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January 20, 2020

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Bruges replaces diesel tourist boats by electric fleet

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On January 17, 2020

On Wednesday, the city of Bruges has launched its first electric tourist boat. The ceremony took place near the Gruuthuse company along the Dijver watercourse. It is the first boat in a series of five that have to replace a […]

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Ircel: ‘Air quality in Belgium slightly improved’

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On December 31, 2019

The quality of the air in Belgium has slightly improved. That’s one of the findings of the first analysis by Ircel, the Inter-Regional Unit for the Environment (Intergewestelijke Cel voor het Leefmilieu). “This is a positive evolution, but no reason […]

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LEZs: De Lijn risks paying millions of fines

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On December 30, 2019

The Flemish Minister for Mobility, Lydia Peeters (Open Vld), wants to enter into conversation with larger cities with low-emission zones. She hopes to limit the fines for the buses of public transport company De Lijn. Buses are ordered According to […]

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Oosterweel: ‘Next autumn excavators at work on the right bank’

Luc Joris Posted On December 20, 2019

The independent environmental impact assessment (EIA) of the department of the Flemish Environment Department has approved the EIA project for the Oosterweel connection on the right bank of the river Scheldt. The environmental permit for the Oosterweel connection can now […]

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Dutch want to ban cars from most city centers

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On December 16, 2019

City centers in The Netherlands have become increasingly more inaccessible for cars because of the introduction of low-emission zones, high parking fees or the decreasing number of parking places. People are forced to use public transport or to go by […]

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Traxio asks governments to harmonize or abolish LEZ-zones

Luc Joris Posted On December 13, 2019

Traxio, the federation of the Belgian automobile sector and related sectors, asks the Belgian, regional and federal ministers to review, or at least harmonize the various low-emission zones (LEZ). According to Traxio spokesperson Pieter Van Bastelaere, a possible abolition should […]

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Planned 100 kph limit on Brussels ring rather symbolic

Tony Verhelle Posted On December 10, 2019

One of the 350 measures included in the Flemish Climate Plan is a reduction of the maximum allowed speed on the Brussels ring road to 100 kph. The Climate Plan argues that this is good for the environment, safety, and […]

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Accident costs drunk driver €18.000 on average

Luc Joris Posted On November 29, 2019

If you get behind the wheel drunk and cause an accident, you have to bear the costs yourself. In the event of an accident with an injured person, the average cost of the damage is 18.000 euros. The fines and […]

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Paradigm shift: real estate parking spaces remain unsold

Luc Joris Posted On November 28, 2019

Under pressure from local parking standards, real estate developers are building car parks that no one is waiting for. In the meantime, apartment prices are rising and car ownership is being stimulated. Flemish newspaper De Standaard contacted eight project developers. […]

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Walking or cycling to school brings in virtual pocket money

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On November 27, 2019

Children that are going to school on foot or by bicycle receive a virtual penny as a reward. The principle is already in use in Bonheiden, Peer, Schelle, and Koksijde, and Izegem will follow soon. Each trip to school brings […]

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Uber accused of polluting European cities

Luc Joris Posted On November 22, 2019

The Uber car booking platform is helping to increase CO2 and diesel pollution in European cities, such as Brussels, Paris, and London. That’s what a coalition of NGOs says, that is asking the company to help its drivers acquire less […]

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Amsterdam to ban polluting diesel cars by end 2020

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On November 19, 2019

The local authorities of Amsterdam have decided not to allow old diesel cars withing the Amsterdam ring road anymore as of November 2020. The newly mapped low-emission zone, or environmental zone as the Dutch call it, will ban all polluting […]

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Calgary (Canada) nicest city to drive a car, Mumbai (India) the worst

Tony Verhelle Posted On November 14, 2019

Online car parts retailer, Mister Auto, (part of the PSA Group) has ordered a study on the drivability of 100 cities all over the world. The cities were asked to deliver extensive data on, among others, infrastructure, security, cost, as […]

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The Lancet: ‘climate change involves entire population’

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On November 14, 2019

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, […]

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Dutch consider scrapping premium for oldest diesels

Tony Verhelle Posted On November 12, 2019

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 […]

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11.000 scientists call to save our planet

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On November 8, 2019

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 […]

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Cruise sector to invest 20 billion in ‘green’ technology

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On October 30, 2019

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. […]

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No smart kilometer tax according to new Flanders’ Air Policy Plan

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On October 28, 2019

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 […]

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Possible moped and motorcycle ban in Brussels? (update)

Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On October 22, 2019

In its quest for clean air, the Brussels government might ban gasoline-powered motorcycles. A decision has not been taken yet, and the Region will first launch a study into the pollution generated by gasoline-powered two-wheelers in 2020. An ICCT (International Council […]

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UA & VMM: ‘Moving for air quality reasons makes no sense’

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On October 18, 2019

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 […]

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Air quality in Europe is improving

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On October 16, 2019

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 […]

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Green NCAP: how clean is your car?

Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On October 11, 2019

Green NCAP helps people choose a more eco-friendly car by using a star rating for emissions, just like EuroNCAP does for safety. Introduced earlier this year and supported by governments, mobility organizations, and universities, it tests cars’ emissions in a […]

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Flanders could buy emission credits in Wallonia to meet climate goals

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On October 10, 2019

“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. […]

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Dutch flee from polluted areas

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On October 4, 2019

Several tens of Dutch citizens recently moved to an area with cleaner air because they got sick of the air pollution in their old home town. That is what the Fund for Lung Diseases (Longfonds) discovered with a survey sent […]

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