy company, Azteq, has commissioned an installation in the port of Antwerp that uses solar mirrors to produce heat to heat storage tanks. It’s the first time this technology has been used in Europe. According to start-up Azteq, […]
The newest generation of diesel cars respects the Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) limit, a deadly substance for humans. That’s what a report of the German Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) shows. Measuring was done on public roads in real-life conditions. The […]
The air quality in Flanders has improved the last ten years because the emission level is lower. According to a report of the Flemish environmental organization (Vlaamse MilieuMaatschappij), the emissions of particles decreased by one-quarter compared to 2000, and the […]
The Portuguese bus builder, Caetanobus, launches its first hydrogen-powered bus, the H2.City Gold. It uses a Toyota hydrogen fuel cell, the same as the one found in the Toyota Mirai. This is the first concrete step in a partnership between […]
According to a new report published on Monday by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the production of renewable energy will increase by 50% by 2024, merely pushed by small solar energy projects. The agency foresees a growth with 1.200 gigawatts, […]
Our civilization based on fossil fuels will disappear by 2028 and will be replaced by a new economy based on sun, wind, digital technology, and no nuclear power. That is how the American essayist and economist, Jeremy Rifkin, sees the […]
If you think moving will solve your air quality problem, you’d better think twice, researchers of the Antwerp University and the Flemish environmental company (Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij) say. Follow-up Last year, they organized the CurieuzeNeuzen initiative, the largest ‘civil research project […]
For the first time in Wallonia, a device will be used that can measure the emissions of vehicles – CO, CO2, NOx, and particulates – on the road in real-time. A battery of smart cameras connected to the sensing device […]
The increasingly more popular Sports Utility Vehicles, the so-called SUVs, are the second most important source of air pollution in the world after the energy sector, but before heavy industry (like cement or steel), heavy trucks or aviation, Fatih Birol, […]
The Dutch government says there are 46.000 public and semi-public charging stations, as well as over 100.000 private ones in the country. It makes the country the European leader in the matter. Throughout the world, only China and the US […]
According to the recent report of the European Environmental Agency (EEA) (Europese Milieuagentschap), 400.000 Europeans will prematurely die as a consequence of air pollution. But in 1990 there were half a million more. Harmful substances The quality of the European […]
The Netherlands is considering to lower the maximum speed on the highway to 100 km/hour to decrease the level of nitrogen in the air. Would this be a good idea for Belgium as well? Some, like Erik Grientens, are in […]
Beci, Brussels Enterprises Commerce and Industry, launch their ‘City Climate Challenge 303030’. With 30 projects elaborated between now and March next year, they want to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% before 2030. At the end of September, the president of […]
Dutch truck manufacturing company, DAF, is not a die-hard believer in the electric semi-truck, it told Dutch financial newspaper FD. It’s instead focusing on hybrid drivetrains today, with a combustion engine and electric motor. “Reliability takes precedence over rapid innovation,” […]
In a while, Germany has no energy production out of coal or nuclear power anymore. Some say that you can’t resolve this with wind and sun alone. Nuclear power should be prolonged for a while, indicate certain specialists. Both decisions […]
The Finnish fuel company, Neste, introduces renewable diesel to the Dutch market, which is made from offal. The fuel is cleaner than regular diesel and perfectly compatible with conventional engines. By being renewable, it reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 50 […]
“Flanders will ‘probably’ not meet the set goals to reduce greenhouse gases,” the Climate Minister, Zuhal Demir (N-VA), said in the Flemish Parliament. The climate measures that Belgium has taken until now will not decrease the emissions of greenhouse gases. […]
